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OK, so VP Berlina, s1 V6, no mods at all. I know very, very little about what goes on under the bonnet.
For the past bit-under-a-year that I have had it, the temperature gauge has not run above the first major tick:
. It never got above this, no matter what I was doing, what the outside temperature was etc. It fluctuated a bit in the green zone, but not much.
3 weeks ago, it suddenly goes up to 3/4, and quickly get it back home. Flushed the radiator, and it seemed ok.
It was a week ago I noticed that it was getting back up to half:
. Took it to Holden, they said it was all working fine.
Then a hose blew that connects the water pump to the engine (manifold is it?). RACV man fixed that, and also flushed the radiator. Temp still gets up to half (like above).
However, it will now not get to above half. What it does get to half, the thermo fan will come on, and move it down a bit:
. This only occurs in traffic, when stopped at lights/peak hour. The fan kicks in, brings it down, but it will go back up, then down, then up, then down.
However, if I travel at speeds >40km/h, then the temp gauge will go down to 1/4:
.
Holden have told me this is entirely normal for this car. Is this true? Is there a reason why it now registers such a variance in it's temps, when before it didn't?
- I can visibly watch the temp gauge rising when stopped at lights, take about 2 minutes to reach the fan-kick-in stage.
- excuse my lovely drawings, they may not be entirely accurate but they help explain.
For the past bit-under-a-year that I have had it, the temperature gauge has not run above the first major tick:
3 weeks ago, it suddenly goes up to 3/4, and quickly get it back home. Flushed the radiator, and it seemed ok.
It was a week ago I noticed that it was getting back up to half:
Then a hose blew that connects the water pump to the engine (manifold is it?). RACV man fixed that, and also flushed the radiator. Temp still gets up to half (like above).
However, it will now not get to above half. What it does get to half, the thermo fan will come on, and move it down a bit:
However, if I travel at speeds >40km/h, then the temp gauge will go down to 1/4:
Holden have told me this is entirely normal for this car. Is this true? Is there a reason why it now registers such a variance in it's temps, when before it didn't?
- I can visibly watch the temp gauge rising when stopped at lights, take about 2 minutes to reach the fan-kick-in stage.
- excuse my lovely drawings, they may not be entirely accurate but they help explain.