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Mark_H
01-08-2007, 05:06 PM
Trying to help my buddy out. His truck is bone stock and otherwise runs great. It's got the 22RE, 5-speed.
It just randomely gets hot, not all the time, not even every day. His coolant is filled correctly, no leaking Head gasket etc. He says the weird thing is that it'll get really hot but run normally, no odd smoke or smells. Then after running hot for several minutes the needle drops to normall operating temp. really fast. The truck continues to run fine, usually this issue doesn't return again for another couple days. Oh yeah, he already tried a new thermostat and a new radiator cap.
Any ideas? A clogged heater core or something??
Thanks for any info.
Mark
Posted in Tech section too in order to try to get more views.

Skaterkid
01-08-2007, 05:39 PM
Maybe a bad guage?

i drive crap
01-08-2007, 06:02 PM
or a bad sender... install a mechanical gauge to see if it's actually getting hot.

Kwando
01-08-2007, 07:51 PM
check my other post on your other thread... i'm 99% sure its a huge air pockets... i had the same problem on the 22RE on my 86 4Runner

02dc5
01-09-2007, 01:08 AM
check my other post on your other thread... i'm 99% sure its a huge air pockets... i had the same problem on the 22RE on my 86 4Runner

ditto that since he's done the thermostat already