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Is your fan coming on?
Either the water pump impeller is loose on it's shaft, or you have a leaking head gasket.
Inoperative radiator fans, bad water pump, failed headgasket?
Remove the Radiator and have it serviced if they are able to. If not you will need to replace it, would be a good time to replace the Radiator hose's as well. Hope This Helps.
The top radiator hose is above the thermostat. If the top radiator hose is hot, the thermostat is opening. The thermostat is not the problem. Perhaps the radiator is clogged up or the water pump is bad. Look elsewhere.
possiable head gasket
radiator fan, head gasket,
Remove your thermostat housing, remove your thermostat. put your thermostat housing back on. start up and let run awhile, check gauge to see if it is still getting hot/ overheating. If not, buy a new thermostat. flush radiator, install new thremostat and add new coolant. You should be set.
Could be a collapsed lower radiator hose, perhaps a bad thermostat.
After 10 years radiator may be plugged or restricted - try to flush or boil out May need replacement
my 1993 Toyota Camry radiator had a hole in it it was overheating. I replaced the radiator. The car is still overheating where is the thermostat located. First, drain your coolant from the radiator. Find your lower radiator hose and follow it to the metal housing. This is the thermostat housing. Remove the 2 nuts with a 10mm wrench. Remove the thermostat and replace with new one and new gasket. Re-install and re-fill your radiator with new coolant. Drive the car with heater running. Allow the engine to cool and top off the radiator. Add coolant to the reservoir to halfway between Full and Low.
Have flushed complete cooling system replaced water pump radiator thermostat clutch fan added 2gal straight anti freeze then filled to capacity with water and truck is still over heating. What else could possibly be wrong