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[Wayne]

Guys, when driving my car round town or getting stuck in traffic, temp gauge runs just below 100

is this normal? i have plenty of Red Stuff in there, when i first start the car in the morning, there is a tiny bit of white smoke for about 20 seconds, then its fine

as you all know (probably)
i have to leave one of the Vac pipes off, something to do with the solenoid in the glovebox being faulty, im gonna re-connect this pipe today
(means i wont get any heat on the heater)
and see if that affects temp gauge, im also hoping it will make my Air con colder, at the moment its NOT ice cold, Grrrrrrrrrrrrt

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Guys, when driving my car round town or getting stuck in traffic, temp gauge runs just below 100

is this normal? i have plenty of Red Stuff in there, when i first start the car in the morning, there is a tiny bit of white smoke for about 20 seconds, then its fine

as you all know (probably)
i have to leave one of the Vac pipes off, something to do with the solenoid in the glovebox being faulty, im gonna re-connect this pipe today
(means i wont get any heat on the heater)
and see if that affects temp gauge, im also hoping it will make my Air con colder, at the moment its NOT ice cold, Grrrrrrrrrrrrt

To start with Wayne I doubt the the air-con temperature has anything to do with your engine's running temperature.  Instead that probably has more to do with the fact it needs a re-gas.

Omega engines do run hot, and especially when outside air temperatures are high.  However, you say you have plenty of "red stuff" in there.  If you mean anti-freeze then I hope it is  50/50 mix with water.  An imbalance biased to "red stuff" could cause over heating.

Others will no doubt advise!

[Richard A]

100 deg is very hot, which fans are running ?
regards
richard a

[Pete Elite]

   Wayne I've just had and solved this problem on my Mig by, this is the post i added to a previous thread........

   I've been having a problem with overheating(102.5 degrees on gauge)for about a week or more now so got 2 bottles of the Wynn's coolant flush and after first emptying the radiator out using the little red drainer and removing the top hose i then placed a hose in the header tank and just let it run for a while then repeated with hose in top of radiator(replaced hose and drainer)refilled and ran engine up to temp. with cap off and heater full on hot and repeated after it had cooled for a while.
I then replaced hose and tightened drainer and inserted the contents of the Wynn's into the header tank and topped system up with water and ran engine up to temp.(again with cap off and heater on full hot)and once i was sure air was dispelled i took it for a short run and noticed an improvement straight away .
After leaving it over night i ran it up to temp. let it cool a while and repeated above procedure(but not the Wynn's bit .
  I then put in 50/50 antifreeze mix started and ran up to temp. with cap off and dispelled any air and to date has been as good as gold(95 to 97.5 on gauge) .

       HTH,
             Pete .

[Wayne]

Hi Pete

as i said mate, it never goes above 98

my car has the red VX stuff in it, i must have done about 5 or 6 flushes in the last 12 months, at least

[Pete Elite]

Hi Pete

as i said mate, it never goes above 98

my car has the red VX stuff in it, i must have done about 5 or 6 flushes in the last 12 months, at least

   Ah you didn't mention that in your thread .

   Have you had the Tech 11 treatment to see if the gauge is accurate and if you know the solenoid is faulty why have you not had it replaced or have i missed something in the past :-?.

[Wayne]

Hi mate, i havent had it replaced as i dont know anyone that can do it, and i dont know which part number to give to Vauxhall to order me one! all im told by The Boy is its a vac solenoid in the glovebox  lol

[TheBoy]

Waynes car, from what I remember (it was 2years ago iirc) has a problem where the climate system provides a permenent vac to the hbv.

No idea if its a faulty panel, vac solenoid, or incorrect vac setup.  Needs someone to pull out glovebox and have a butchers