I'm no mechanic as I said before but I would imagine this is a thermostat problem.

 

The car has been running cool for a while, takes a while for the temp guage to move and it only goes about 1/4" way up at best and the heaters are working but not so hot as you would think

 

Anyway last night I took the car for her first proper run since i got her back on the road. On the open road I was only getting the temp guage up to about 1/8th but the car was running fine and we were getting some warmth from the heaters.

 

Leaving our friends house the car eventually warmed up a bit and the heaters started blowing warmish, but coming back up the M6 very late last night outdoors was minus several degrees once out of the built up areas and once I got up to 80 or so the heaters got cooler until they were just tepid and the temp guage dropped to the bottom and wouldn't move.

 

The car was running fine though

 

Just checked everything this morning , I have a radiator full of water and I know there is sufficient antifreeze in

 

 

So is that a thermostat problem?

 

If so is it something I can easily change myself?

 

Will it do any damage if the engine is cooler than it should be?

 

cheers

dicky

Good news Dicky:thumbup1: Zedworld would soon get you sorted.

You had it at the right place Dicky if anyone else was doing it anyway:cool3: