winter coolant temps

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Id say the thermostat is bad. Mine had none in it at the start of the cold 
and I froze. I added a 160 deg thermostat and drilled the holes as directed 
and now its toasty warm.

Good luck!



Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: Wolfsbrg8v@aol.com
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: winter coolant temps
>Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 23:20:53 EST
>
>
>
>Maybe a dumb ass question about normal coolant
>temperatures -- but this is the only scirocco I've ever
>been around -- so:
>
>In warm weather the temp gauge runs up to just above
>the midpoint, and then the fan kicks in.  But in colder
>weather (less than ~ 50 F.) the only time the coolant
>gets hot enough for the fan to engage is after a few
>minutes at stationary idle, stopped at a light or whatever.
>Back at speed, the temp gradually drops until the gauge
>reads steady at the ~ 1/3 point, with slight variation
>according to how fast the car is moving.  Obviously the
>air thru the radiator at speed is keeping the temp down,
>but is this normal, or is the thermostat stuck open?
>
>TIA
>Leo
>late 84 "healing from a broken nose"
>
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