Help with temps....

[Daz.]

I'd like to know where people believe the needle is supposed to be in normal driving conditions and when the fan kicks in.

Both my old clios and the willy have been really good with temps but after its service Monday and fixing my stuttery idle the car seems to go way over what I would deem the normal operating temps..




The green line used to be normal driving temp and the yellow one was where the fan would usually kick in...

Now the orange line is normal driving temp and the red line is where the fan kicks in.

I'm not happy to be honest I think its way too high but Jamie at the garage who is the only person I trust to work on my car thinks that thats normal from his experience.

Could it be a false reading? the car doesn't feel to me any hotter than it was but I wanted your opinions.

[teabag]

strange that

my valver rt runs same as urs used to (green line, fan is on an ignition live and it never runs hotter than the yellow line)

but my mates clio (coops' old one) runs mega hot orange and red line, seems ok, just gets warm in the car lol

[Daz.]

gen ren sensors as opposed to what I can only guess are pattern parts?

[Rich]

seems higher than any of my clios used to run but i used to run a low temp fan switch.

if your worried get a low temp stat in there or switch mate

[Daz.]

Think I will I liked it on my valver.

Someone said that low temp stats and sensors were just another cars normal ones? can anyone tell me what that was so I can get them?

[Daz.]

Right just been out again and I'm not having it - I don't like how high it sits now - so its going back!

[wavy]

if the car is moving it hardly even reaches the 1st set of marks
usualy stays at 1st big mark

[white16valver]

Mine runs the lower pair of temperatures too - think yours are definitely too high!

I think the thermostat is a shared renault / citroen part - I don't know why I have that in my head but I do... lol

Time before last I went to GSF and the one they gave me had 86 stamped on it so was a Low Temp one anyway - Last time they gave me an 89 one I think! Random!

[white16valver]

if the car is moving it hardly even reaches the 1st set of marks
usualy stays at 1st big mark

If yours is running at the purple mark then you've got a fooked thermostat as it's running constantly open!

Get it changed - even I can do it LoL

[wavy]

yes it runs at that mark unless i stand still in traffic then it rises
then fan cuts in fine
i have no probs so aint changing nothing