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BigWorm
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WTF, hot when cold, cold when hot?!?	Thu, 11 August 2005 09:49

Ok, this is the story. When I drive around and it's really cold, as in 6am on the way to work, or 11pm+ if I'm on late shift coming home, my temp guage will sit on the high side of the standard operating temp (from here on in known as SOT) and will work its way up to the highest SOT mark no matter if I'm on the freeway with plenty of chilly airflow or cruising along with traffic. But then when I'm driving around during the day and the weather is not exactly warm but no where near as cold as early morning or late night, my temp will sit on the low side of SOT most of the time. Stopped in traffic or at lights for a while, it will creep up to the high SOT mark until the fan comes on or I start moving & get some airflow, & it will drop straight back down to the lower half of SOT. It never really gets HOT hot, just to the upper limits of SOT, and then stays there. Can anyone come up with even a vaguely convincing theory on why this might be happening? I can't figure it out for shit.... BTW, it's an RA23 with 4AGTE that was freshly built/rebuilt around 9 months ago, & the temp guage has been overhauled & calibrated by VDO guages, & it's even using an 18R-C water temp sensor to suite the guage. [Report message to a moderator]

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