« Reply #19 on: April 15, 2010, 06:41:43 pm »
Repeated operation of the engine over the half way mark is bad. Even a couple of times. The gauge is not linear. A needles thickness is lots once the needle is pase half way. 3/4 or more is really hot.
I do wish you good luck, but I am going to say that you have probably cooked the head gasket or slightly warped the head.
Find the root cause on this tho. If you fix the rad, or fans, or even the head, but the water pump impeller is not pushing enough water, its gonna happen again. Not saying thats the exact cause, because this is the interwebz, and I don't have the car in front of me, but its a good example of what I mean.
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