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02 civic Gauge went to H(hot) but drive normal?

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Old Aug 3, 2018 | 03:02 PM
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Default 02 civic Gauge went to H(hot) but drive normal?

My car temperature gauge went to H but my car drives normal? I was inline for a car wash I look down and saw my gauge went to H. I continue driving it, I didn’t shut it off. nothing was burning or anything. The car ran fine. Turn on the ac and temp slowly went back to normal? No coolant overflow or anything. Car’s normal. I replaced thermostat , fan switch, coolant temp sensor 2 weeks ago. All oem. Is my cluster having problems?
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Old Aug 3, 2018 | 08:06 PM
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Maybe... but you could also still have an air bubble in the cooling system.
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Old Aug 4, 2018 | 10:24 AM
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JRCivic1. You are right! Just flushed the system, everything is good for now. Thanks!
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Old Aug 4, 2018 | 11:06 AM
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Default Re: 02 civic Gauge went to H(hot) but drive normal?

If you turned ac on and the temp went down, your fan switch could also have an issue
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Old Aug 4, 2018 | 03:22 PM
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You right. But everything looks good as for now. I have to drive it for a few days and see
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Old Sep 16, 2018 | 09:08 AM
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I just had the same issue definitely take the cap off while the cars cool let hit temp and fill up what it’s missing keep an eye on it for a blowen head!
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