MK1 VTS coolant temp.

  1. Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2011 Liverpool Posts: 232 '01 Saxo VTR
    #1
    I've been driving the VTS for a few weeks now, and I've noticed the coolant temp is a bit odd. When I start the car and drive off, it takes a very long time to heat up to the middle bar, and sometimes it barely passes the white bit at the bottom end of the temperature gauge after 20-30 minutes driving. If I was to leave the car idling at a standstill, it would heat quicker and to the middle line, but then would cool down to the white bit again when I set off.

    The car runs great, pulls strong and the oil temperature acts normally.

    Any ideas on why the coolant temp is acting oddly?

    Thanks

    Ethan


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  2. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #2
    Faulty sensor?
  3. Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2011 Liverpool Posts: 232 '01 Saxo VTR
    #3
    Its not acting erratically though, it does the exact same thing every day, could it still be the sensor?

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  4. Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2004 Denny United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 666 Ford focus 2.0 Saxo VTS
    #4
    sounds like the thermostat is stuck open
  5. Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2011 Liverpool Posts: 232 '01 Saxo VTR
    #5
    How do I go about fixing that?

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  6. Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2004 Denny United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 666 Ford focus 2.0 Saxo VTS
    #6
    get a new one only a few quid from a motor factors
  7. L-plater Joined: Nov 2013 Falmouth, Cornwall Posts: 35 Citroen Saxo Desire 1.1 5dr 2001
    #7
    I had the same problem.. Went to change the thermostat and it didn't even have one in there lol


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