Hey all, I just joined, I usually spend all my time at G2ic and just come over here to do alot of searching. But I finally decided to register. Well i searched and couldn't exactly find a definite answer to my latest question. Well my car runs at a steady 200 in the winter (because the heat is on) and now that its spring I've noticed that my car runs a steady 207-210. Is this okay because I am stressing about it?

 

your car generally runs cooler because of the outside temperature and warmer when the seasons warm up. As long as youre not idling near the red zone of the thermostat, you should be fine.

 

Well I'm using an aftermarket guage, So if I'm running at 210 its okay?

 

when my integra hits 210, the fan kicks on and brings it back to around 150-180.

 

i have a pwr 1/2 radiator and i run 210 coming out of the eng and 180 going back in. ****...i live in az and my fan doesnt really kick on that often.

 

My car usually runs at 180 to 185 deg Fahrenheit while driving, and gets up to 190 to 195 if I let it heat soak during lots of stop-n-go driving or if the ambient air temps are greater than 80 deg F while highway driving.

I don't have AC anymore, so the condensor is gone and I'm also using a little bit of Redline Water Wetter.

Edit: I should note that all the readings were taken from the ECT sensor on the side of the head and logged using Hondata.

Also, the only time I've gotten the coolant temps above 200 is during dyno load tuning. I'm sure it'll be close to the same thing if I'm on a road course.


Modified by IN VTEC at 8:16 PM 5/3/2004

 

My fan does come on and my entire cooling system is working fine, and like i said my cars stays around 207-210 pretty much all the time in the summer etc, is something wrong or am I just paranoid because I am looking at numbers instead just a needle?

 

thats normal i believe...

 

thanks, yeah im pretty sure it is, i just wanetd to check because I wasn't sure if i should be worrying or not

 

any comments on aftermarket therma stats?

 

what exactly do you mean?