James Hatch
Active Member
Howdy all,
First, apologies if this is in the wrong category.
GF took our daily driver '02 ST to work this AM (with no complaints sent to me) and then on the way back home she said the temp gauge was running a little high, somewhere about 5/8ths to 3/4ths, a little more than the normal 1/2 it is at. She said it seemed to be running fine other than that.
So when she got home, I checked the large hoses going from radiator to block, and the one on the passenger side of the radiator was hot, and the one going from the block to the radiator on bottom (driver's side) was cold.
Does this mean I need to change out the thermostat?
Also, my coolant fluid is a little on the brown/black side, no longer green. Maybe time to change that? Where would I get rid of the fluid?
Appreciate any help. Work at 4am tomorrow (8hrs from now) so I'm hoping I can make it to work to then stop by autozone on the way home with a new thermo and fluid if I need it.
EDIT: editing to add that when I drove to work at 0330 this morning, it didn't go to same level on gauge for me.
not sure if this changes anything?
First, apologies if this is in the wrong category.
GF took our daily driver '02 ST to work this AM (with no complaints sent to me) and then on the way back home she said the temp gauge was running a little high, somewhere about 5/8ths to 3/4ths, a little more than the normal 1/2 it is at. She said it seemed to be running fine other than that.
So when she got home, I checked the large hoses going from radiator to block, and the one on the passenger side of the radiator was hot, and the one going from the block to the radiator on bottom (driver's side) was cold.
Does this mean I need to change out the thermostat?
Also, my coolant fluid is a little on the brown/black side, no longer green. Maybe time to change that? Where would I get rid of the fluid?
Appreciate any help. Work at 4am tomorrow (8hrs from now) so I'm hoping I can make it to work to then stop by autozone on the way home with a new thermo and fluid if I need it.
EDIT: editing to add that when I drove to work at 0330 this morning, it didn't go to same level on gauge for me.
not sure if this changes anything?
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