• The site migration is complete! Hopefully everything transferred properly from the multiple decades old software we were using before. If you notice any issues please let me know, thanks! Also, I'm still working on things like chatbox, etc so hopefully those will be working in the next week or two.

temp gauge question

GPmanter

GPmanter

New member
Hey guys,

As all of you may or may not know I am new to the Grand Prix so I am uncertain if all is well or not so I thought I would ask away.

2008 Grand Prix:

I noticed the temp gauge needle will not go any higher than halfway between the 1/4 & 1/2 mark. The car seems to take longer to heat up compared to other cars I have had in the past & also noticed that unless I have the heat set at higher than 80 degrees it doesn't seem to get very hot in the car.

Didn't know if this is a sign of an issue or normal. I'm used to setting the heat to about 72 & being comfortable & when I have the heat set at the same setting the air feels cool coming out of the vents.

Thanks in advance! :D
 


34100.00. I was thinking about what it is doing & the more I thought of it, it sounded like what a 91 Corolla I had did. Turned out that car had a bad t-stat gasket.

Wondering if it could be the same thing on here. How hard are they to change on the 3800?
 
develand said:
FWIW, my 08 runs right around the 1/2 mark to maybe one needle width higher.
Click to expand...

Hmmmm... It definitely sounds like I got an issue then. I'm thinking I'll go ahead & throw a thermostat at it to see what happens. Couldn't hurt any. Before I do that I'm gonna double check the coolant level just to make sure it's alright.
 
Went ahead & checked the coolant level when I got home & the overflow bottle was almost empty. Went ahead & filled it to the hot mark. We'll see how that does when I drive the car to my brothers for Thanksgiving. I hope I didn't make a mistake by buying this car 4 days ago.
 


Oh, I shoulda mentioned when I got home I also let the car sit in the driveway at idle & it finally got up to temp. Driving down the road the car will not get up to temp but sitting it does. The cooling fan did come on after a while of sitting.
 
Started post "Heating issues- continuation of "temp gauge question" to focus more on the issue of the lack of heat.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top