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Why does your car get hotter than it should?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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12y ago

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The thermostat may be going bad, and allowing the radiator coolant to get too hot.

The cabin's interior never gets hotter than it should.

My version:Mine? Because it has a supercharged engine 1 1/2 times the size of stock.

Yours? In order of likelihood:

  • Plugged or blocked radiator air flow, look for bugs, leaves, etc
  • Low coolant
  • Bad water pump, they can be bad from excess clearance internally or bad bearings allowing it to wobble etc.
  • Poor belt or belt tension
  • Bad head gasket or cracked cylinder head
  • Stuck or sticking thermostat
  • Blocked cooling system, corrosion in radiator or coolant passages in the engine
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