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van not getting warm....
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:46 am
by scarecrow
my drive to work is about 40 mins stop and go. my van will not go above 180 degrees.. now correct me if i am wrong but isent it supose to run at 210? if so my thermostat is got to be stuck open whats stock? 195??? oh is a 95 AWD
Re: van not getting warm....
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:31 pm
by Cobra
195 is stock. running temp i believe is in the 200-210 range. my van puts out heat before it hits 180 not hot but warm
Re: van not getting warm....
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:16 pm
by LiftedAWDAstro
Don't go by the dash gauge. The one in the SPB is off by around 30 degrees. There are 2 temp sensors, one for the dash gauge and one for the ECM. Get a scanner and see what the ECM is seeing and I bet you are right at 195 - 200.
Re: van not getting warm....
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:06 pm
by GnarliSafari
even on long trips my dash seldom exceeds 190...
Re: van not getting warm....
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:27 am
by Rileysowner
My dash one is in Celcius, so I have no idea what it reaches
Re: van not getting warm....
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:59 pm
by Cobra
mine too lol but my jet programmer is in F so that's where i get my numbers
Re: van not getting warm....
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:46 pm
by astrozam
Like Dean mentioned, these gauges are not bang on. I'd be concerned whether I see a noticible drop in temp ( as when the t-stat opens ) if you do not get this drop then your t-stat is prob stuck open and needs to be replaced. How is the heat at the vents? hot/warm steady/intermitant, have you checked the levels in rad/overflow bottle?
Re: van not getting warm....
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:46 pm
by phr1$k37
Zam has mentioned some key things to check already.
Just to give an idea of the C to F :
200 degrees Fahrenheit = 93.3 degrees Celsius
198 degrees Fahrenheit = 92.2 degrees Celsius
196 degrees Fahrenheit = 91.1 degrees Celsius
194 degrees Fahrenheit = 90.0 degrees Celsius
192 degrees Fahrenheit = 88.9 degrees Celsius
188 degrees Fahrenheit = 86.7 degrees Celsius
During summer with 36C outside temp ... while doing extended (15-20 minute) mountain climbing (2nd gear@3000+RPM) the Scangauge will show temps up to 92-94C. If just driving with ups and downs I am around 84-86C.
I have a tranny cooler as well.