Where does your temperature gauge sit?

[exar]

The reason I ask is that today, after a long drive about 100km at 100 to 110km/hr, I struck lots of traffic, slow crawl at 40k in parts for about half an hour. I happened to stop, for a few minutes, and when I tried to restart, it didn't want to go. On the third try, AFTER tickling the throttle a little bit, it fired up (it normally starts first go with no throttle), and I noticed the temp gauge was sitting on halfway - which is the highest I have seen it. Normally it cruises along at about 1/3.

The car is an XR6T auto, and stock standard with only 3000k on it. Ambient temperature was about 22 degrees.

Does this sound normal?

[siccar]

Get your crank angle sensor checked for the starter problem. Mines been replaced once, needs to be replaced again.

Damo

[Guest jteale]

Mine hovers around the centre ... 6000 k's ... if it hits red ... start to worry

[stardust]

Next time it does it, try pouring some water on the crank angle sensor if it starts straight away then get the sensor replaced.

This works on dunnydores so I cant see a reason why it should not work on the T

Ken

[exar]

Next time it does it, try pouring some water on the crank angle sensor if it starts straight away then get the sensor replaced.

Where do I find the crank angle sensor?

[ms700]

Where do I find the crank angle sensor?

It sits on your timing case, it reads off a "sprocket" located behind your harmonic balancer/engine dampner.

Or somewhere down there anyway...... :lol:

[TurboDewd]

Halfway between midnight and the notch to the left which is roughly 10pm.

So Id say Im at 11pm almost all the time once Im at full operating temp.

[BlueXR6Turbo]

Mine usually sits just before the half way mark. I wouldn't be worried about the temperature guage being on the half way mark because when you turn the engine off it usually heats up a little bit above the running temperature. Whenever I turn off the engine for a little while, then turn it back on, it's usually at the half way mark.

[dingah2]

11 O'clock on the guage, never seems to move from there.

Crank angle sensor sounds the deal - had the same thing on the wife's Commodore. Like our cat it responds well to a eatering can of cold water on it!

Dingah

[KrasH]

Mine hovers at around 11 o'clock on ther guage aswell. Hit's halfway on very hot days with a bit of full throttle action, but doesn't go past. However I have seen it at more than half way after having the car turned off then a few minutes later, turned of again. But this has happened very very rarely. Usually on very hot days. No starting problems to speak off here.