2006 f150 fx4 with 292k miles: Driving on the highway, a chime sounded and "check gauges" appeared on the screen. Temp gauge all the way to hot. Turned engine off, checked coolant level - normal, waited couple of minutes then back on and temp gauge back to normal, engine light on. I checked codes and I've got: P 0430 P1000 P1285
The truck did not loose any power and after that I hooked up an obd scanner and checked temperature which is between 192 and 208 while driving. I'm in Florida and it is about 94 out there. After this incident I drove my truck home and didn't happen again but the engine light stayed ON. Any good advice-cause-solution???
P1285 is one to be worried about, if there are not coolant leaks, I would start by replacing the thermostat
if the problem is still there and the cooling fans are coming on, I would replace the CHT sensor, which is under the intake manifold
p0430 and P1000 are related (most likely the catalytic converter with that many miles)
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