Thermostat?

[SVT_22]

I searched the old forums for heter core and other heater problems with no luck really except for a thermostat and i was just wondering if it is or not.
Problem:
i have a '98 csvt, and when i used to drive to school (12min drive) the car would be heated up after about 5min and be so hot i couldn't stand it. Now i had my car parked in a insulated garage that maintains about 32 degrees. This morning it was about 0 out and it seems like my car isn't warming up b/c usually i would start to feel heat when my oil psi got b/w 50 and 75psi. And my Water temp would go up to about the o or the r on normal. Now the water temp seems to be at the n or the o on normal and the heat isn't even hot when i get to school the heat is on high. (low - high all work on the HVAC panel.) Is this a sticking thermostat? I think it has a new one in but i'm not sure. FYI the waterpump was changed about 10k miles ago.

 

[Tony2005]

i have a '98 csvt, and when i used to drive to school (12min drive) the car would be heated up after about 5min and be so hot i couldn't stand it. ..... And my Water temp would go up to about the o or the r on normal. Now the water temp seems to be at the n or the o on normal and the heat isn't even hot when i get to school the heat is on high. (low - high all work on the HVAC panel.) Is this a sticking thermostat? I think it has a new one in but i'm not sure. FYI the waterpump was changed about 10k miles ago.

It appears that you have symptoms of both WP failure and thermostat failure. I would check both out immediately.

 

[TourDeForce]

It appears that you have symptoms of both WP failure and thermostat failure. I would check both out immediately.

If your pump is toast, be certain to temporarily remove the t-stat and flush out the cooling system. You'll find chunks of impeller in there, most likely.

 

[SVT_22]

If your pump is toast, be certain to temporarily remove the t-stat and flush out the cooling system. You'll find chunks of impeller in there, most likely.

i know but it has a new waterpump in it and last time when it went out the car overheated quite quickly

 

[Tony2005]

last time when it went out the car overheated quite quickly

Symptoms of bad waterpump, bad thermostat or "chunks of impeller in" the system.

 

[SVT_22]

i just let it idle for like 15min in my drive way then i went out and drove it and came back and let it idle and the temperature gauge didn't go above N. the oil psi seems normal like it is heated up but it's not blowing out hot air like it usually does and the engine side of the thermostat is hot but the radiator side isn't. The fans didn't even turn on throughout this either... i'm gonna get a thermostat 2morrow and go from there;