I drive a 92 N/A import. It was incredibly cold this morning and when I arrived at work, the temp guage (15 min journey) only read 1 third the way up? After an hour I had to go to the dentist and drove for another 20 minutes, only then was it at half way? Does this spell trouble? I have heard the temp gauges are crap anyway?

id remove the coolant temp sender and clean it firstly...

i have fitted an aftermarket oil temp guage, and my standard guage seems to read in accordanct to my aftermarket one, mine too takes about 15 mins to warm up and cools down (40degrees) within about 1 hour after switching off from normal operating temperature... hope that helps

I drive a 92 N/A import. It was incredibly cold this morning and when I arrived at work, the temp guage (15 min journey) only read 1 third the way up? After an hour I had to go to the dentist and drove for another 20 minutes, only then was it at half way? Does this spell trouble? I have heard the temp gauges are crap anyway?

the "middle" could be anywhere from 60 degree right up to 100 and it stays in the middle acording to my greddy gauge

Could be a problem with your thermostat, although my standard gauge used point at the middle when it was reading over 100 degrees on data scan.

the "middle" could be anywhere from 60 degree right up to 100 and it stays in the middle acording to my greddy gauge

 

Incredibly accurate the instrument panel on these cars then? :headvswal :headvswal :headvswal