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  1. 30th March 2011, 03:11 PM #1
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    Engine Temp when off road

    Hello,
    I had the joy of 4WD in the Wombat state forest last weekend pulled over and cooked a few snags on the BBQ, very relaxing, but enough of that.

    I noticed that when driving up there on the highway that the temp gauge was sitting on 1/2 which is ok but when in the forest 4WDing the temp dropped down to cold is this normal?
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  2. 30th March 2011, 03:35 PM #2
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    NO
    It's not normal for the temp to drop like that,
    at a guess it sounds like your thermostat is stuck open, unless you have a problem with the sender unit or the gauge.

    If it takes a long time to get to normal temp from cold then i'd be looking at the thermostat.
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  3. 30th March 2011, 08:35 PM #3
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    What roverv8 said... Unless you happened to be going through lots of water?
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    Quote Originally Posted by upnorth View Post
    What roverv8 said... Unless you happened to be going through lots of water?
    Lots of ICE COLD water...you weren't 4wd'ing through some kind of wombat-arctic-nexus-pocket that you perhaps weren't aware of were you?
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  5. 31st March 2011, 07:39 AM #5
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    stuffed thermostat x2
    Regards Philip A
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  6. 31st March 2011, 09:18 AM #6
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    Thanks for the quick reply guys, will replace the themostat
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  7. 31st March 2011, 04:40 PM #7
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    petrol or diesel??
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  8. 1st April 2011, 09:45 AM #8
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    it is a TDI
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