I've had my Loyale since April 2012. In this time the temperature gauge has always been below a quarter, for the exception of a camping trip that took me over Mt Hood. Just recently the temperature has been climbing up to half and even up to 3/4 when driving just short trips of a couple miles.
I have been driving sparingly, just up to the store/school and back. When I park the car at home and if I let it run for just a minute before turning it off it appears that my temperature gauge starts to drop a little bit.
I pulled out my thermostat and boiled it and it appears to be working as it should. I just drained my coolant and oil and it does not appear to be mixing together in either direction. I am not noticing any extreme loss of coolant.
I am planning on pulling off the water pump to inspect it to make sure that it looks fine. and checking my radiator to make sure that there are no clogs.
Does anyone have any other suggestions or helpful advise that they can offer? I love this car and don't want to let it go