Corsa coolant temperature
Jonathan Curtis
degrees celsius) are for my two cars:
Vauxhall Corsa 1.5TD 1994
Vauxhall Corsa 1.2i 1993
On the diesel mine is around 91 and on the petrol it is under 90 but 90
is just after the starting temperature point on the guage hence I'm
having difficulty deciding if I've got a thermostat problem with the
petrol one.
Vauxhall do seem to have made a cock up of the guages as the fan cut in
on the diesel ( at 100 degrees) is over three quarters of the way
towards the red marker, a point where some would switch off and call the
AA!
Thanks to your replies and thanks for the replies about the radiator.
Jon
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Duncan Wood
"Jonathan Curtis" <js...@lineone.net> wrote in message
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> Could someone please tell me what the normal running temperatures (in
> degrees celsius) are for my two cars:
>
> Vauxhall Corsa 1.5TD 1994
> Vauxhall Corsa 1.2i 1993
>
> On the diesel mine is around 91 and on the petrol it is under 90 but 90
> is just after the starting temperature point on the guage hence I'm
> having difficulty deciding if I've got a thermostat problem with the
> petrol one.
>
Is that a real 90 or the dash guages guestimate?
> Vauxhall do seem to have made a cock up of the guages as the fan cut in
> on the diesel ( at 100 degrees) is over three quarters of the way
> towards the red marker, a point where some would switch off and call the
> AA!
>
That sounds normal
Jonathan Curtis
DaveK
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with a critical eye.
You could do with a red light that just warns you when it is too hot.
Should've heard the discussions in the canteen when you had an oil pressure
guage.
DaveK.
matt
flashing lights for that matter. And what ever happened to thost big open
reel tapes that went forwards and backwards for no adequately explained
reason?
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Ben Cowell
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Have you seen the higher spec manual Citroen C5's? Battery, Oil Temp, Water
Temp, Fuel, Engine Revs, oh and speedometer. I'd love it, you would never
get bored in a traffic jam.
I do think that oil temp is a good idea for turbocharged cars, so you know
not to hammer it while the oil is still cold. The oil temperature changes
differently to the water.
Ben
Stuart Sharp
<da...@wkinnear.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>That's why they stopped putting guages on modern cars- people inspect them
>with a critical eye.
>You could do with a red light that just warns you when it is too hot.
>Should've heard the discussions in the canteen when you had an oil pressure
>guage.
>DaveK.
>
>
I would argue that a carefully observed guage is a good early
indication of developing colling system problems. For example, a guage
which is rising more slowly than before may indicate a defective
thermostat - a warning light would not tell you this.
On my car I know that the guage reaches the normal "9 o' clock"
position in approx three miles and will remain there regardless of
increased speed/gradient (even racing up Sutton Bank, a 1:4 hill,
won't cause it to rise even slightly). If this situation were to
change I would know that a problem was developing long before a
warning light could tell me about it.
Just my two-penneth :-)
Stu
Stu
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Agreed (and Lucy's temperature never budged going up Sutton Bank, Kermit
doesn't have a coolant gauge, and whilst the induction tempterature does
increase, not by much - only if you go up in first behind a bus, then stop
at the top, does he get significantly warmer).
The trouble is that most people don't actually think about what their engine
is doing! Yes, you can see if there is a potential problem, but it seems
that most people don't bother to check the coolant gauge, and modern engines
are such that if looked after . . . they ought not to go wrong . . . heh
famous last words, indeed!
As
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> degrees celsius) are for my two cars:
>
> Vauxhall Corsa 1.5TD 1994
> Vauxhall Corsa 1.2i 1993
>
> On the diesel mine is around 91 and on the petrol it is under 90 but 90
> is just after the starting temperature point on the guage hence I'm
> having difficulty deciding if I've got a thermostat problem with the
> petrol one.
Most cars' coolant systems run between 80 and 90 degrees. There's always a
trade-off between temperatures, and it does depend where the probe is
mounted.
> Vauxhall do seem to have made a cock up of the guages as the fan cut in
> on the diesel ( at 100 degrees) is over three quarters of the way
> towards the red marker, a point where some would switch off and call the
> AA!
Those people who would stop and call the AA haven't read their manuals, heh!
Having the coolant fan(s) cut in around and about 100 degrees is perfectly
normal.
> Thanks to your replies and thanks for the replies about the radiator.
You do have to consider that the coolant gauge is really only an indicator.
My Cinquecento had temperature markers, and she'd sit around 80 degrees for
the most part (down to 75 when taking it easy on a long run, up to 85 when
"pressing on" in the summer). The fan cut in at around 100 degrees, and I
had seen her up to around 105 before the temperature started dropping.
The time to get worried is when it does something other than the ordinary.
The Ka doesn't have a coolant gauge, and at first, I sorely missed it -
basically, the gauge was part and parcel of my cockpit sweep. I was used to
the Mondeo - basically, it heads towards the vertical, and very rarely
deviated once running!
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Duncan Wood
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To quote an actor of my aquaintance "It can't have run out of water, the
guage with the wiggly lines was all the way over to max"
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Grimly Curmudgeon
<matt.s...@trousers.btinternet.com> wrote:
> And what ever happened to thost big open
>reel tapes that went forwards and backwards for no adequately explained
>reason?
They all found homes in cheesy prop depts for when a script called for
a computer room.
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Kevin B
In reality gauges only give you a rough indication as to what
is going on inside your engine. Even the most carefull motorist
can be caught out by a sudden change in the engine that the
gauge cannot react to fast enough.
The technology is already available to not only to stop any
damage being done to an engine, but also to stop the engine
from being started if the senors detect someting is wrong.
Of course it all depends on the level of protection you want,
because there is a cost to be paid for advanced engine
management systems, but I doubt the average motorist would
be prepared to pay for a fail safe system.
Regards
Kevin B