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Temp gauge not moving. No hot air. Stuck Tstat?

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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 06:52 PM
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Default Temp gauge not moving. No hot air. Stuck Tstat?

I drove to work and the heater and gauge worked fine. 8 hours later on the drive home i noticed the temp gauge wasn't moving. And there was no hot air. The temp gauge just sits right on the very first mark which i believe is 130.

Is this a stuck open T stat? or something else?
 
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 07:07 PM
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I'm thinking your correct with the stuck T-stat. It wouldn't allow your engine to warm up, and of course no warm engine, no warm coolant, no warm heater core, no heat...

Should be an easy fix for you though.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 08:43 PM
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If not the tstat, then there may still be air in the system. It can be a real PITA to get it all burped out!
 
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 09:19 PM
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bad t-stat. replace.
 
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 12:54 PM
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I forgot i had installed a fail safe. What a piece of crap. I just removed the fail safe part of the t stat and re installed.
 
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