overheating while stopped

[pong]

this was not a problem for me before... i dont know what happened, havent changed anything...

the temp suddenly climbed to 3/4... turned off the car and let it cool down, when i turned it on after arnd 15 mins. its still at 3/4. moved a few meters and i noticed that it was going down... moved faster and further, it went back to normal temp... whats wrong? btw it hasnt happened again... dont plan to stop for a long time again.

[Lennyz525i]

You only have 27K kms on that car?? That has to be a typo!
Maybe the fan clutch is on its way out, do a search to find out more, mucho info about that. Maybe the temp gauge is going nuts. I had that problem for a few days, then it started working as it should again.

[pong]

nope... its really 27k... actually 28k as of this evening :d the guy who owned this before had a lot of cars, it was just one of those in the rotation. changed the fan clutch before already...

[uscharalph]

nope... its really 27k... actually 28k as of this evening :d the guy who owned this before had a lot of cars, it was just one of those in the rotation. changed the fan clutch before already...

How's your coolant level?

[pong]

its where it was before... did not go down a bit. top of the first stripe

[632 Regal]

check the wires fro insilation cracks and possibly wearing. Could be a fluke but overheating isn't a strong suit with these cars.

[pong]

which wires? the coolant sensors? or the connection to the display