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it might be worth checking you haven't got two thermostats in. Mine had one in the the early place and a PRT when I got the car.
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Refit the original thermostat, bleed the system and send the 82 degree version back for a refund.
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A good thought Eric but wouldn't that also affect Rob's original buff PRT? He says that the engine runs perfectly when that one is fitted:
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Check the temp by driving with the obd showing the actual temp. You can leave it on while driving.
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As for your 1.8T that was running that cold I’d say you had a stuck thermostat there. The temperature gauge shows normal from about 65C does it not? Anything less than than is pretty chronically under cooled! I’ve driven mine in the Alps down to about -17C and although I wasn’t watching the exact temperature on the OBD the gauge would never go down below normal with the standard stat. |
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Thanks for your responses all. Been out again today and it’s perfect... unless you watch those numbers! I’m definitely going to give it the old hot water test. Like running a Mini again ha ha
Re. thermostat standard temps - I’m not the only one who has found 92C stats in these 1.8T engines... I believe the one I took out from the factory was stamped as such if you looked inside it. There was a discussion on Facebook about this and other said they had seen them too - someone had had one supplied from Rimmers. Anyway. I definitely don’t have 2 thermostats - I’m only the second owner (long term) and it was totally unmolested when I got it. |
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Get a Land Rover PRT from Rimmer Brothers, problem solved..
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