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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: johnnybbad on 25 February 2010, 20:24:54

Title: engine temp
Post by: johnnybbad on 25 February 2010, 20:24:54

Hi all,

I have noticed that my car only manages to reach about 80 degrees in the morning when i get to work, i work 10 miles away from my house.

Does this sound right, as i thought its normal operating temp is about 90 degrees.

car is a facelift 2.5 v6 by the way

Title: Re: engine temp
Post by: tunnie on 25 February 2010, 20:26:36

normal temp as seen on the dash is 85, rising to 90 in traffic, but on a constant cruise should be 85.

Does it manage to get to 85 temp wise on longer runs?

Title: Re: engine temp
Post by: johnnybbad on 25 February 2010, 20:29:15

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normal temp as seen on the dash is 85, rising to 90 in traffic, but on a constant cruise should be 85.

Does it manage to get to 85 temp wise on longer runs?

ive only ever seen it rise to 85-90 in a traffic jam

Title: Re: engine temp
Post by: sparten on 25 February 2010, 20:31:06

sounds about right as that is what mine does

Title: Re: engine temp
Post by: tunnie on 25 February 2010, 20:32:03

yup sounds ok, could be getting a little old and slightly sticky. Brand new stat in our 3.0 V6, and that sits at 85 all the time now.

Title: Re: engine temp
Post by: johnnybbad on 25 February 2010, 22:09:54

gotta do a service next week, so ill stick a new stat in it then

thanks john

Title: Re: engine temp
Post by: Mr Hagon on 25 February 2010, 22:35:25

Sounds like the stat getting tired.  My temp gauge barely lifted about 70 but now it has been changed it casually rises to 85 in short order and sits there.

Title: Re: engine temp
Post by: hotel21 on 25 February 2010, 22:38:39

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1265649820

 :y

Title: Re: engine temp
Post by: robson on 26 February 2010, 09:29:29

I mentioned this in an earlier post but got  no reaction the fact that we have the heating on in the car at  this time of year doesnt thisbring the engine temp down I find that if I switch the heating off my temp runs at 80-85

Title: Re: engine temp
Post by: TheBoy on 26 February 2010, 10:32:15

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I mentioned this in an earlier post but got  no reaction the fact that we have the heating on in the car at  this time of year doesnt thisbring the engine temp down I find that if I switch the heating off my temp runs at 80-85

If the cooling system and stat are working as intended, switching heating on or off should make no difference :)

If the system is struggling to cool, for whatever reason, having the heating on can help.  Eg, if I'm blasting down the motorway in the summer at, err 70mph officer, and suddenly hit a jam, I open windows, turn heating up, just to get that big dollop of heat out of the engine quickly :)