Thread: Engine Hot, Temp Gauge Cool...

Originally Posted by sam_d

I noticed the last couple of times I've taken my 97 D1 V8i out that my temperature gauge is reading slightly lower I am used to seeing it. Also, when I get out of the car after a bit of a drive the engine seems a little hotter than I remember it typically being.

The coolant levels seems okay and viscous coupler was replaced not long ago.

Is something beginning to go wrong or am I just paranoid?

Thanks in advance!

Could be your thermostat failing slowly, they often open earlier when they get old. What you feel as a hotter engine might be more hot air coming from the radiator while the thermostat is open. Thermostats are relatively cheap...

I recently had a hot engine, the temp gauge was normal, but you really could feel the heat in the engine bay and off the radiator, (I have a premanent scar where my arm touched the top of the "cooler side" of the Rad for a split second and it peeled my skin off.)
My radiator was rodded and that fixed the problem, the top passenger side quarter of the radiator had a hot spot

G,day what did you mean by you had your radiator RODDED as i think i have the same problem.Cheers RABBITS

Originally Posted by RABBITS

G,day what did you mean by you had your radiator RODDED as i think i have the same problem.Cheers RABBITS

You take the radiator to your local radiator specialist and they remove the tanks off it and physically push all the crud out of the tubes (ie push a rod down them ), then put it back together.

Should cost around $100 if you remove it yourself and take to them.

Steve