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Temp gauge will rise quickly then instantly pin in red and oil light comes on. Continue driving, after couple of minutes it will go down. The rise quickly and do it again, sometimes causes overheat sensor to cut engine out. Changed thermostat, still doing it.

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If this truck is not overheating, then I would suspect the temperature sensor, if it is overheating then this must be repaired first. The sensor should be mounted in the intake manifold. Hope this helps, let me know

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