Is my Camaro's Temp too high? or Just right?
03-30-2014, 11:02 PM
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Is my Camaro's Temp too high? or Just right? So I've seen other posts and when they mention temperature some are at 180° however I seem to be around 200° is that too high? I live in Los Angeles, California and it's my daily driver my car is 1999 Z28 with a T56. If it is too high what can I do to correct the issue?
03-31-2014, 12:59 AM
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The gauge in your '99 won't provide specifically correct readings. It will show just a hair under 210° for any reading between about 190-235°F. The only way you can narrow it down to a specific temp is with a scanner.
Stock fan settings will allow coolant temps to cycle between 217°-227°F at low speed, and up to 235°F before high speed will engage. Stock t-stat temp is 86°C (187°F), so that's the lowest temp you'd ever see with a stock cooling system after the engine has fully warmed up.
Stock fan settings will allow coolant temps to cycle between 217°-227°F at low speed, and up to 235°F before high speed will engage. Stock t-stat temp is 86°C (187°F), so that's the lowest temp you'd ever see with a stock cooling system after the engine has fully warmed up.
03-31-2014, 11:42 AM
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Perfectly normal. Mine runs at 200 at normal operating temp on the stock gauge and I'm in Bone Chilling Idaho.. We had 8 1/2" of new snow come down at my house yesterday.
03-31-2014, 07:10 PM
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My stock dash gauge reads almost exactly like 13th's does when the PLX Kiwi wifi is telling my iPod's Dash Command app the coolant Temp is ACTUALLY 180*-185*f at the sensor/sending unit (and YES, the stock gauge does not read ANY higher than that even when the app is telling me that the actual temp is 205*-220*F) . 