New Thermostat

[PALY]

Hello all
I've had a new thermostat fitted.When i was on motorway
doing 70 to 80 mph, the temperature gauge never went over half way.
It seemed to move slightly up and down.Before i had it fitted, the gauge
never went up so far. Would you say it was behaving normally ?
All comments very welcome.

 

[solarman216]

Hello all
I've had a new thermostat fitted.When i was on motorway
doing 70 to 80 mph, the temperature gauge never went over half way.
It seemed to move slightly up and down.Before i had it fitted, the gauge
never went up so far. Would you say it was behaving normally ?
All comments very welcome.

depends on what temperature the replacement stat is, sounds like it is higher than your old one, why did you have the new one? Rick

 

[bry]

If the gauge is reading just under half way,then i would say it's Ok.

 

[clivvy]

as above, depends what temp thermostat was fitted, mine rarely hit half way, so if yours is about that then all is well I would say.

 

[PALY]

I couldn't go faster than 65 mph on motorway. When he tested my old thermostat
It wouldn't open.

 

[clivvy]

sounds like you have a problem sorted then?! you will notice it more in Winter, when you heaters are ready much quicker.

 

[Banshee]

Mine only used to go to 1/4 but now when the car is up to temperature it sits bang on 1/2 way up since up put my 82 degrees one in

Read this thread of mine, there's an interesting picture in there as well where I tested the old one I removed and it was stuck closed, I boiled it to 100 degrees and it still didn't open

 

[PALY]

Thanks for all your replies they were really help full.
Now i know it's working normally.

 

[briggie]

on my old mistral sally :grouphug,the temp guage never went above quarter ,very very occasionally between quarter and a half when I give it some boot , but never up to halfway .

 

[PALY]

That's interesting Briggie,i wonder why my new one does'nt.

 

[briggie]

That's interesting Briggie,i wonder why my new one does'nt.

depends what temp the thermostat is , I believe there are at least 2 different ones .

 

[briggie]

no harm in checking coolant level in the rad as well as expansion tank tho , level should be covering the fins in the rad .

 

[PALY]

I checked them Briggie.The expansion tank was filled right over the max line,
The rad level was ok,