wilko
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Hi All, fantastic forum, really helpful having all this info at your fingertips! I have just bought a 1997 VT 5L manual wagon..and love it..will sort out some pics in the next week or so!
I just have a quick question about the temp my engine is running at. The gauge reads about 5mm below the halfway mark and doesn't seem to move much but the thermo fans are coming on and off heaps even coming on with normal driving as i pull up at lights etc..without being stuck in traffic . I just wondered if this is fairly normal for these engines as I have always had older cars and kombis( where there is a distinct lack of such mod cons!!). The engine was replaced by Holden just before I bought it and has now done about 3000 kms and I would have thought they would have at least flushed the radiator at the time. I am thinking about getting a new radiator just to be on the safe side but thought I would see what sort of gauge reading the rest of you might be running around with.
Cheers and congrats to all involved on such a top forum :thumbsup:
I just have a quick question about the temp my engine is running at. The gauge reads about 5mm below the halfway mark and doesn't seem to move much but the thermo fans are coming on and off heaps even coming on with normal driving as i pull up at lights etc..without being stuck in traffic . I just wondered if this is fairly normal for these engines as I have always had older cars and kombis( where there is a distinct lack of such mod cons!!). The engine was replaced by Holden just before I bought it and has now done about 3000 kms and I would have thought they would have at least flushed the radiator at the time. I am thinking about getting a new radiator just to be on the safe side but thought I would see what sort of gauge reading the rest of you might be running around with.
Cheers and congrats to all involved on such a top forum :thumbsup: