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Since: Jan 28, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:28 pm
Post subject: Normal PT Cruiser Engine Temp?
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For the Cruiser owners, where does your engine temp guage needle
typically sit during normal driving? I recently bought an '03 GT Turbo
and noticed the engine temp guage needle always hits a tiny hair below
mid-point. This is with a/c on or off, highway or in-town driving. Is
that about par for the course? Do the turbo's run a little hotter?
Previous cars I've owned have always operated with the temp needle well
below mid-point.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:05 pm
Post subject: Re: Normal PT Cruiser Engine Temp? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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My '01's gauge reads about the same.
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> For the Cruiser owners, where does your engine temp guage needle
> typically sit during normal driving? I recently bought an '03 GT Turbo
> and noticed the engine temp guage needle always hits a tiny hair below
> mid-point. This is with a/c on or off, highway or in-town driving. Is
> that about par for the course? Do the turbo's run a little hotter?
> Previous cars I've owned have always operated with the temp needle well
> below mid-point.
>
> SWS
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:09 pm
Post subject: Re: Normal PT Cruiser Engine Temp? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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wrote:
> For the Cruiser owners, where does your engine temp guage needle
> typically sit during normal driving? I recently bought an '03 GT
> Turbo and noticed the engine temp guage needle always hits a tiny
> hair below mid-point. This is with a/c on or off, highway or in-town
> driving. Is that about par for the course? Do the turbo's run a
> little hotter? Previous cars I've owned have always operated with the
> temp needle well below mid-point.
>
> SWS
My '03 GT is the same as you describe. Rock solid, right down the middle of
the gauge.
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Thanks,
Mike >> Stay informed about: Normal PT Cruiser Engine Temp? |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:22 pm
Post subject: Re: Normal PT Cruiser Engine Temp? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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I'm in the same range as you are. According to the manual, they do run a
little hotter and there is even a procedure for cooling-down after hard
driving... Intercooler on the turbo keep the engine temp under control.
But, heavy (lead foot) driving could raise it up. You might want to be
aware of that...
"MikeSo" wrote in message
> wrote:
>> For the Cruiser owners, where does your engine temp guage needle
>> typically sit during normal driving? I recently bought an '03 GT
>> Turbo and noticed the engine temp guage needle always hits a tiny
>> hair below mid-point. This is with a/c on or off, highway or in-town
>> driving. Is that about par for the course? Do the turbo's run a
>> little hotter? Previous cars I've owned have always operated with the
>> temp needle well below mid-point.
>>
>> SWS
>
> My '03 GT is the same as you describe. Rock solid, right down the middle
> of the gauge.
> --
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> Thanks,
> Mike
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:55 am
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:55 am
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wrote in message
> For the Cruiser owners, where does your engine temp guage needle
> typically sit during normal driving? I recently bought an '03 GT Turbo
> and noticed the engine temp guage needle always hits a tiny hair below
> mid-point. This is with a/c on or off, highway or in-town driving. Is
> that about par for the course? Do the turbo's run a little hotter?
> Previous cars I've owned have always operated with the temp needle well
> below mid-point.
>
> SWS
>
That seems to be the way that all PT Cruiser temperature controls work. I'm
not sure that they are truly analog. My 2002s go to midpoint and stays
there. When the PT first came out there was speculation that the
temperature circuit was set up so that as long as the temperature remained
within the accepted range, the needle remains at about midpoint. Mine is
the same, Winter or Summer. >> Stay informed about: Normal PT Cruiser Engine Temp? |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:07 pm
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wrote in message
> For the Cruiser owners, where does your engine temp guage needle
> typically sit during normal driving? I recently bought an '03 GT Turbo
> and noticed the engine temp guage needle always hits a tiny hair below
> mid-point. This is with a/c on or off, highway or in-town driving. Is
> that about par for the course? Do the turbo's run a little hotter?
> Previous cars I've owned have always operated with the temp needle well
> below mid-point.
>
> SWS
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yes this is normal operation...
www.ptcrew.com >> Stay informed about: Normal PT Cruiser Engine Temp? |
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:45 pm
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middle of the road is very normal for PTs. mine never moves from that spot .
takes about 10 mine to warm up and purrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
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> For the Cruiser owners, where does your engine temp guage needle
> typically sit during normal driving? I recently bought an '03 GT Turbo
> and noticed the engine temp guage needle always hits a tiny hair below
> mid-point. This is with a/c on or off, highway or in-town driving. Is
> that about par for the course? Do the turbo's run a little hotter?
> Previous cars I've owned have always operated with the temp needle well
> below mid-point.
>
> SWS
> >> Stay informed about: Normal PT Cruiser Engine Temp? |
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