The issue was solved, it was the fan clutch Bought a new one and that one failed the newspaper test as well. Double check your new parts!
Let me lay some background. I bought the car around the beginning of May and drove it across Canada back home. For most of the trip I never noticed any overheating issues until the last day when it started to go up to 3/4. Since then it was in the shop to get up to safety and it went up to 3/4 once in the last week then finally yesterday it was going into the tip of the red.
Now for the technical:
- The heater blows hot when on
- If I turn the heater off and leave the vents open while driving I'll get hot air inside the car and notice it help cool down the engine a little
- I have been doing this for now to keep the temp near the middle (5/8)
- It seems to be fine at idle
- Overheating happens when driving the car
- Get the car moving when it's already hot will briefly drop the temp as the air flows over it
- My coolant fluid level seems to be stable haven't notice any loss or leaks left behind by the car
- I also noticed sometimes the it would overheat then suddenly drop down to temp. It looks like the fan clutch was on it's way out
Let me lay some background. I bought the car around the beginning of May and drove it across Canada back home. For most of the trip I never noticed any overheating issues until the last day when it started to go up to 3/4. Since then it was in the shop to get up to safety and it went up to 3/4 once in the last week then finally yesterday it was going into the tip of the red.
Now for the technical:
- The heater blows hot when on
- If I turn the heater off and leave the vents open while driving I'll get hot air inside the car and notice it help cool down the engine a little
- I have been doing this for now to keep the temp near the middle (5/8)
- It seems to be fine at idle
- Overheating happens when driving the car
- Get the car moving when it's already hot will briefly drop the temp as the air flows over it
- My coolant fluid level seems to be stable haven't notice any loss or leaks left behind by the car
- I also noticed sometimes the it would overheat then suddenly drop down to temp. It looks like the fan clutch was on it's way out
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