Thermostat needle

[SmoknHondaOwnrs]

Where does it sit at full temp cruising down the road? Or where is it at normal running temp? I need a pic or somthing. I think my car is running cold

 

[CerberuS]

Cold cose you dont get any heat inside?

or just cold cose the needle is there...Cose usually colder the better.

Unless you have a wrong reading...i donno , just some ideas..

 

[SmoknHondaOwnrs]

well, i know colder is better sometimes and thats why they make 160 thermostats. I was just wondering cause there might be somthing wrong. My needle is only 1/4 inch from the bottom when it is fully warmed up. My heater gets pretty hot so idk...i guess, is a 1/4 inch from the bottom normal?

 

[SHOtimer]

Anywhere from the "R" and "A" in "NORMAL" should be about average.

Doug

 

[EMB2580]

I'd like to know too, around town mine is between the M and A but on the highway the needle is on the L. Is that odd?

 

[Shoaz]

I'd like to know too, around town mine is between the M and A but on the highway the needle is on the L. Is that odd?

t-stat's probably stuck open.

 

[EMB2580]

It does take longer than normal for the heat to get hot, I don't remmeber if it that means its stuck open or closed.

 

[SHOtimer]

If it was stuck closed the coolant would not circulate through the radiator, so it would overheat. When it starts taking too long to heat up, it is stuck open and letting too much coolant circulate too soon.

Doug

 

[DEMONICSHO]

mine stays on the l on the highway too, could be the temp sensor for your gauge, remember the ect, and the gauge sensor are seperate. and i just changed my thermostat to the revised version.

 

[SmoknHondaOwnrs]

Im pretty sure mine is stuck open also. Ive read somwhere that they tend to do that. At driving temp it stays around the A and the L

 

[ManicMike]

Anywhere from the "R" and "A" in "NORMAL" should be about average.

Doug

Yep, this is how mine is.

-Mike