FIXED: Coolant temp gauge is reading hot when it's completely cold.
Last night I was driving home and my coolant light turned on. I tried to get off the highway but I was stuck in construction barriers so I couldn't pull over. I had to drive for a while with the heat blowing trying to cool it off but then the check engine light came on and I lost power. I was able to get it off the road and get a tow truck. It was low on coolant so I topped it off. It's been nearly 12 hours now so the engine is completely cold but when I turn it on the coolant temperature gauge still reads as too hot to operate. Is a sensor burnt out? What's going on.
FIXED: It turns out the coolant fan system went out on me. Not really sure what the reason was but the fan stopped working which in turn caused the car to overheat. They didn't explain why it caused the coolant temp gauge to read so hot when it was completely cold but at least she's running now.
Last night I was driving home and my coolant light turned on. I tried to get off the highway but I was stuck in construction barriers so I couldn't pull over. I had to drive for a while with the heat blowing trying to cool it off but then the check engine light came on and I lost power. I was able to get it off the road and get a tow truck. It was low on coolant so I topped it off. It's been nearly 12 hours now so the engine is completely cold but when I turn it on the coolant temperature gauge still reads as too hot to operate. Is a sensor burnt out? What's going on.
FIXED: It turns out the coolant fan system went out on me. Not really sure what the reason was but the fan stopped working which in turn caused the car to overheat. They didn't explain why it caused the coolant temp gauge to read so hot when it was completely cold but at least she's running now.
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