engine tempreture

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:10 am

Ok now my cars temp never goes above 66degrees. So either my termostat is buggered or it something else. Now normally when termostats goes they stay closed not open. My thermostat does work because from cold there is no flow in the radiator.

I now its 66degrees because the display on the wolf says so. And yes the temp sensor is calibrated.

Any ideas??

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:17 am

Don't know what mine runs at but my guage shows it runs half between the halfway stripe and the 1 below, most other sx's I know of runs at half or just above on the temp guage, so mine runs cooler but don't know by how much.

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:20 am

I would say mine run between the 1/4 and half way.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:33 am

Ya that sounds good, mine runs half between 2/4 and 1/2 when it is at full heat temp

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:40 am

mine runs half between 2/4 and 1/2 when it is at full heat temp

2/4 and 1/2 are the same thing

.

But surely the sx should run at 88degrees. I think 66degrees is to cold.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:43 am

Ya Gary I am a bit stuffed with the late night last night, between 1/4 and 1/2.

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:54 am

at most mine hits 90 as shown on the Wolf, I can see all in real time with the Car PC.

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:05 am

Ja I see real time as well with the hand controller. But it sits steady at 66degrees, most I have seen is 71degrees.

Do you get different tempreture thermostats?? As far as I know most open at about 74degrees.

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:17 am

Yip you get different ones... mine is also a AM thermostat but only opens about 2/3 degrees lower than the OEM one, so it basically the same.

Important for those monkeys running import motors, change your thermo's hey! The guys in japan's thermostats open at 84 degrees.

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:19 am

I am going to change my thermostat.

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:33 am

Vlade wrote:
Important for those monkeys running import motors, change your thermo's hey! The guys in japan's thermostats open at 84 degrees.

Didnt know that. I did however change my thermostat anyway...cool beans

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:37 am

my stoopid guessometer reads at 90 degrees in heavy traffice!

and between 80 and 90 on the freeway.

but the BMW switch turns the fans on at 91 degrees. and i am more inclined to believe the BMW part, than the stoopid gauge.

usually when the fans switch on, the temp gauge reads closer to 100 degrees!

stoopid guessometers!

WooHaa · Post by **WooHaa** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:38 am

that's right Vlademius. Nissan do sell the 76 degree & 82 degree thermostat, at about R250.00 a pop.
I say go for the 76 degree on & use a thinner oil. 0w - 40(mobil1)