The thermostat should open at either 85 or 88 degrees (can't remember which), so if your car is cooling to less than this while on the move, the thermostat is either stuck open or your gauge is mis-reading..
Originally Posted by Ferryman_1957
I've been watching mine quite closely over the past weeks of this thread. Here's what I've seen:
- for short trips with no traffic halts it takes a while to get to the 75 level, sometimes doesn't even get there.
- for longer trips, it stays around 75
- as soon as it gets stuck in traffic, temp goes up quite quickly to just over 90 deg, fans kick in and it drops back to just below 90. Depending on traffic conditions it either stays around 90 or drops back towards 75 once it gets on the open road.
I suspect that's probably as intended, based on the other comments here.
Cheers,
Nigel
Originally Posted by turbole
Thats sounds spot on to what mine is like now Ferryman_1957
