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just gethering sum info together to see if my car has a thermostat fault again ...

what temperature does your engine run around -5 to -15 ??

mine is staying well below 70 all the time and heaters are not getting warm ,

only changed my thermostat 6 months ago

merry christmas

take it the 9 views your temp gauge is broke then

Wants someone with another 1.9 to comment really, although my HDi take an age to get there but it gets warm. The heater should get warm before the radiator (it's taken off before the stat) so I reckon something's amiss. I guess you should test the thermostat but that rather involves taking it all to bits again

my xsara had the same 1.9 and the gauge took an age to get to 70, and even longer to get to 90

driving to my in laws heater never got warm and thats 12 miles

Bearing in mind i don't have a bonnet lining, my engine sits at 70degrees in this cold weather. It has rarely been at 80 apart from traffic jams

Our 1.9 TD (XUD) is around the 70 mark also, heaters working cabin gets hot hot

My XUD only ever got up to 90 in the summer.

In the winter on the motorway it would stay at about 70, and the blower wasn't hot enough to keep the windscreen clear.

70-75 rising to 80 when idling for a decent time. Heaters are always quite hot when upto temp.

I was told that was what I should expect from mine when I had it.

in the cold weather around 70 in traffic been up to 90, and have noticed when I have got out of the car after heavy traffic the fans have kicked in after the ignition is off ,which I hope is normalish

My hdis normal temperature is straight vertical which i believe is 90, the oil one i think is the same but i dont see any point in the oil temperature gague, what can it tell the water one doesnt.

FarmerPug wrote:My hdis normal temperature is straight vertical which i believe is 90, the oil one i think is the same but i dont see any point in the oil temperature gague, what can it tell the water one doesnt.

It's a much better indication of the temperature of the engine. On a 150mph blast, my V6's coolant is cold due to the massive amount of air rushing through the radiator, but the oil temperature heading into the red shows I can't sustain the speed for too long before the engine explodes

On turbocharged cars, it shows when it's safe to start planting your right foot. If the oil is up to temperature, so is the turbo.

Mine always sits at about 85ish regardless of time of year just takes a lot longer in the windter though mines a HDI 110

mjb wrote:

FarmerPug wrote:My hdis normal temperature is straight vertical which i believe is 90, the oil one i think is the same but i dont see any point in the oil temperature gague, what can it tell the water one doesnt.

It's a much better indication of the temperature of the engine. On a 150mph blast, my V6's coolant is cold due to the massive amount of air rushing through the radiator, but the oil temperature heading into the red shows I can't sustain the speed for too long before the engine explodes

On turbocharged cars, it shows when it's safe to start planting your right foot. If the oil is up to temperature, so is the turbo.

150 mph

mjb takes his Coupe to the Autobahns in Germany, where 150 MPH is legal. He's also been round the Nurburgring in it, too