Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 19:55:30 +0000 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamfitter.com> Subject: Re: '97 900SE Thermostat?
Grunff wrote: > > Kenneth S. wrote: > > > Sounds to me as if you need a new themostat. > > I really don't see how that follows. > > If the temperature gauge isn't moving at all, not even after a > considerable while running, then either the temperature sender or the > temperature gauge is disconnected/faulty. Nothing to do with the thermotat. > > If the thermostat was sticking open, the engine would eventually reach > operating temperature - it would just take a long time getting there. Agreed, the engine would eventually reach operating temperature one way or another. Usually it fails the other way around so the engine gets too hot.