"Bryan" > wrote in message
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> More info: At a cold start after 10 mins or so of idling, temp gauge
> climbs like normal to the point where it normally sits (195ish F), but
> usually just keeps rising steadily. Bringing the RPMs up to 2k will
> sometimes make it come back down to normal, but it eventually climbs
> back up and wants to stay there. This made me think the thermostat
> wasn't staying open when hot, and that the increase in RPMs got enough
> coolant flowing through the thermostat to force it to open a little bit
> to circulate enough coolant to bring the temps back down. It also has
> a new water pump.
>

My first thought is that perhaps there is still some air trapped in your
cooling system. If you had the gasket job done only 4k miles ago, I'd have
whoever did that job look at it - I doubt it's a coincidence.

doug