Engine Cooling problem
2000 Buick Park Avenue Two Wheel Drive Automatic
Hi. I have a Buick Park Avenue (2000) and lately I've noticed that the temperature gauge needle goes to about the 3/4 mark toward the hot indicator. The weird thing is that this doesn't happen every time I use the car.. sometimes it stays in the middle, or just slightly toward the cool side. The gauge also seems to go down (middle/cool side) when I drive faster on the highway, @ 65-70 mph. In the last month or so, I put new coolant in the reservoir tank, and that seemed to help keep it constant for a couple weeks, but now the needle is going toward 'hot' again, and the tank is full. I know that the car hasn't had a radiator flush for a long time, if ever, and I wondered if that might be what it needs, or if there is a bigger problem? Would you let me know what you think (if this message makes sense). Thanks, Kirk B.
2000 Buick Park Avenue Two Wheel Drive Automatic
Hi. I have a Buick Park Avenue (2000) and lately I've noticed that the temperature gauge needle goes to about the 3/4 mark toward the hot indicator. The weird thing is that this doesn't happen every time I use the car.. sometimes it stays in the middle, or just slightly toward the cool side. The gauge also seems to go down (middle/cool side) when I drive faster on the highway, @ 65-70 mph. In the last month or so, I put new coolant in the reservoir tank, and that seemed to help keep it constant for a couple weeks, but now the needle is going toward 'hot' again, and the tank is full. I know that the car hasn't had a radiator flush for a long time, if ever, and I wondered if that might be what it needs, or if there is a bigger problem? Would you let me know what you think (if this message makes sense). Thanks, Kirk B.
May 24, 2010 at 7:24 PM
