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My name is Gary and we recently purchased a beautiful 2009 Passion to tow behind our motor home. She came with all the towing equipment, wiring, battery cut off switch and only has 17,000 miles on the odometer. We are in Austin right now (and way too cold) and will be driving our new Smartie back to our home in Mazatlan, Mexico in a month or so. (much warmer weather there but here for the holidays) I have saved one of the take off front tires for a spare to take along on our trip.
I have already switched out the front tires and wheels so I can now rotate tires and boy does she handle better on the highway. I ordered a 451 cruise control on Steven's black Friday SUPER sale and just got it yesterday....so it is not installed yet. About two weeks ago I received and mounted the Ultra-guage primarily for the tach and engine temp monitoring capabilities. And herein lies my question:
The car warms up slowly in this 30-40 degree weather and once it is up to temp. it seems to like 188.6 degrees. BUT, as I drive down the street the temperature readout on the Ultra-gauge varies constantly and considerable between about 172.0 degrees and 188.6 degrees. I am trying to determine if this is because of the thermostat operation letting in cooled coolant or could it possibly be an air lock situation. When the outside temperature was warmer, I saw the temperature rise to about 205 degrees as I sat and idled and then it went down when underway. I'd like to hear from any and all people using the Ultra-gauge and what they see on the temperature readout so I can put my mind at ease or search for a fix.
Thanks for any input and thanks for all the communication between everyone as I have learned plenty already.
Cheers!
I have already switched out the front tires and wheels so I can now rotate tires and boy does she handle better on the highway. I ordered a 451 cruise control on Steven's black Friday SUPER sale and just got it yesterday....so it is not installed yet. About two weeks ago I received and mounted the Ultra-guage primarily for the tach and engine temp monitoring capabilities. And herein lies my question:
The car warms up slowly in this 30-40 degree weather and once it is up to temp. it seems to like 188.6 degrees. BUT, as I drive down the street the temperature readout on the Ultra-gauge varies constantly and considerable between about 172.0 degrees and 188.6 degrees. I am trying to determine if this is because of the thermostat operation letting in cooled coolant or could it possibly be an air lock situation. When the outside temperature was warmer, I saw the temperature rise to about 205 degrees as I sat and idled and then it went down when underway. I'd like to hear from any and all people using the Ultra-gauge and what they see on the temperature readout so I can put my mind at ease or search for a fix.
Thanks for any input and thanks for all the communication between everyone as I have learned plenty already.
Cheers!