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[Entwood]

I don't know about this beast ... 01 3.2 .. but the old one .. 99 V mini-FL 2.5 .. certainly had a fan .... I had to fix it when it stopped working !!!

I "think" it was MarkDTM's advice to use a small computer fan ... whoever it was .. it worked ..

[mathewst]

saw a picture of climate contrl panel dissasemblled but can't remember was it pre or facelift.
There was a fan there

[cruisetopoland]

My facelift 2.2 runs at just over 70 degrees most of the time, rises to 85ish at end of hot run, climate works fine.

Reading these posts, do I assume this is normal or that my stat is stuck open?  I have brought a spare with me in case of issues.

I will do the top hose test as noted on here later...

Yup, should run close to 85 all the time.

Currently half way though doing mother tunnies 3.0 stat, give me a 4 pot to work on any day 

Top hose gets gradually warmer, so stat is stuck open-explains cold running.  Have got one on board, not sure about stat housing bolts but will get it sorted in Poland this week somehow if poss.  Runs ok so if tricky, will do when I get back home 

[RobG]

My facelift 2.2 runs at just over 70 degrees most of the time, rises to 85ish at end of hot run, climate works fine.

Reading these posts, do I assume this is normal or that my stat is stuck open?  I have brought a spare with me in case of issues.

I will do the top hose test as noted on here later...

Yup, should run close to 85 all the time.

Currently half way though doing mother tunnies 3.0 stat, give me a 4 pot to work on any day 

Top hose gets gradually warmer, so stat is stuck open-explains cold running.  Have got one on board, not sure about stat housing bolts but will get it sorted in Poland this week somehow if poss.  Runs ok so if tricky, will do when I get back home 

Easy peasy. Done mine on the 2.0 (same) took half hour from start to finish

[cruisetopoland]

My facelift 2.2 runs at just over 70 degrees most of the time, rises to 85ish at end of hot run, climate works fine.

Reading these posts, do I assume this is normal or that my stat is stuck open?  I have brought a spare with me in case of issues.

I will do the top hose test as noted on here later...

Yup, should run close to 85 all the time.

Currently half way though doing mother tunnies 3.0 stat, give me a 4 pot to work on any day 

Just got this done this morning at a Polish garage, had stat on board, now runs at 85 degrees and heating much warmer.
Glad I did not do this myself as rubber gasket was determined to break free- they used a tiny amount of gasket sealant to keep it in correct place when mating housing and block, which I had not got.

Was an adventure going to Polish garage and conversing in my broken Polish and helping them do it-so I could do it next time.  Cost 20GBP including German -52 red coolant to top up exisitng red-so very cheap and easy fix.

All the guys looked at the Omega and made positive comments-so a nice morning out 

[Mr Hagon]

The engine temp. behaviour sounds normal to me. Mine will normally sit between 85 and 90 but in this cold weather is actually more like 80-85.

The increase to 85 ish followed by a drop again is where the thermostat first opens. The radiator is full of ice cold water in the first instance so the engine cools rapidly when the thermostat first opens. After that it stabilises.

Try the top hose test to make sure but it sounds like everything is OK to me. Note that earlier models had a different calibration of the gauge so appear to run at 90 odd instead of 80 odd.

Kevin

I've not driven the car for a few days now, but as the weather has improved a little in terms of temperature I will go for a drive and see what happens.

I expect I was seeing the engine temp rising so slowly due to the outside temp and the fact that my commute in that weather wasn't long enough to warm the engine thoroughly.

Thanks for all the replies.