Good morning, I'm just after some information regarding running temperatures for this car.
I carried out a full service on my car yesterday, changed all fluids with fully synthetic Petronas oil and Triple QX G12 coolant.
Before I carried out this service my car would get up to 90 degrees within 3/4 minutes as I live close to the motorway, which I use for my commute. It would stay put at that temp for the journey, regardless of using the heaters or not.
Since I serviced the car it builds up the temp to around 75/80 and fluctuates back and forth slightly. If using the heaters it drops and takes significantly longer to reach a constant temp.
I'm aware of how the thermostat works as well as the heater core, but I'm not sure why my car is suddenly up and down the temp gauge since replenishing the fluids.
Would it be normal for a newly serviced car with good oil and coolant to maybe run at lower temps?
I'm thinking maybe the thermostat might be on its way out and draining the system may have made it a bit worse. Hopefully I'm just being paranoid.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
P.s the milage is at 86,000 for this car.
I carried out a full service on my car yesterday, changed all fluids with fully synthetic Petronas oil and Triple QX G12 coolant.
Before I carried out this service my car would get up to 90 degrees within 3/4 minutes as I live close to the motorway, which I use for my commute. It would stay put at that temp for the journey, regardless of using the heaters or not.
Since I serviced the car it builds up the temp to around 75/80 and fluctuates back and forth slightly. If using the heaters it drops and takes significantly longer to reach a constant temp.
I'm aware of how the thermostat works as well as the heater core, but I'm not sure why my car is suddenly up and down the temp gauge since replenishing the fluids.
Would it be normal for a newly serviced car with good oil and coolant to maybe run at lower temps?
I'm thinking maybe the thermostat might be on its way out and draining the system may have made it a bit worse. Hopefully I'm just being paranoid.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
P.s the milage is at 86,000 for this car.