temp gauge, irregular/inconsistent
#1
temp gauge, irregular/inconsistent
audi a4 1,8 ts quattro
previously my temp gauge used to stabilise around and stay in a narrow spectrum around 90 C, (the middle) now it tends to stay around 80 C sometimes even slightly lower and only rarely reach 90, is this a sign of busted thermostat or other malfunction that I need to deal with?
thanks
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David
Sweden
previously my temp gauge used to stabilise around and stay in a narrow spectrum around 90 C, (the middle) now it tends to stay around 80 C sometimes even slightly lower and only rarely reach 90, is this a sign of busted thermostat or other malfunction that I need to deal with?
thanks
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David
Sweden
#3
Thanks
#5
okay, thing is when I turn the engine on after having had it turned of for a while it will display 90 C and will continue to do so for a while, and then it will back down again as if it was cooling too effectively. So maybe it is showing the correct temperature but something else is wrong?
thanks
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#7
Replace the damn thing lol
Among the weird readouts, and yes it should go up a little if you turn the car off, come back a little while later and turn it back on., but it will also kill your gas mileage because it is tied into the engines warm up process. It will add more fuel to each cylinder thinking the engine needs to warm up still. It will also cause a rough idle.
Replace the damn thing haha
Among the weird readouts, and yes it should go up a little if you turn the car off, come back a little while later and turn it back on., but it will also kill your gas mileage because it is tied into the engines warm up process. It will add more fuel to each cylinder thinking the engine needs to warm up still. It will also cause a rough idle.
Replace the damn thing haha
#8
haven't done very much yet, was thinking at first that the thermostat was the culprit, I'll start with the sensor as suggested and do the thermostat if that doesn't do it. thanks both of you for helping
#9
noticed funny thing today, for some reason if I change settings on the climate control, for example engage ac and change temperature the temp gauge will soon start to display 90 C as it should, after a while it will go back down to 80 C, then if I change back again and wait for a while I can repeat this process to get it to show 90 C, anyone recognize this weird behavior ?
#10
P.S I thought the electric fan should stay on if the car is turned off while it's running ?!?!? Is that also a sign of a bad sensor?