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Old 01-02-2013, 10:41 PM
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Engine temp gauge

Is everyone's temperature gauge needle this high on the scale during regular driving? Or is it time for a new temp sensor?

It reads this high ever since I bought the car. There's no coolant leaks, no other noticeable heat problems, and ambient temperature hasn't been over 40*F for the past month or so.

Also, car usually idles around the RPM shown when in neutral, but I figure that's probably my bad TPS.

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Old 01-02-2013, 11:39 PM
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Re: Engine temp gauge

That's perfectly normal. That's where both of mine sit normally.
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Re: Engine temp gauge

My temp is always on the dead middle.

I didn't try neutral but idle at between 500-900, depends how long I've driven. Generally lower when properly hot.
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Re: Engine temp gauge

Looks like mine. Where did you think it would be? I do not get good heat from the heater til it gets that high.
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Re: Engine temp gauge



I gathered teh idle speed of this engine at operational temperature is supposed to be around the 500 mark? Does this say anything about the engine's health?
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Re: Engine temp gauge

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That's perfectly normal. That's where both of mine sit normally.
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Looks like mine. Where did you think it would be? I do not get good heat from the heater til it gets that high.
Ok good. It was just bugging me because my old Civic and a few other cars I've driven all hover around 1/5 or 1/4 up the scale, not halfway so I was just concerned.

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I gathered teh idle speed of this engine at operational temperature is supposed to be around the 500 mark? Does this say anything about the engine's health?
Better than mine. :P
I'm assuming my high idle is a combination of a bad TPS and a bunch of cracked 21 year old vacuum hoses in my engine bay.
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Re: Engine temp gauge

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Ok good. It was just bugging me because my old Civic and a few other cars I've driven all hover around 1/5 or 1/4 up the scale, not halfway so I was just concerned.
Better to ask than to just assume it's ok. Also important to know is that it takes a relatively large change in temperature to move the gauge from that spot. That means even a little bit above where it normally is means a lot more heat.
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Old 01-03-2013, 01:22 PM
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Re: Engine temp gauge

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Better to ask than to just assume it's ok. Also important to know is that it takes a relatively large change in temperature to move the gauge from that spot. That means even a little bit above where it normally is means a lot more heat.
Noted. That would explain why it doesn't move whenever I drive spirited with WOT.
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