Technical Is the temperature ok

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Technical Is the temperature ok

teulk

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During normal driving the temperature gauge never goes above halfway (apart from traffic jams when it rises and then falls when fan kicks in) However when driving for long periods on the motorway it rises to the 3/4 mark and sits there..............is this normal.

1.1 55SX
 
Yeah, thats fine, mine doesn't move much unless im at traffic etc goesd half way,

just check your coolant level :)
 
yea mine does that aswell but freaks me out cause when i drive from bham to london sitting on 95mph i expect the engine to heat up but no well i hope its normal neway :eek:
 
mine never goes above halfway and i drive it very hard. Keep an eye on it and if it gets too high stop and let it cool down. Check the coolant regularly and possibly bleed it now and again to avoid air locks.
 
a perfect 55 should be pretty much stuck on the half way mark after its warmed up, to me it sounds like the guage is reading wrong or there is a cooling problem (bad stat/blocked rad) the coolant sensor is usually damaged if the engine is badly overheated, my own punto never goes above 1/4 because of this.
sounds more like heat buildup in your case tho.
 
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