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Make sure the cooling system is not plugged up, poor coolant flow can make your engine run hot, and a plugged heater core will not allow heat in the cabin in the winter.
A blown head gasket is usually easy to confirm. The head gasket prevents the engine coolant and oil from mixing under the head. If you have a blown head gasket, you should be able to see bubbles of water/cooland on the dip stick when you check your oil.
I do agree that with your heater taking a while to get warm, it probably has some build-up in the system that needs to be flushed out, before it causes other issues.
1) Check & see if rad fan comes on when temp reaches normal operating range. 2) Consider flushing rad & changing thermostat if not done already. Let me know about fan
did you check to make sure that the gauge isn't bad? or the sending unit? also are the electric fan running when the engine reaches temp? i will be able to pinpoint the problem with the answer to these ?
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