Temperture gauge

Vectra 1.8 LS 2004
Running temperature is just under 80 on the gauge in the car.
Generally the temperature in the car is poor and the only way to warm the
car is with the blower set to 2.
Is this normal or should I ask the dealer to investigate the thermostat and
temperature gauge.

 

about right this time of year.
it could be a blockage in the heater matrix, stick your hand on it, is it as
hot as the main rad?
it could also be the vectoring motors if fitted might not be stetting the
flap correct, might even be small leaves.
check the polen filter etc etc first.

mike

 

Vectra-C's are notorious for taking a very long time to warm up, it can be
7->8 miles for the temperature gauge to start to float (for the Diesel's
anyway, I have also read that the petrol's take a long time too).

There was a thread a couple of day's ago on www.vectra-c.com.

Rich

 

My wife's 1.8 Zafira certainly takes an eternity to get above 80 at
this time of year, although the cabin temeprature is fine, but does
warm up much quicker in the summer, so it does seem to be normal for
these 1.8 engines. It has just had it's winter 'health check' via the
local Vx dealer, so I assume they would've found something amiss if
this behaviour wasn't normal.

 

quite normal

mike

 

When I've had this on any car, it tended to be a faulty coolant
thernostat. It would always be open and, therfore, let coolant
circulate constantly. The engine would never properly heat up. For a
few quid and a few minutes work to change it, it could be worth a try.

 

I had that problem on my cavalier mk3, finally fixed it after I'd had
the car 3 years ;-)...but this 'problem' with the 1.8 Vx engine does
sound like it is normal behaviour rather than the themrostat; I did
check my whie's Zafira by feeling the top hose after the car had been
running for a couple of minutes, the hose was cold, therfore I assume
the thermostat is OK.

 

Just out of interest I checked my Zafira 1.8 after leaving work last
night. The car had sat in the shade all day with the air temp sitting
at +0.5 degreesC. Warm up to above 80 degrees C on the gauge took 2.5
miles driven at 30 to 40 mph.


Steve