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my car runs unusually cold. runs 1/4 temp doesnt move up much at all even when i drive it a little hard, could this be due to a sticky thermostat or some sensor. i have flushed the rad and engine out and it runs cooler but im unsure that when summer comes around when drift season is back whether itll overheat and cook the motor and then ill be broke any ideas guys?

 

Wait, I thought it was good to keep your engine cold. You want it to run normal temp? Have you tried running the car for like an hour to see if it will warm up? I can't understand why it would stay like that. Unless your running dry ice in your cooling system or nitrogen.lol

 

dude ive taken it drifting still doesnt move, when i drained water and flushed the engine ( started and waited for thermostat to pop the gauge went up to half way ), i just beleive the gauge is lying, i shoudl prlly compression tes tmotor itll be 70 compression now just my luck... was almost 100 on each face pulled hard now it just feels slow for some reason as wel

 

s4 or s5? S4's are usually 1/4 of the way up for normal and s5's are half way.

 

I will second that S4 run 1/4 and S5 runs 1/2

did you bleed the system on the side of radiator?

 

i did the lot

 

sorry I just didn't understand.

 

Again...
PLEASE GET AN AFTERMARKET WATER TEMP GAUGE!
Telling us "1/2" or "1/3" or "1/4" don't tell us jack ****.
Give us more accurate numbers from a REAL water temp gauge if you really want some help.
Summit Racing sells a bunch under $50, so it's NO EXCUSE.


-Ted

 

You can test your thermostat by taking it out of the car and putting it in a pot of hot water or heating it up to the preset limit. The wax pellet should expand and it should open once heated up.

 

that was next on the list, but im sorry i want it sorted by sunday , so summit racing is a no go since AU designates Australia... ill whip thermostat out ( any known problems for running no Thermostat), the factory gauge just checked it after driving home from work it sits just above the =C mark ie one needle width above which means i know its lying but it doest smell like its overheating

 

Dude I can run my car hard on a hot summer's day all day and the temp gauge will still read 1/4 this is normal you have an S4 it means your coolant system is doing it's job

 

just wanna make sure im not cooking it , if its aparently normal reading it should be fine, but i beleive last shop to work on my car ( took 2 months for cluth change ) may have swapped my engine out. going to check engine numbers tomorrow

 

What?
Why would they have done that?

 

^x2??? Why would you even leave it at a shop for 2months for a clutch job?

If you have a s4 then 1/4 way up is NORMAL. Nothing to worry about.

 

My 88 GTU runs cool all the time. The temp needle never goes over 1/4 even when driving in stop & go traffic & the air temp is 95+.

 

because the engine that was in the car was just a stocky type rebuild ( approx 6 months old ) and ive recently heard about dodge stuff they do so yeah if theyve changed it loooks like a full race extendport engine for me ... as when i bought the car i made the effort fo cleaning the area where the egine no. was and i got a pretty good memory. number appears to look different but not only that the area is no longer cleaned it looks the same as the rest of the plate.

 

Acoording to my gauges (s4 with both stock and aftermarket, on separate senders) 1/4 up is ~185 deg.

 

i have a 1988 convertible and mine is always 1/2 temperature also it has gone up to 3/4 when i run it hard is that normal? also my car dint have a thermostat when i bought it is that a big issue? i did change the radiator fluid not to long ago and put peak 50/50 the one that already comes mixed. (i live in miami FL) i also did a oil change about the same time i changed the radiator fluid. (also car came with an aftermarket radiator fan)

 

anyone?

 

^Not normal from all the s4's that ive seen. I would put a thermostat in it but that probly wont take care of your problem.