rob151515
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Hi,
I've just finished flushing the coolant in my car following the instructions from this post:
https://forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/how-flush-v6-cooling-system.28762
One point i'm not sure of is point 12 where he says to watch for the 'rise and fall' of the temp guage as being a normal indicator that everything is working ok. I've started the car and driven around for a while but haven't noticed the guage falling until I switch off the car. When I first start the car the guage slowly rises over time till it sits just below the half way mark, but seems to stay there until I switch the car off. Is this normal, or should I see it falling a bit as well? The car was only running for 20 - 30 minutes, should I have done a longer test?
I'm a bit worried I may have done something wrong particularly when replacing the thermostat, though it seemed pretty straight forward and hard to stuff up.
It's the first time I've done this and I want to make sure I got it right.
I've just finished flushing the coolant in my car following the instructions from this post:
https://forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/how-flush-v6-cooling-system.28762
One point i'm not sure of is point 12 where he says to watch for the 'rise and fall' of the temp guage as being a normal indicator that everything is working ok. I've started the car and driven around for a while but haven't noticed the guage falling until I switch off the car. When I first start the car the guage slowly rises over time till it sits just below the half way mark, but seems to stay there until I switch the car off. Is this normal, or should I see it falling a bit as well? The car was only running for 20 - 30 minutes, should I have done a longer test?
I'm a bit worried I may have done something wrong particularly when replacing the thermostat, though it seemed pretty straight forward and hard to stuff up.
It's the first time I've done this and I want to make sure I got it right.