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HI all,
Have been maintaining my LLBEAN awesome 2004 outback in "uber" style and am up to 135k mileage. I live in So.Cal and take a lot of trips to Big Bear. This means driving about 60-70 miles in temps of about 90-105 degrees, followed by an uphill grade on hwy 38 that is relentless. My temperature guage normally sits at about 90-95 degrees (9:15 on a clock), but on the incline to Big Bear it rises another 10-15 degrees or so (@9:45 ish on a clock) and I get pretty nervous.
It only happens in hot weather and once I get up to where the temperature drops down to about 80 degrees outside, the guage goes back to normal. There are about 15-20 minutes of stress seeing my guage go up and I freak out.
Last summer, I had the car checked out and ended up replacing the thermostat and the radiator as radiator was leaking a little bit on bottom.
On recent trip up hill, preceded by 95 degree temps for an hour prior to the big incline, I tried running the heater and the guage went up, but not quite as much.
I am going up again in a few days and the outside temp will be about 100 plus degrees for the hour preceding the incline and I am nervous. I go in for oil changes and all the services so often that I am pretty sure the hoses are okay. Am I just being overly nervous or does anyone have ideas as to whether more stuff could be wrong? I'm just afraid to go up the hill in the heat.
THX
Have been maintaining my LLBEAN awesome 2004 outback in "uber" style and am up to 135k mileage. I live in So.Cal and take a lot of trips to Big Bear. This means driving about 60-70 miles in temps of about 90-105 degrees, followed by an uphill grade on hwy 38 that is relentless. My temperature guage normally sits at about 90-95 degrees (9:15 on a clock), but on the incline to Big Bear it rises another 10-15 degrees or so (@9:45 ish on a clock) and I get pretty nervous.
It only happens in hot weather and once I get up to where the temperature drops down to about 80 degrees outside, the guage goes back to normal. There are about 15-20 minutes of stress seeing my guage go up and I freak out.
Last summer, I had the car checked out and ended up replacing the thermostat and the radiator as radiator was leaking a little bit on bottom.
On recent trip up hill, preceded by 95 degree temps for an hour prior to the big incline, I tried running the heater and the guage went up, but not quite as much.
I am going up again in a few days and the outside temp will be about 100 plus degrees for the hour preceding the incline and I am nervous. I go in for oil changes and all the services so often that I am pretty sure the hoses are okay. Am I just being overly nervous or does anyone have ideas as to whether more stuff could be wrong? I'm just afraid to go up the hill in the heat.
THX