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Old 10-31-2004, 06:38 PM
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Do your Temp gauges stay a bit under the middle ???
Even if my car is fully warmed up, my temp gauge needle is always under the middle part of the whole gauge.... is it meant to be like that?
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Old 10-31-2004, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Un-Kut
Even if my car is fully warmed up, my temp gauge needle is always under the middle part of the whole gauge.... is it meant to be like that?
Drive to Vegas in the summer and it'll be a bit above the middle at times, but otherwise, it will usually stay about where you see it.

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Originally Posted by Un-Kut
Even if my car is fully warmed up, my temp gauge needle is always under the middle part of the whole gauge.... is it meant to be like that?
mine is just like that, so i hope it is normal
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Old 10-31-2004, 08:37 PM
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yea it's normal. I think it's actually in the middle, just the positioning of it makes it look like it's not.
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Old 10-31-2004, 11:44 PM
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like that with all cars that i have driven, honda's especially. if anything really goes wrong (like overheating), i'm sure that 3 or 4 warning lights other than that gauge will start to signal something is wrong.
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why is it that the needle takes so long to get to that almost-middle place? about 4-5 minutes?
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Old 11-01-2004, 05:11 PM
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coolant temp gauge shall have needle below middle in Honda cars. stay on r pass middle mean overheating or attentation required.
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why is it that the needle takes so long to get to that almost-middle place? about 4-5 minutes?
That is the time it takes for the coolant to reach the corresponding temperature.
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Old 11-01-2004, 05:18 PM
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The temp gauge is completely useless anyways. It should either be replaced with a real thermometer or an idiot light saying "too hot".
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That is the time it takes for the coolant to reach the corresponding temperature.
ohh ok so is it pointless for me to use that as the warm-up gauge to see when i get start revving it?
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ohh ok so is it pointless for me to use that as the warm-up gauge to see when i get start revving it?
Well it is a good indicator of when you can safely do so.
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