car running too cold what the hell

[blair]

Mine does this also. Not as harsh (45deg is barely luke warm baha!)

But yeh same deal, regular driving doesnt budge over 80, but mountain runs / high revs etc the water goes down to ~60 at times...

And i got a new thermostat and water pump a while ago...

I do run a Massive ass radiator... but i still thought the thermostat would be able to block off/circulate the water to keep it at 80.

[ke70dave]

you could do a bit of experimenting,

cover half your radiator with a peice of cardboard, see what happends.

[slider4life]

done that i have a ten row oil cooler in front of my rad i have both my hid balasts mounted on my rad and i covered half the rad that was left with card board and i run a welsh plug in the top of the rad hose with a ten mill hole and it still dropped temp it took longer about an hour but it did drop to the 55 deg mark

[Sam-Q]

did you put in a single stage/non bypass thermostat though?

edit: now that I think about it that can only make it run too hot not too cold.

[DOG the rolla hunter]

ahhh good point^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[slider4life]

i doubt an autobarn thermostate is one of those to be honest i dont know what that is???? do you know what the part number is i have to order??????

edit:bypass is the hole in the side it dose have one of those in it.

[stx-16]

mine is like this all the time but you have to change cardboard after it rains or it will get moldy lol

[driftke70]

just drive harder?

[Stain]

lol ^

Sounds like the temp sensor is taking the reading from the wrong spot... ie; the cold water coming out of the rad rather than the hot water going back in.

[wntdae86]

lol my car sits at 3500 rpm at 100km and still hot ....

i would say to pull your fan out and see what happens
then mayb your radi is to good for such a lill motor