Running Temp

PGWLE · Post by **PGWLE** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:18 pm

My Coupe often only gets up to 75 after at least 15 minutes of driving at around 60mph.

I've only ever seen in hotter when the police had a road block and I sat in traffic for 1 hour, we hit 90c.

Surely running at 75 is bad for the engine!?

Hmmmm - Laurence

DelG40 · Post by **DelG40** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:16 am

Nope, that's about right for running around at 60mph. Think about all that cold air rushing in the front, engine ain't working too hard either.

Sitting in traffic in a city will definately see a rise of temperature right up to 90 degrees. Fan should be working nicely around here.

PGWLE · Post by **PGWLE** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:57 am

Fair enough cheers for the heads up!

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:26 am

so long as your fan turns on after no more than about 20 minutes idling, alls well

Karl_CLCoupe · Post by **Karl_CLCoupe** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:46 pm

I was a bit concerned about the cut-in time of my fan. I did a coolant change using two bottles worth of G12+, flushed the system and bled it at the heater matrix, yet the fan now only seems to cut in at around 95-97. Does seem a tad high, but once it does get going it can make a good job of knocking 10 degress off the temp with few problems.

Karl.