505 Temp Gauge Worry
Nunez, George (nunezg@bsci.com)
Fri, 31 Jul 1998 15:12:08 -0400
The constant movement of the temp gauge certainly makes me want to keep
looking at it. The gauge shows all the variations as the fans turn on,
traffic conditions, etc. The "normal" is set by the thermostat.
Remember, Peugeot sells 3 thermostats, cold, med,and hot, so I would say
put the one that makes you comfortable, and reduce the worry factor...
waiting to see if the gauge will go past that 3/4 point gives very
little time to react before its in the red.
I recall a 89 Civic that whether it was 40^, or 100^ and in traffic the
gauge never fluctuated. No matter what, it was always at 1/2. Curious I
looked in the manual and learned that it had a huge dead zone designed
in. I suppose that when ready to boil over the gauge would then "jump"
into the red zone. One thing it DID was create a feeling(false or not)of
security. On second thought it might as well been an "IDIOT LIGHT"!!!!
George N
80 505 SD
89 505 Turbo s/w
92 505 SW8 2.2i