Had my car a few years - best I've ever had, no problems.</p> Engine temperature when warmed up has always sat at around 85-89 degs C.</p> Suddenly it has dropped to about 65 degs.</p> Car runs normally, everything in order, heaters ok.</p> Any reason why the normal running temperature could drop by 20 degs?</p>
RE: Maybe it's just the thermometer/cable/guage. Possibly - the reading does go up and down, it's just that it never gets as high as it used to.</p> Might give the garage a ring - I pay 'em a fortune to look after it.</p> Cheers anyway.</p>
Or... without sounding funny, maybe due to the cold weather anyway.. ie, my pug gti used to be like this, and when I checked it out, the garage said that because the weather was really cold anyway, it helped keep the temprature lower than normal. How much truth is in that though I am unsure, but can sound logical..
Thermostat needs replacing about every 7 years on older cars. My 1st car, an L reg Fiesta stopped blowing out hot air. It cost £3 for a new thermostat from Halfords. My dad fitted it and I had a cosey little car again
RE: Thermostat Yep, it'll be the thermostat that's faulty, no idea how easy it is to replace on a car though.
Haynes Guide Get one. It's better than the bible. (and not made up either) Each job is given a difficulty rating. And it allows numpties like me who know next to nothing about cars engines, perform little jobs that'd probably cost about £30 at a garage
RE: Haynes Guide Workshop manuals cost abvout £10 extra, maybe a little more. Even better than a Haynes manual, everything you could possibly need to know about your vehicle, plus more. Although if you're not a very mechanical person, a Haynes manual would be sufficient.
Changing a Thermostat is usually easy(ish) Just a case of draining a bit of water from the cooling system, undoing a couple of Jubilee clips replaceing the unit putting clips back on and topping up radiator.</p> Of course some cars are specially designed to make it a real pain. - Haynes manual is the best approach if you want to have a go yourself - or take it to a garage having found out how much they expect to charge first. If they want more than £30 its either a sod to change or they are ripping you off</p>
RE: Changing a Thermostat is usually easy(ish) £30 is reasonable, that's normally the flat rate for an hours work. If it's a French car, then everything will be bunched up and a bugger to remove/refit/etc. parts.
