RobCa
New member
Hi,
I have a 55 reg 1.1 8v Panda and I'm not sure the Temperature Gauge is reading correctly, your advice on how yours operates would be appreciated.
The History: I bought the car with the head gasket blown (some say I'm nuts!). Anyway, the head was skimmed, valves ground, new valve seals, new cambelt, gaskets, temp sensor assy, replacement radiator etc. Several oil/gasket changes and its been back on the road running well.
The old radiator was leaking which may have contributed to the original problem but I also suspect that the temperature gauge is not indicating correctly when it's warm/hot and hence other overheating signs may have been ignored by the previous owner because the gauge showed ok! I want to be sure that it doesn't overheat again without a temperature gauge warning.
If I plug in an OBD scanner, I can see the temperature being reported as expected. The fan kicks in at 97 deg, cools it down to about 93 deg, etc. It's the dashboard gauge I'm not sure about. In normal operation it rises quite quickly to the quarter mark (about 65 deg on OBD). It then continues to rise to the half mark (level with thermometer symbol) and stays there. It gets there at 80 deg plus and stays there during the fan kicking in and out. It only moves a maximum of a needle width from the halfway mark! I would have expected to see the needle move up and down a bit as the temperature changes from 85 to 97 deg.
Can others advise how their temp gauges behaves please.
I did fit a new temp sensor when I did the work as a precaution but the old one showed the same on the gauge.
Many Thanks
Rob
I have a 55 reg 1.1 8v Panda and I'm not sure the Temperature Gauge is reading correctly, your advice on how yours operates would be appreciated.
The History: I bought the car with the head gasket blown (some say I'm nuts!). Anyway, the head was skimmed, valves ground, new valve seals, new cambelt, gaskets, temp sensor assy, replacement radiator etc. Several oil/gasket changes and its been back on the road running well.
The old radiator was leaking which may have contributed to the original problem but I also suspect that the temperature gauge is not indicating correctly when it's warm/hot and hence other overheating signs may have been ignored by the previous owner because the gauge showed ok! I want to be sure that it doesn't overheat again without a temperature gauge warning.
If I plug in an OBD scanner, I can see the temperature being reported as expected. The fan kicks in at 97 deg, cools it down to about 93 deg, etc. It's the dashboard gauge I'm not sure about. In normal operation it rises quite quickly to the quarter mark (about 65 deg on OBD). It then continues to rise to the half mark (level with thermometer symbol) and stays there. It gets there at 80 deg plus and stays there during the fan kicking in and out. It only moves a maximum of a needle width from the halfway mark! I would have expected to see the needle move up and down a bit as the temperature changes from 85 to 97 deg.
Can others advise how their temp gauges behaves please.
I did fit a new temp sensor when I did the work as a precaution but the old one showed the same on the gauge.
Many Thanks
Rob