Engine temps.

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windmill

Discussion Starter · Jan 5, 2004

:? How normal is it, if the temp outside is a bit below freezing, and I drive 50 mph (6 units on engine temp. indicator), and suddenly I have to brake for a traffic jam, that my engine temp monitoring scale drops from 6 units (at 50 mph speeds), to 4 units at 2 mph (engine practically at idle) with cabintemp sellected at 22 dgs celsius. Personal I think it is for this little engine to hard to stay warm, compared with other (gas-slurping) engines, or is the thermostat stays to open? I should say that a car engine at idle rpm's, can get more hot, due to the fact that there is no airflow arround the radiator/heatexchanger.
What is it, and what is the general engine temp behaviour under these circumstances ?

Still have to live with that painfull smile on my face 8)

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Greetings Etienne, the Netherlands

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redgiki

· #2 · Jan 5, 2004

Engine temps

I'll routeinly drop down a bar on engine temps at a long stoplight. The cure is to block part of your radiator... big trucks do it all the time

Now to just find some nice canvas to use to block my radiator, because the cardboard is both cheesy and waterlogged...

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redgiki

· #4 · Jan 5, 2004

Cardboard block...

I had to remove my first attempt at a cardboard block for a warranty visit this morning... kind of mangled it in the process. I don't know how much it actually helped my CVT's gas mileage, but being able to crank up the heater half a mile from home was nice

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