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Originally Posted by andrewwynn
That is if the temp gauge climbs to that temp not this failure mode where it would literally need atomic power to achieve the rate of increase.
The gauge went from 120° to 230° instantly not five seconds. Zero seconds. It was pretty clearly an error. I first figured my temp sensor just failed open/closes whichever would give high output but I cautiously checked the actual temp of my engine knowing that at 10° ambient it was physically impossible to achieve 230° in ten minutes. When IR thermometer confirmed, I crossed my fingers it was software not hardware and restarted the computer. Bingo it worked I wasn't even surorised I just figured it's probably normal for a 16 yo car to have some computer coding errors and moved on with my day.
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That's bizarre. Would have freaked me out but without other signs of an overheating engine I'd probably figure something else was up. It's things like this that make these forums invaluable.