Whats The Normal Running Tempereture Of Your Galaxy?

[galaxy20]

Ive just bought a second hand 1996 2.0 petrol glx galaxy and trying to get a feel for the car still, it has some intermittent problem like the temperature gauge working one minute and not the next, when its working its showing up at about 1/4, just below the "n" of normal, its this an accurate reading? what does your galaxy normally run at?

[seatkid]

Water temperature wise my Tdi runs with the needle bang on centre mark, on light load drops just over a needle-width less, never seen it go more than a needle-width above.

 

Oil temperature typically 93-98 deg round town, 98-105 on gentle run, 105-114 motorway, highest I've seen is 127 at 95mph+ (in Germany) with full load + a/c on + ambient of 38 deg.

 

My 1st Alhambra (Tdi) developed a fault in 1st month. There was some debris (black goo) stuck in thermostat (that held it open less than 2mm) and the temperature struggled to rise to 1/4 - fixed under warranty (new thermostat)

[mikej]

As already mentioned mines bang in the center , never seen it move in 3yrs !

mike....