thermos kicking in early!

[spacattack]

( that speed was done in a controlled environment )

Now, i have a problem with my thermos kicking in early, the thermos kick in at the first big notch ( not the first little skinny one ), my temp never goes over the first big notch, never has since i bought the car 3 years ago, i since changed my dash cluster ( i think its a VP lexen one or something like that, it looks heaps better than the VN one :S yuk! lol ) on my old VN dash cluster the thermos would kick in at half way, does anyone know whats going on? , iv replaced my radiator, thermo's, thermo stat, hoses, water pump, fluid various times, thermostate houseing, basicly all the cooling system has been replaced, any one can answer this correctly gets a chocy frog

[LowVp]

i have found the calibration of the temp gauges on these dashes to be different from one to another, just to make sure let your car idle, stick the thermometer in the radiator and just watch here they come on at.

[JD]

i would say that you new dash has a sticker temp gauge therefore not going up as high

[mulligan-can]

Off Topic: Were you actually travelling at that speed when that photo was taken?

[LowVp]

lmfao, how stupid would it be to do 200km/h and hold a camera at the same time, re-read the start of the post

[mulligan-can]

lmfao, how stupid would it be to do 200km/h and hold a camera at the same time, re-read the start of the post

Thats what I was thinking.... Cept he said in a controlled environment which has me a tad stumped? Just had car on blocks or something?

[J_D]

My VNs1 has a VP dash and my fan kicks in at 2 and a half bars.

[LowVp]

dyno. just put a do a simple test and put a thermometer in the radiator and see what temp the fan come on at then check to see where it is on the dash, i've had 5 vp's go threw my family and none have been the same

[spacattack]

yeh had the car up on stands doing a few adjustments and tests and what not, mate said give it a boot full so i did hahahahah

[immortality]

you tried the temp sensor for the guage?

[friedchicken]

you tried the temp sensor for the guage?

yeah. the guage has a different sensor to the computer. maybe the guage one is stuffed/broken wire. i think the guage one is the single wire sensor, the computer one is a 2 wire one.

[immortality]

yeah. the guage has a different sensor to the computer. maybe the guage one is stuffed/broken wire. i think the guage one is the single wire sensor, the computer one is a 2 wire one.

yep, something like that

[spacattack]

where can i find it?

[matt2950]

Never noticed the cluster's were different between commodore & lexcen, I dont mind the look of them, much nice.

[10000_fists]

yeh had the car up on stands doing a few adjustments and tests and what not, mate said give it a boot full so i did hahahahah

Would love to see it if the car came off the stands, hahaha... nah kidding that would be a nightmare...

[spacattack]

haha that woulda been funny haha