Gauges - where the needles should sit!

[Lovinit]

I do have a leak which has jst come to light! Actually looking for the pipe now! Not sure it'll have any effect on the water temp! It must have been leaking for quite a while tho seems!cheers for the help hope i'l have a bit of luck with it!

[Rusty]

Sounds like you have a leak, I've found that this can send the temperature gauge and fan control all over the place. The temperature sender is on teh back of the block, next to the rown pipe (see SJM Autotechnic for this) and can be tested for resistance, there's aslo teh MFTS on the water manifold to test. If it's losing water though then this is the first place to start. Also, you might want to replace the thermostat in case it's weak, they're cheap enough but difficult to do if all the plastic gubbins is still in the engine bay

[Lovinit]

Ok so imust have a prob with mine! My water temp gauge never goes over 50+1 notch!also the fan kicks in at this temp too.. For 30 seconds intermitenraly! If i'm on the motorway needle hardley moves at all! Changed the sensor in the rad as b4 the needle didn't work at all! The car must always be running in warm up mode! I've suspected this for a while and have posted before but without much luck, been told this is ok... anyone got any ideas?

Cheers
James

[AUDIS2avant]

AND the plot thickens............ PEEEEEEEEEEETEEE!!!!!!

[bigdan]

Hmmm... I also have one from pete that i fitted recently... Guess what? it sits normally at 90+2/3

Glad i saw this, i was going to rip the cooling system to bits again even though i thought the engine wasnt running that hot. Oil temp isn't that hot either.

Further investigation required.....

Dan

[stiglet]

Mine is from Pete also. Could be dodgy, but mine is deffo better than it was with the old sendor.

[Error404]

hadn't seen that pic before of the gauge with the green figures - i always thought there was something amiss with the 7A always running 3 bars below 90 when cruising, but if its 87deg than thats the same as the stat... all makes sense now

[AUDIS2avant]

Funny enough, mine reacted the same when i got a new one from pete, temp raised from "normal" to this.
Maybe some dodgy sensors or?

[stiglet]

I would've thought 105 was fine. Mine is the same and has been SINCE I changed to a new genuine MFTS. Coolant won't vapourise surely as the the whole system is pressurised?!?

[Jas11n]

Wonder how many times that image above has been resized and saved? It's gone a bit blurry
Here's a clearer version

[A80Avant]

nope!
under no circomstances should it be like that. your coolant at 105C starts vapourising

check and replace the MFTS sensor,because you may be just getting a false reading.

[AUDIS2avant]

For reference

My fan starts at 105` and the meter is at normal at 100` (thats 90+3) this isent normal is it?

[stiglet]

Yep.

[mcandmar]

Here's the temp gauge at fan kick-in.

How long should the fan run each time it kicks in?

I got my Avant started the other day while on axle stands, temp gauge was just about vertical when the fan kicked in but only runs for ~10 seconds each time. Is that normal?

[Rusty]

I hard wired my fan for normal operation and ultra high. Helps on track in the heat.