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HAD CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DIAGNOSED, WAS TOLD LOW COOLANT TEMP.

HAD CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DIAGNOSED, WASTOLD COMING UP LOW COOLANT TEMP., SEEMS LIKE TRUCK IS USING A LOT OF GAS.

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Your coolant temp depending on where you are has a lot to do with gas consumption so there for you might want to check your thermostate it could be letting to much coolant pass by at a time and its not keeping the proper temp in the engine do to your location

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Truck never reaches operating temperature

low operating temperatures is an indication of an air lock in the cooling system
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Have you not googled your obd codes
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My heating isn't working, it sometimes works but majority of the time it blows cold. Also when the engine is running, there seems to be a noise coming from the engine, could these be related? Engine temp...

No heat or low heat in a water cooled engine is worthy of an immediate check as major damage to engine could be the result of continuing to drive it. Things to check:

These two things may cause no heat and possible not ever show as a problem on the temp gauge or temp warning light until far to late:
Low coolant/antifreeze level
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Other possibilities that may/may not show other signs of trouble as well:
Failing water pump (this would also explain some noise, typically like a grinding, scraping or bad bearing noise)
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Clogged radiator and/or heater core
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If so, several possibilities come to mind. One is that your coolant level is low. Even though your temp gauge reads in the right range, the coolant level could be low enough that it doesn't reach the heater core until there is enough engine RPM to create more pressure from the water pump and force what coolant is there toward the heater core. Another possibility is that your heater controls are not able to do their job. A stuck flapper in the duct or a malfunction with the temperature control system could be causing the problem, and at 15-20 MPH there is enough air coming through the outside air vents to provide some heat.

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