General Bravo temperature gauge

[Bob Gledhill]

Hi, probably a stupid question, but I have recently bought an 01 plate Bravo 1.6 HLX. Previously I had a brava 1.2 and the temperature gauge took a while to rise, but on this car the temperature is upto just above the middle mark within a mile and moves slightly between the middle marker and the next little dot up and back down. I can feel the fan kicking in a few times and sometimes when I turn the engine off the fan keeps going for about 10 seconds. I get the impression the car is running too hot, although the needle hovers generally above the middle marker, and no warning lights are coming on – is this normal, for this car to warm up so quickly etc, anyone else have the same model does yours do the same, or is this abnormal. Don’t know much about cars but have checked water/oil levels which are ok.
Any help appreciated
Cheers
Bob

 

[Adrian Bravo]

Hi Bob that all sounds normal to me. The temperature guage should sit arround the middle mark and will fluctuate. The fan can come on when your car is tuned off.

 

[xander_trippin]

mines is exactly the same. Pretty normal. as long as it dont rise above 3/4 your ok.

 

[lee_gti]

I have a 1.9 JTD Bravo and my temperature gauge sits around the middle, sometimes rises a little in bad traffic but nothing that the fan cannot sort out.

 

[rallycinq]

I presume you have the correct fresh coolant to the correct level and properly bled.

Cheers

SPD