I was driving today and think my temp was too high, the gauge showed a needle width above center, but my DASh-PAC showed 210* and until today i was running at 198* checked and everything was full,no leaks ,, example about 3 monts ago it was 98* here in South F. and my car temp was 198* today it was 93 and my car temp shower 210.


amx1397-----210

 

I am surprised that Rudy didn't set your fan temp down by 10C like I had done to my last car.

 

Mine is 100% stock and the needle runs mostly horizontal, sometimes slightly higher in traffic on hot days and slightly lower than horizontal running down the highway on a cooler day.

 

he did, + a 180 stat + i have an extra radiator (6x6)with fan behind fog light.

 

I run 186 deg w/o AC, 195 with when cruising, 195 / 205 when idling in summer.
In temps below 50, it strains to reach 186, usually around 180.

 

My temperature gauge needle is usually above the midway mark which equates to a dashdaq reading of 198 to 205º. Ambient is usually around 90º here. It has reached 210º going up the mountain but never at cruise or idle. The race track is another story.

Les

 

Mine runs a needle above the middle line in weather above high 80's low 90's. When it is within the 70's it is at the middle or sometimes below.

I do have a super cooler on mine which does block the radiator some and im not running a tune or a different thermostat.

 

thanks for reminding me what is in front of the radiator ,,,,, I have NO heat exchanges on my car what i have is in front of the radiator one oil cooler 6" wide and 18: long and a transmission cooler 8"x 8" , maybe i should move them,, oh today at 4:30 pm i checked the temp of the street,,,,,,96degree asphalt and that is a street without much traffic . I just went out of my house walked took the temp of the street 9:33 pm------87 degrees jim

 

DITTO for both of mine...in 95 degree weather on a Dog Day Afternoon in the heat of August in Central Florida

 

Mine runs a hair past half on the Gauge .

 

I find it odd that on the Volvo sites there seems to be an obsession with removing things that block the air flow to the radiator of turbo charged cars while we seem more to fill up that space with horns, extra radiators and big K and N filters on DCAI systems.

I would at least like to move the horns out of the way.

On topic, on the hottest of days I run needle width above horizontal after a highway run.

 

Depends on my speed, slow 20x, if it is cooler out and Iam driving 50+ it drops to 19x with the stat. Our computer controls the fan speed, and i am working on a simple fan fix that is not programmed, so you can dial in the speed MINIMUM and thus set the MINIMUM airflow to better cool the water and MOTOR.

The time is just the issue witht he fall being here and lots to do........wdy

cool green !!!!

 

Woody you know my fan runs as soon as the key goes on. it is set up to run when the key is on .I also have a 6x6 heater core with fan tied into my rad. system, today 61*,outside at the dragon my temp was one line( like,,cold) below the 1/2 mark --reads 176* on dash-paq, and my iat were 49. this was at 55 mph and while drivint to the dragon. jim