I took her into my mechanic because of a banging sound that I was hearing ... well that banging sound turned out to be the engine slamming against the hood because of a broken motor mount. While I was there I told them to do a full tune up. You know, plugs, wires, the works.
Right after the tune up I noticed the jump in heat ... like I said ... normally she would sit on the "O" in normal and after the tune up she sat on the "M" and the "A" instead.
About a week or so later I noticed smoke coming from under the hood... opened it up only to find that I was leaking coolant ... the coolant was dripping onto my exhaust pipe which aside from a horrible smell ... created a lot of smoke. At first I thought I just blew a hose but as it turns out my water pump cracked which, according to my mechanic, let bearings go into the system and one actually lodged itself in my thermostat. Sooooooooooooooooooo, they replaced the water pump and reflushed the cooling system.
After the motor mount being replaced and full tune-up she runs better and doesn't idle as hard but I am concerned about the Temp jump.
Thank-you for taking interest in my post! I appreicate your input and comments!!! :-)
Most Sincerely & Respectfully yours,
Frank
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