Slightly worried about this and need to know if its just a feature of the car on cold mornings

I have a MY93 WRX and it was very cold this morning and the car was frozen. I drove 25 miles at 80MHP and the temp gauage didn't move. There was heat coming through the heater but it wasn't till I stopped in the car park that the gauge moved to the normal position. Is this normal??????????

 

if it was freezin then surely its gonna take longer for the temp gauge to rise?

 

I agree but i've never known a car to take so long thats why I wanted to know if it was normal for an Impreza engine to take ages to warm up when its cold. All the GTE's, RS Turbo's I've had warm up well before I've arrived at work.

 

i think theres sommit wrong with the gauge,

Myn moves up about 5 mins of driving no matter what the weather

 

My wrx (also MY93) doesnt take more than about 5 mins to warm up and thats driving under 2k revs. Does sound like a fault with the temp gauge if you did 25 miles at approx 80mph!

[Edited by Scooby96 - 10/21/2003 10:52:59 AM]

 

I agree with the above , mine warms up quickly and the temp guage is about 1/2 way after about 5 mins , get it looked at .

Dave

 

I'm in the process of booking it into the garage. Thank you for your help.

 

Either the guage or the thermostat is stuck open.

 

BlackWrxScooby
drive it faster m8, it will get hot then

 

I wasn't sure should I just keep lighting the turbo up or drive it slowly when I saw it not moving. If its cold tomorrow morning I'll ras the **** of it.

 

I only drive 2 miles into work, and the water temp guage is at its normal operating temperature (about half way) when I arrive.

Car is an STI5