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<blockquote data-quote="Fudged Undies" data-source="post: 621099" data-attributes="member: 57548"><p>Hovering around the mid point on the temp gausge isn't necessarily a problem. A couple of questions come to mind.... Is the a/c on and at what setting? Are you in moderate to heavy stop and go traffic while the a/c is running? Has the coolant ever been changed?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You've got an '01. </p><p></p><p>*Some had thermostat problems. I would just go ahead and swap the t-stat as a pre-emptive measure. </p><p></p><p>*You should consider changing the coolant if you have driven more than 30-40 k miles on the current change. </p><p></p><p>*Check your radiator cap, it may not be holding pressure very well which will cause temps to rise.</p><p></p><p>*Something that could easily be overlooked would be the fan, but since you're not overheating, this is not likely the problem.</p><p></p><p>* And mainly, it's summertime. Don't know how hot it gets in your neck of the woods but road temps will play a part in cooling fluctuations this will be added to by running the a/c.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fudged Undies, post: 621099, member: 57548"] Hovering around the mid point on the temp gausge isn't necessarily a problem. A couple of questions come to mind.... Is the a/c on and at what setting? Are you in moderate to heavy stop and go traffic while the a/c is running? Has the coolant ever been changed? You've got an '01. *Some had thermostat problems. I would just go ahead and swap the t-stat as a pre-emptive measure. *You should consider changing the coolant if you have driven more than 30-40 k miles on the current change. *Check your radiator cap, it may not be holding pressure very well which will cause temps to rise. *Something that could easily be overlooked would be the fan, but since you're not overheating, this is not likely the problem. * And mainly, it's summertime. Don't know how hot it gets in your neck of the woods but road temps will play a part in cooling fluctuations this will be added to by running the a/c. [/QUOTE]
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