Hi Y`all, dont know if this has occured with others but here goes.
Leant my 2001 2.6 auto Omega estate to daughter in law about 5 weeks back, she mentioned that after some slow running, traffic queuing on her way to work etc that the engine sounded and felt like it was either misfiring or "chugging" but not every time nor all the time she drove it to work.
It`s happened a few times with me, short trip to tesco etc maybe 2 miles, barely warm and it`ll "chug", I`ll turn off the engine because the panels lit up, eml`s on etc, count to 10 and fire her up with no prob`s, no misafires chugs nothing.
What I have noticed is the temperature gauge isnt climbing as it used to, before these probs it would go 90 ish, maybe an indicated 95 degrees then the fans would cut in and bring it down. Now, the temps sticking on 86 approx`.
Obvious 1st thought is I need a new thermostat ?, I believe from my paperwork that a crank sensor was done a while back, the current mileage is 88k, cambelt was done at 72k. Ive done motorway mileage at fairly high speed (85-90 etc) with no probs and most everything is otherwise normal.
Any ideas ? No need to recommend Asda/Sainsburys/Waitrose lol
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