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HighRolla
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icon2.gif  4AFE running temp? Sun, 16 May 2004 10:57 Go to next message
Just wondering if anyone with an FE can tell me where there temp gauge usually sits during cruising or in traffic. My gfs car runs at the bottom of the temp gauge when cruising and in traffic I still don't think it gets over a 1/4ter.

My GE runs pretty warm even in winter (around 1/2 way on temp gauge), can creep up to almost 2/3 at which point the thermo fan kicks in and brings temp back down to about 1/2. I even tried without thermostat and it was the same. (What I'm getting at is that the engine still got to normal operating temp without the thermostat fitted).

Is this normal for a 4AFE (In auto AE92 seca) to run this cold, or should I be chacking the thermostat.

Cheers

[Updated on: Mon, 17 May 2004 09:15]

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Re: 4AFE running temp? Sun, 16 May 2004 11:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Check the thermostat, it shouldn't be running that cold.
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Re: 4AFE running temp? Sun, 16 May 2004 11:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Thanks Rod, Yeah - I'll think I'll have to..can't really be anything else though can it?

Anybody with a 4AFE know what they normally sit at? Rolling Eyes
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Re: 4AFE running temp? Sun, 16 May 2004 12:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Well I put a post up a few weeks ago about AE92 4AFE temp gauge issues, nobody seemed to know much though... Still got me buggered too!
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Re: 4AFE running temp? Sun, 16 May 2004 13:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
tried to find your post mrshin but couldn't. I might check thermostat if I can be arsed. Was yours a similar query mrshin?
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Re: 4AFE running temp? Mon, 17 May 2004 08:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Any ae92 drivers out there? Confused Not the 4age ones though
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Re: 4AFE running temp? Mon, 17 May 2004 10:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Temp should sit on halfway. The thermos kick on a bee's doodle above that and hold it at halfway.

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Re: 4AFE running temp? Mon, 17 May 2004 11:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Really? Is that in summer? I thought they ran cooler than the GE's. I drove one in an ae101 today and that hovered around 1/4 to 1/3 but didn't reach 1/2.

Thanks Diz for the reply. What do you think?

1. Check thermostat. Has anybody heard of a thermostat sticking open, don't they usually stick closed Confused

2. Have people ever had issues with the temp gauges? Could it possibly be a temp sender. Any ideas?

[Updated on: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:04]

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Re: 4AFE running temp? Mon, 17 May 2004 12:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Yup, I've (still) got big temp gauge issues... Replaced sender, dash, etc. but it still starts off on cold, then about 30 seconds later goes to full roast position, and stays there. The engine is running at normal temp, the gauge goes down to cold if you pull the wire off, the sender (seemingly) checks out OK with a multimeter (I've replaced it 3 times, too), and if you leave the sensor out of the housing, just connect with to the wire with an earth clipped to the side of it, it reads cold (as it should!). Still got me buggered!
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Re: 4AFE running temp? Tue, 18 May 2004 11:00 Go to previous message
That sounds like a bastard mrshin.

Did you buy a new sender each time or from wreckers? How much are they? The sender is located in the side of cylinder head right?..it is essentially a sensor isn't it? Just had a look in a crappy haynes manual and it was telling you to use a light bulb to test if it is functioning properly (3.6v i think).

Hopefully my prob is the thermostat!!

Any input would be appreciated. Thanks
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