96 SSEi, 204K Miles, Ambient Air temp of between 28-38F.
So, I have noticed that my temp guage tends to move a lot. Much more than any other car I have ever had. It bounces between 195 and about 210, but sometimes will go as high as 220. Never has gone above 220. This is a relatively quick movement and can be seen and discerned with the naked eye. It does a 195-210 sweep probably 16 times in 10 minutes.
It seems to go up when I accelerate, and goes down as I let off (or upon TCC Lockup) More boost seems to create more heat and a faster increase. Fans do come on at 220. at idle it sits at about 205.
Heat works fine...very hot. Coolant levels are good, haven't lost any that i can tell in 1000 miles. Upper Radiator hose gets hard as a rock and hot to the touch after car heats up. Does still have Dex in it, I will be flushing soon.
Should the temp guage move this much, please advise, I have to drive it home from work, about 50 miles, and I don't want to damage anything further.
Thanks!
Bouncing Temp Guage?
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ChevyChugg
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Bouncing Temp Guage?
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Mad Myche
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Re: Bouncing Temp Guage?
My Cierra (3.1) used to do this when there would be a bubble in the cooling system.
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ChevyChugg
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Re: Bouncing Temp Guage?
Nothing has been done to the cooling system...what would cause this?
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Re: Bouncing Temp Guage?
204K with dex-kill in it. Oh boy. Flush immediately
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ChevyChugg
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Re: Bouncing Temp Guage?
Getting flushed and new stat on thursday.
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Re: Bouncing Temp Guage?
Do you know when your lower intake gaskets were changed? Dex-kill tends to destroy gaskets quicker.
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ChevyChugg
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Re: Bouncing Temp Guage?
Lowers never, uppers in 2010. No coolant in the oil or oil in the coolant. Hopefully the flush and stat will help, i really like the car but can't afford to put too much into it.
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Re: Bouncing Temp Guage?
Did the bouncing just start or had it been going on for a while?
Let us know if the flush and new thermostat take care of the problem.
Otherwise if that doesn't work then I might lean towards the temp sensor. Its located underneath the thermostat housing, it might have a small heat shield around the connector.
The gauge panel in these cars is not necessarily the most accurate either.
Let us know if the flush and new thermostat take care of the problem.
Otherwise if that doesn't work then I might lean towards the temp sensor. Its located underneath the thermostat housing, it might have a small heat shield around the connector.
The gauge panel in these cars is not necessarily the most accurate either.