-does your water temp guage go up 'n down?

[pete_w]

...after sorting out my anti-freeze last night I went for a quick blatt and noticed my water temp guage was a bit more steady.

-According to the bible it should sit there 'rock-steady' at 90. Mine never has though, gets to the 90 mark, fan comes on, drops noticably lower than the 90 mark and repeats. Never over-heated, never lost coolant -anything to worry about?

[bugmeister]

The only time mine moves much is when the coolant level is too low. Otherwise no more than a couple of mm movement and then usually below the 90 mark.

[Colin BlueS2]

Mine does the same, goes up to just under the line fan comes on then drops down a bit. Only time it went above was when a pipe went.

Colin

[dern]

Mine never has though, gets to the 90 mark, fan comes on, drops noticably lower than the 90 mark and repeats. Never over-heated, never lost coolant -anything to worry about?

Mine's the same as yours except it starts to drop before the 90 mark.

Cheers,

Mark

[Brioss]

My gauge takes for ever to reach "normal" then once in traffic it will almost creep into the red, but never does. Once on the open road in seems to run too cold. Is this normal ?

[dern]

Brioss said: My gauge takes for ever to reach "normal" then once in traffic it will almost creep into the red, but never does. Once on the open road in seems to run too cold. Is this normal ?

Apart from the oscillation in traffic mine does this too - and I've got new radiator, water pump, thermostat, swirl pot cap and a freshly flushed system.

Mark

[shpub]

...after sorting out my anti-freeze last night I went for a quick blatt and noticed my water temp guage was a bit more steady.

-According to the bible it should sit there 'rock-steady' at 90. Mine never has though, gets to the 90 mark, fan comes on, drops noticably lower than the 90 mark and repeats. Never over-heated, never lost coolant -anything to worry about?

The guages are not exactly state of the art precision so before having a heart attack it is useful to borrow or buy an IR remote thermometer and check that the guage is doing what it should. If the car is running well then apply the "it ain't broke, don't fix it" rule.

Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk

[shpub]

...after sorting out my anti-freeze last night I went for a quick blatt and noticed my water temp guage was a bit more steady.

-According to the bible it should sit there 'rock-steady' at 90. Mine never has though, gets to the 90 mark, fan comes on, drops noticably lower than the 90 mark and repeats. Never over-heated, never lost coolant -anything to worry about?

The guages are not exactly state of the art precision so before having a heart attack it is useful to borrow or buy an IR remote thermometer and check that the guage is doing what it should. If the car is running well then apply the "it ain't broke, don't fix it" rule.

Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk

[Podie]

Brioss said: My gauge takes for ever to reach "normal" then once in traffic it will almost creep into the red, but never does. Once on the open road in seems to run too cold. Is this normal ?

Mine does this too... but I'm with Steve "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" Heath on this one...