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New User - Solara Oil Pump question
Hi All,
I'm new to this forum but have been driving Toyotas for about 20 years now. I am currently driving a 2001 Solara, 2.2L with 209,000 miles.
Recently I started to get an oil leak around the power steering pump. From what I have read online this is a common indication of a bad oil pump o-ring. So I performed my 2nd timing belt replacement (last one was 40,000 miles ago) and installed new oil pump o-ring, shaft seal, cam shaft seal and crank shaft seal (just to be sure). I replaced the water pump during the last timing belt change.
This morning I put everything back together and started the engine. The oil leak is gone and that's good news. The engine is running nice and smooth with no noise. But now I'm noticing a slight change in the dash board engine coolant temperature gauge, The gauge seems to rise faster than normal and reaches the mid point on the gauge and stays there. Normally the gauge would have been at about 1/3 rd and usually took about 5 minutes to reach this level. The engine appears to reach the 1/2 way point in about 2 minutes. But the engine appears to be running fairly normal with no noise. I've driven the car for about 30 miles since.
Any ideas what might be causing this issue?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
George
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