View Poll Results: Average coolant temp at waterpump/thermostat housing
160 degF
4
4.40%
170 degF
10
10.99%
180 degF
35
38.46%
190 degF
30
32.97%
200 degF
8
8.79%
Other (please post)
4
4.40%
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Average coolant temps
#51
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Re: Not quite exact info....
Originally posted by eViLRotor
...but gives some insight into temperatures:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=212134
...but gives some insight into temperatures:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=212134
Just read the first few posts - did you pick up the Water Wetter? Crappy Tire now carries it for about $15.
#52
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Mine generally runs about 84c on the LT-8 display, which equates into around 185 F
The red warning light will blink at 88 C (190F)
Generally if your vehicle is reaching 190-195 it's running warm. 200 is alittle past the safe side IMO.
Regards,
-Markus
The red warning light will blink at 88 C (190F)
Generally if your vehicle is reaching 190-195 it's running warm. 200 is alittle past the safe side IMO.
Regards,
-Markus
#54
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Re: Re: Not quite exact info....
Originally posted by Amur_
Just read the first few posts - did you pick up the Water Wetter? Crappy Tire now carries it for about $15.
Just read the first few posts - did you pick up the Water Wetter? Crappy Tire now carries it for about $15.
I'm actually using the Royal Purple stuff
#56
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I got the stock radiator on my NATurbo, but I got a FARKIN AWESOME supra style side mount intercooler to keep that runnin cold (stole that idea from a friend with an eclipse GS LoL), and i also got two 3500 CFM e-fans "N"-Rigged to be always on.
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I installed a 160f Tstat on my FB, now my sw gauge reads about 175-185 all the time. Before, on my stock tstat, I was running way hot, about 210+, so Im feeling better now! hehe
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Originally Posted by Amur_
My cruise on the 401 to Ottawa last weekend saw the temp steady at 175F.
Fan's set at 190F. Kicks in all the time traffic but never on an expressway.
2 bottles Water Wetter, 70/30 water/coolant mix.
Expressway temps drop as low as 160F in the middle of winter...
Fan's set at 190F. Kicks in all the time traffic but never on an expressway.
2 bottles Water Wetter, 70/30 water/coolant mix.
Expressway temps drop as low as 160F in the middle of winter...
Take that post and throw it straight in the garbage. I was using a Sunpro gauge at the time, tapped in at the filler neck, and I've since concluded that it's readings were mostly baloney. Especially with the temps diving the way it reported during winter cruising. My only guess at an explanation is that the cold air blowing through the engine bay affected the line running from the sensor to the gauge, which in turn nosedived the reading.
I have a digital Cyberdyne gauge in there now, tapped in at the same location. I spent 6 hours on an expressway yesterday, in temps just below freezing.
The gauge never went below 176F. It mostly sat at 180F, and even climbed to 183F near the end of the trip (even though it was even colder out by then...)
My coolant mix is now 70/30 with just one bottle of WW. Same fan, same rad, no special cooling mods.
In traffic, the efan is set to kick in at 195F. And it does, often. But, cruising, even before the weather got colder, she would be steady at 180F. Right where she's supposed to be. At the very least, my thermostat's doing its job.
Last edited by Amur_; 12-06-04 at 09:40 PM.
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