Q: Temp gauge goes up and down weather in idle or driving.
So my temp gauge fluctuates weather I'm in drive or in idle. I noticed it goes up when I accelerate, then I let off to stay at a pace, and it goes back down sometimes and other times not. I sat in idle to see what would happen, and it went all the way up really quickly, but even quicker it dropped back down all in about 5 minutes. Just started out of nowhere, one day it's fine the next day this is happening
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