Hi all,
Sorry, this has probably been covered before, but despite reading through previous posts on the topic, I'm still not sure if my car has a problem or not?
I've only had the car for a just under two weeks, so still getting to know it so to speak, and I have noticed that the temperature gauge does what I would say are some strange things.
Firstly, whilst on a long distance trip on the M25 by Heathrow, whilst sat in traffic I noticed the temperature gauge was resting at the bottom of the gauge on 60 degrees. A few minutes later, the traffic started moving again and the temperature started to rise again, eventually getting to 90 and staying there, in what was free flowing traffic for the rest of the journey.
Not sure if this is normal or not, as the car may well cool down whilst sat in traffic, and I haven't ever had a diesel before so perhaps this is a trait, but I am now paranoid about the temperature gauge, thinking I may have a temp sender problem.
To back this up, the car seems to take ages to warm up on some journies. For example, I did a long distance journey this morning and the car took a while to warm up, and the gauge only started to rise once the cabin temperature warmed up and I had switched my climate to Auto.
To make me even more paranoid, I am watching my MPG, both to see how much money my new diesel is saving me, and also in regards to the temperature gauge, as I presume that if the car is cold, more diesel is used by the engine???
I filled up from the red this afternoon and the car took £25 worth for only 270 miles, which is only 45 MPG, so really wondering now whether something is not quite right?
Should the temperature gauge climb quicker and then stay at 90 degrees once it gets there???
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks
Sorry, this has probably been covered before, but despite reading through previous posts on the topic, I'm still not sure if my car has a problem or not?
I've only had the car for a just under two weeks, so still getting to know it so to speak, and I have noticed that the temperature gauge does what I would say are some strange things.
Firstly, whilst on a long distance trip on the M25 by Heathrow, whilst sat in traffic I noticed the temperature gauge was resting at the bottom of the gauge on 60 degrees. A few minutes later, the traffic started moving again and the temperature started to rise again, eventually getting to 90 and staying there, in what was free flowing traffic for the rest of the journey.
Not sure if this is normal or not, as the car may well cool down whilst sat in traffic, and I haven't ever had a diesel before so perhaps this is a trait, but I am now paranoid about the temperature gauge, thinking I may have a temp sender problem.
To back this up, the car seems to take ages to warm up on some journies. For example, I did a long distance journey this morning and the car took a while to warm up, and the gauge only started to rise once the cabin temperature warmed up and I had switched my climate to Auto.
To make me even more paranoid, I am watching my MPG, both to see how much money my new diesel is saving me, and also in regards to the temperature gauge, as I presume that if the car is cold, more diesel is used by the engine???
I filled up from the red this afternoon and the car took £25 worth for only 270 miles, which is only 45 MPG, so really wondering now whether something is not quite right?
Should the temperature gauge climb quicker and then stay at 90 degrees once it gets there???
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks