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Old 26 October 2012, 08:47 PM
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Hi all,

I was wondering if this is normal scooby behaviour

2001 wrx:

Doing between 70/80 mph on a long run, outside temp 4degrees, oil pressure around 4.5 bar , oil temp around 65/70 degrees, water temp ....stone cold ! If I went into slow moving traffic it would creep back up again but I have never known a cars temp gauge drop all the way to the bottom.

Does this happen to anyone else?

Thanks
Dan
Old 26 October 2012, 09:08 PM
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Did the heater stay warm or did that go cold too?
Old 26 October 2012, 09:31 PM
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I had this once, turned out my thermostat was broken, no big to fix.
Old 26 October 2012, 10:00 PM
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the heater was working fine, i too am now suspecting a dodgy thermostat now i have done a bit of reading.
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I had a similar problem, it was the engine temp sensor at fault (94my Classic)
Old 28 October 2012, 07:20 PM
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Found the culprit on this...... no thermostat at all. My block came from a 98 classic and was mated to my 01' heads..... the guy that dropped it in for me must have missed to check the thermostat/housing.. i guess the car it came out of was hiding a dead head gasket by removing the thermostat alltogether... all sorted now :-)
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