Temperature gauge randomly drops when idle.

Asked by Guru5DR6L Dec 22, 2017 at 06:18 PM about the 2001 Chevrolet Malibu

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Temperature gauge randomly drops when in idle
for to long... when it drops and you turn the car off.  
When you turn it back on it shifts really hard..
thermostat was just changed...

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F_O_R answered 7 years ago

How much of a drop? Maybe this is just because the fans turned on.

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