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How hot is yours??
« on: 02 February 2010, 09:16:47 »
I have just done a coolant flush on the mig and put in the new type coolant (I made sure I flushed all the old stuff out)

However the temperature still varies from about 90 upto about 97 or thereabouts. Is this normal? On my other cars once the engine is upto temperature the leccy fans keep the engine at a constant temp.
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Re: How hot is yours??
« Reply #1 on: 02 February 2010, 09:18:15 »
sounds about right to me tbh. ;)
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« Reply #2 on: 02 February 2010, 09:21:25 »
Oh right ok thank. Was bit worried it was getting a bit hot!
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Re: How hot is yours??
« Reply #3 on: 02 February 2010, 09:28:14 »
both my elites run up to 96/7, fans bring it down to about 92 ish. however my mv6 never reaches 90. all 3.0l  :y
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Re: How hot is yours??
« Reply #4 on: 02 February 2010, 10:01:32 »
thats bang on for V6
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« Reply #5 on: 02 February 2010, 12:29:06 »
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thats bang on for V6
No, running 90 to 97 on a v6 is too high. 85 to 90 is about right for a v6.
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« Reply #6 on: 02 February 2010, 12:30:38 »
mine runs at 85 all day never alters except if stood then goes to 90 but soon drops to 85 when gets moving
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« Reply #7 on: 02 February 2010, 12:31:44 »
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thats bang on for V6
No, running 90 to 97 on a v6 is too high. 85 to 90 is about right for a v6.

No its not, its half way on the gauge.

markh1 has mini-facelift, so it is 95 on a normal run, up to 97 in traffic, fans kick in, brings it down to 95.

If yours runs at 85 on pre-facelift stat is nackered.
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« Reply #8 on: 02 February 2010, 12:33:08 »
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mine runs at 85 all day never alters except if stood then goes to 90 but soon drops to 85 when gets moving

Thats right for yours,  temp gauge is differnet on facelift  :)

90 is middle on facelift, 95 on pre-facelift
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« Reply #9 on: 02 February 2010, 12:37:25 »
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thats bang on for V6
No, running 90 to 97 on a v6 is too high. 85 to 90 is about right for a v6.

No its not, its half way on the gauge.

markh1 has mini-facelift, so it is 95 on a normal run, up to 97 in traffic, fans kick in, brings it down to 95.

If yours runs at 85 on pre-facelift stat is nackered.
mines a facelift 3.0 v6, new stat 5 days ago, runs at 85 to 90.
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thats bang on for V6
No, running 90 to 97 on a v6 is too high. 85 to 90 is about right for a v6.

No its not, its half way on the gauge.

markh1 has mini-facelift, so it is 95 on a normal run, up to 97 in traffic, fans kick in, brings it down to 95.

If yours runs at 85 on pre-facelift stat is nackered.
mines a facelift 3.0 v6, new stat 5 days ago, runs at 85 to 90.

Then yours is fine, pre-facelifts run hotter on the dash, 95 is normal
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« Reply #11 on: 02 February 2010, 12:39:25 »
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thats bang on for V6
No, running 90 to 97 on a v6 is too high. 85 to 90 is about right for a v6.

No its not, its half way on the gauge.

markh1 has mini-facelift, so it is 95 on a normal run, up to 97 in traffic, fans kick in, brings it down to 95.

If yours runs at 85 on pre-facelift stat is nackered.
mines a facelift 3.0 v6, new stat 5 days ago, runs at 85 to 90.

Then yours is fine, pre-facelifts run hotter on the dash, 95 is normal
Sod of a job to change as well, did it myself.
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Re: How hot is yours??
« Reply #12 on: 02 February 2010, 12:40:41 »
middle of the temp gauge is where it should run, note pre-facelift is 95, facelift, 90:

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4 pots run cooler, since i did my 4 pot stat, which is soooooooo much easier than the b@stard of the V6 one, runs at 85 all the time, only time i get it to 90 is in stop start hot summer traffic
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Re: How hot is yours??
« Reply #13 on: 02 February 2010, 12:43:25 »
mines a t reg min face lift runs at between 94-97

as did the last one i had
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« Reply #14 on: 02 February 2010, 12:44:45 »
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middle of the temp gauge is where it should run, note pre-facelift is 95, facelift, 90:

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4 pots run cooler, since i did my 4 pot stat, which is soooooooo much easier than the b@stard of the V6 one, runs at 85 all the time, only time i get it to 90 is in stop start hot summer traffic
The 4 pots have the same thermostat as the v6, mine runs at 85 as well (v6)
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