Ok here's the symptoms:
After about 10 - 15 minutes in the car my engine temp shoots all the way to the red. Regular driving, nothing too hard on the vehicle Usually it takes another 5 or 10 for it to start to calm itself back to neutral, or if I stop it tends to cool down right away. The cooldown process takes all of 30 seconds once it starts to move. It will only do this once per trip, however, today it happened twice in 30 minutes, but it usually only happens once per day, for example: today I went to my folks' place for Easter, happened twice on the way there (half hour trip, was there for about 3 hours) didn't happen on the way back. The engine doesn't feel irregularly hot when I stop.
Not much of a gearhead myself but i can tell you its a 2001 V8 with about 170+K.
Anyone have any clue what my mystery problem might be? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
After about 10 - 15 minutes in the car my engine temp shoots all the way to the red. Regular driving, nothing too hard on the vehicle Usually it takes another 5 or 10 for it to start to calm itself back to neutral, or if I stop it tends to cool down right away. The cooldown process takes all of 30 seconds once it starts to move. It will only do this once per trip, however, today it happened twice in 30 minutes, but it usually only happens once per day, for example: today I went to my folks' place for Easter, happened twice on the way there (half hour trip, was there for about 3 hours) didn't happen on the way back. The engine doesn't feel irregularly hot when I stop.
Not much of a gearhead myself but i can tell you its a 2001 V8 with about 170+K.
Anyone have any clue what my mystery problem might be? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
