Q: Needle goes past hot

asked by on December 13, 2016

i have had thermostat changed recently and it still blows cold air and the needle on gauge goes to hot I have checked hose left one is hot other one is cold can it be the heater core?

My car has 147000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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