Q: The temperature gauge in the dash remains on COLD...never heats up. causing the engine to knock/ping under accelleration
basically...the temperature gauge in the dash never shows the engine heating up. after this started happening, the engine began to knock and ping under acceleration...never did that before.
My car has 177000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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