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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Martin_1962 on 31 January 2007, 09:30:34
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What is your running temperature? mine is between 80 and 84 and I think it is low.
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What is your running temperature? mine is between 80 and 84 and I think it is low.
Can't remember is the DBW units run a little cooler anyway?
My 3.0l runs at about 92/93 this time of year, in traffic up to mid nineties before fans kick in...
What is the middle of your gauage?
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Pretty sure it's 80
well it has 70 & 90 and the correct number of gaps
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In traffic, up-and-down between (roughly) 90-100.
On Motorways, usually around 90 (i.e. the fans don't need to kick in) but on very cold days it may not lift over 85 even on a long run.
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Mine (mini facelift) sits just below the 95 mark, midway up the guage, on normal driving but can reach 100 then drop down by the fans when stuck in traffic.
I have always wondered how some claim running temps of 80 with the needle midway, when my guage shows 95 midway?
Faclelift temp guage and dash (robbed from a random Ebay listing)
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/faceliftdash.jpg)
Minifacelift temp guage (mine)
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/minifacelifttempguage.jpg)
Like I said, just wondering....
Is it simply the card face thats different with different markings, thus needle deflection is actually the same or what?
B
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Mini facelift one sits at around 92-95ish....facelift one sits at around 87ish....
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I'll look at dinner time
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Same as the facelift picture above with a similar temperature
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Thats ok then :y
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generally, with a couple of degrees of midpoint if fine....
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Mines all over the place for the first 15mins or so, as it should be. Its gets up to 90 after about 5mins, then the stat pops and it drops to about 80, up to 90 again then the matrix has warmed up sufficiently for the heater fans to kick in, down to 80 again, then slowly (this weather) up to 90 again.
Phew, that was long-winded :)
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What is your running temperature? mine is between 80 and 84 and I think it is low.
Thats exactly what my 2.2 runs at.... 82/83 ish on the motorway. 85 on slow roads, very occasionally hits 90 in town. But thats quite rare has to be heavy stop start stuff to get it up that high.
One thing that causes them to run cooler is a knackered air-con condenser. With my new one, it ran a few degree's warmer :y
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SO mine is OK
Thanks
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SO mine is OK
Thanks
I think it may be your thermostat. Mine was running in low 80's so I looked and the stat was warped.
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OK, semi sensible but honest question here.....
Is it actually the temperature reached that is displayed upon the guage, or is the relative degree of needle deflection the case in point? ie does 82 ish on a facelift equal 93 ish on a prefacelift as the actual needle deflections are roughly the same?
...... asks confused from Scotland...
;)
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OK, semi sensible but honest question here.....
Is it actually the temperature reached that is displayed upon the guage, or is the relative degree of needle deflection the case in point? ie does 82 ish on a facelift equal 93 ish on a prefacelift as the actual needle deflections are roughly the same?
...... asks confused from Scotland...
;)
As said earlier, just below middle of gauge is the area you want - the cooler running engines (DBW) should have different guages so this lower temp is still just below midway...