Hi Vic,Hello all, been a while since I was last on here.
Last Thursday morning I decided to take the 'F to work, a journey of 67 motorway miles. During the first ten miles or so I noticed the water temp gauge needle was dropping steadily below normal, to about one division above the bottom of the range. It normally religiously runs one division below the half-way mark. Having pulled-over to the hard shoulder I did the sniff test on the exhaust, but all seemed OK.
I pulled in at the Sainsbury's Service Station at London Colney for fuel, and checked the expansion bottle level, the level was normal, and the pressure cap was holding pressure ok.
When I continued my journey, the gauge needle was reading normally for the rest of the journey - likewise on the return trip.
As I have been fitting a Moto-Build splitter, Trophy meshes and re-silvered headlight reflectors this Friday & Saturday the car hasn't been used until 5pm this afternoon when I went for a drive to Stansted to test the effectiveness of the splitter, (report another time).
Again, as per Thursday I had a similar occurrence with the gauge, but coolant levels are all normal. I waited for about half-an-hour at my destination, then set-off home and once again the gauge needle settled at one division below halfway. I would've tested it more but I was caught in a massive thunderstorm downpour with the hood down, which hasn't relented since, so I'll be baling the car out tomorrow.
Anyway, would anybody have an idea as to what is possibly going on re. the gauge?
Sorry for the rambling, by the way - it's a '96 VVC.
Vic
This might help. temp gaugeHi again,
Thanks for the suggestions, tapping the gauge doesn't really work as the neddle moves quite happily on it's own. Will check the wiring in the engine bay for poor earths etc.
New topic started re. splitter.