Let me start by saying that there hasn't been one problem in 9 yrs. with this car, so this is confusing me a bit. My temp gauge always sits right below the midpoint on the guage. Normal. Warms up within 5-10 mins of driving. Here's the situation. I live in So. Fla. and it's normally 70-90 degrees and all is well. Tonight got chilly, about 45 degrees. On the way home, the guage didn't move up too quickly until I sat at a light(wind wasn't blowing through). This makes sense so far, I think. Here's the weird part.... I sat at one light for about 2.5 mins (long light) and the guage went up to the normal spot (or real close anyway). When I started driving again, I could actually watch the guage decline steadily down to the cold mark...??? I've lived in cold climates before and never remember any car that the temp guage was actually affected by the air coming through the radiator. Could the cold air coming through actually have a stronger affect on the engine temp than the actual engine producing friction heat????/ Seems unlikely, but... It would make sense that the engine didn't warm as quickly or get up to it's normal operating temp due to the colder air, but to actually drop the temp while I'm driving seems weird. Can someone please help? Anyone in a cooler climate than So. Fla. have any input? Is this normal? Thanks everyone.
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Todd Arnold
http://www.geocities.com/nsxcessive/index.html
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Todd Arnold
http://www.geocities.com/nsxcessive/index.html