car runs too cold
car runs too cold I just bought a 98 SS and am finding the car never gets warm. On the highway its normally below the 160, in city driving sometimes it almost makes it to the 1/4 mark, but even at idle it never gets past that. I thought this might be the thermostat so I just replaced it with a 186*, no noticeable difference. If I turn on the heater the car does blow hot air...
Car has a Vortech SC, so the hood scoop is dumping cold air into the engine bay, but the car should at least be heating up till the t stat opens right? I also thought maybe the fans were programed to come on earlier but that still doesn't explain why it can't get up to the t stat temp.
Any ideas?
Car has a Vortech SC, so the hood scoop is dumping cold air into the engine bay, but the car should at least be heating up till the t stat opens right? I also thought maybe the fans were programed to come on earlier but that still doesn't explain why it can't get up to the t stat temp.
Any ideas?
I just bought a 98 SS and am finding the car never gets warm. On the highway its normally below the 160, in city driving sometimes it almost makes it to the 1/4 mark, but even at idle it never gets past that. I thought this might be the thermostat so I just replaced it with a 186*, no noticeable difference. If I turn on the heater the car does blow hot air...
Car has a Vortech SC, so the hood scoop is dumping cold air into the engine bay, but the car should at least be heating up till the t stat opens right? I also thought maybe the fans were programed to come on earlier but that still doesn't explain why it can't get up to the t stat temp.
Any ideas?
Car has a Vortech SC, so the hood scoop is dumping cold air into the engine bay, but the car should at least be heating up till the t stat opens right? I also thought maybe the fans were programed to come on earlier but that still doesn't explain why it can't get up to the t stat temp.
Any ideas?
I have a 98 with a 160 tstat and mine never goes above the 1/4 mark unless im sitting in traffic for a long time. Then I kick on the manual fan switch and it drops down rapidly. Check to see if/when your fans are coming on.
I'll be going to a shop soon to have some EGR codes deleted, I'll have them check the fans as well.
Possible the engine is seeing so much air through the scoop it can't even heat up to the t stat temp?
Possible the engine is seeing so much air through the scoop it can't even heat up to the t stat temp?
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The Supercharger is going to be putting off a ton of heat. And I highly doubt THAT much air comes through the scoop. Well, enough to cool the motor to temperatures that low.
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Verdad Gallardo Shouldn't matter whats going on around the engine (fans,hood scoop,etc) it should get to the tstat temp atleast, right?
I wouldn't trust that the guage is neccessarily accurate. Have a Tech II or other scanner read the actual temp comming off your coolant temp sensor. Betcha a dollar it's within 2-3 degrees of your thermostat.
i have a 98z28 and i had the same problem, took forever for my car to warm up and ran just under the 1/4 mark.i replaced my old stuck open thermo, flushed the cooland, replaced the ECT sensor and it still takes a while to warm up and runs just under the 1/4 mark.
My 98 3800 V6 only warms up to about the 1/4 mark, however being the V6 it may just operate at a lower temperature. I don't know if I've ever heard the fans come on. Maybe they are quieter than the fan on my old taurus, I don't know. I've only had the car since september and the past few months have been cold enough the fan probably never needs to kick on anyway.
