losing heat on highways
- mycarhatesme
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- ryanlindenberg
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yea i've felt that way before too...but it's the car that i've had the most fun driving too.
i'd have to go along with the thermostat theory also. sometimes they are defective right out of the package.
i'd have to go along with the thermostat theory also. sometimes they are defective right out of the package.
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- mycarhatesme
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What kind of temperature is it outside when this is happening? Does your temperature meter go right down or are you talking about the heat that your getting inside your car deterirates. I can't stop my side windows from frosting up when i travel on the highway in the winter cause the car doesn't produce enough heat when travelling. My thermostat is fine the temp. on the gauge doesn't move but definely can tell its not blowing enough heat to keep all the windows inside the car from frosting up. Any recommendations?
- ryanlindenberg
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if your temp guage is going down it isn't the heater core, to get to your heater core you have to tear the entire dash apart.
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- mycarhatesme
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ya, it only happend twice...and it hasnt happend in the last week or so....i think my thermostat got stuck open or something. it was cold out..aprox. minus 15 or so when it happend. my rad is new..my thermostat is new..my water pump is 5 months old. im not sure about my heater core. never thought about that one. i get lots of heat from my vents, but my gauge just dropped the couple of times that it happend. im just going to cross my fingers and hope it was a freak occurance if occurance is a word
My names Dave, and Mazda has direct access to my bank account...sighs...