# Engine

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine/23930>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 27, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine/23930 "2008-12-27T15:48:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![stuffstuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@stuffstuff](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stuffstuff)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine/23930/1 "2008-12-27T15:48:10Z")

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engine will not get hot and engine does not engage. the sensors are ok but the engine will not get hot.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine/23930/2 "2008-12-27T15:50:18Z")

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You need a new thermostat.

What do you mean, “does not engage?”

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine/23930/3 "2008-12-27T16:09:34Z")

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How about a little more information:

- Make model and year of car

- Miles on car

- Why do you think the engine does not get hot and why would you want it to get hot, they are designed not to get too hot.

- What sensors are OK and why do you think they are and why did you tell us something about the sensors that you say are OK? I would guess the gas gauge is also OK but you did not say so.

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**Author:** ![stuffstuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@stuffstuff](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stuffstuff)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine/23930/4 "2008-12-27T16:21:41Z")

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The cooling fan will not come on.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine/23930/5 "2008-12-27T16:26:40Z")

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Well, of course it won’t. If the engine is not getting hot there’s no need for the cooling fan. Try a new thermostat. That’s usually the problem when an engine won’t warm up correctly.

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**Author:** ![stuffstuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@stuffstuff](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stuffstuff)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine/23930/6 "2008-12-27T16:29:52Z")

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This is a 1995 Madaza Millenium, has 195,000 miles.

The engine just take a little longer to get hot then it normally use to.