[nissandr1ft]

On the way to work today, I noticed my car was running hot. Normally on a hot day the gauge reads 190 idling, 185 anytime else. It was sitting between 195-200 all the way there, and pulling into work it rose until 215. I figured this weekend was the first time Ive touched the heat, and maybe it was a bubble that was in the heater core. Driving home, the car tended to get hotter the more I was on the gas. It would idle about 190, cruising 195+, and if I hit the gas it got 200+. I came home, and bled the radiator with heat on for about 35 minutes, and the car was idling fine at 185-190. I took it out for a test drive, and the car reached 205 within a mile down the road. I checked the oil to see if I saw any signs of a blown headgasket, and came up empty handed. I left the OEM thermostat, and waterpump on when I put the motor in at 25,500 miles. My guess now is that the thermostat isn't fully opening, blades on the water pump are gone, or somethings clogging a coolant passage. Anyone ever had something similar happen?

Motor:
96 KA24DE w/ ~35,000 miles....boltons, and underdrive pulley


Cliffs:
1. Cars running hot
2. Doesnt look like headgasket, or bleeding related.
3. Seems to get worse with throttle.