hello,
im new to this forum and a new owner of a 98 malibu ls 3.1L
This car has been neglected and im trying to get everyting fixed. I have noticed that after it warms up that the tempature hardly ever gets over 1/4, sometimes it might if its lucky get almost half way but its very rare. Could the thermostat be sticking open? the thermostat housing is also leaking somewhat but not bad. i notice the very few times it has got almost half way it seems to idle a little smoother and slower... around 800 rpm, where when the guage is at 1/4th it idles at about 1k.
Any suggestions on changing the termstat if i have to? it looks like its very tight quarters and really dont want to have to take the uppper intake off to get to it.
thanks!
im new to this forum and a new owner of a 98 malibu ls 3.1L
This car has been neglected and im trying to get everyting fixed. I have noticed that after it warms up that the tempature hardly ever gets over 1/4, sometimes it might if its lucky get almost half way but its very rare. Could the thermostat be sticking open? the thermostat housing is also leaking somewhat but not bad. i notice the very few times it has got almost half way it seems to idle a little smoother and slower... around 800 rpm, where when the guage is at 1/4th it idles at about 1k.
Any suggestions on changing the termstat if i have to? it looks like its very tight quarters and really dont want to have to take the uppper intake off to get to it.
thanks!