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Old Oct 23rd, 2023, 09:19   #4
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Originally Posted by JohnL View Post
My 2003 D5, water temperature gauge has always run in the middle, weather the outside temperature is summer or winter. I was towing a trailer yesterday sunny day with probably a ton of cast iron radiators to get them sand blasted and painted, but the temp gauge always stays in exactly the same position on the gauge, but am sure the engine was running hotter.
Is there a way to see with Vida what the actual engine temperature is, and if its higher, why doesn't the gauge show?

John
The job of the thermostat is to keep the coolant at 90C what ever the engine load and weather conditions and thanks to the generous capacity of the radiator this is exactly what it does on ALL volvos. If your temp went up when towing it would indicate the radiator was inadequate.
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