Bichon

Hope this doesn't come off sounding like I suffer from OCD, but after the shakey mirror question, I'm emboldened to ask it:

On every car I've ever owned or rented, when the car is fully warmed up, the temperature needle is exactly centered between the "C" and the "H" markings. My Lexus, on the other hand, the needle is slightly left of centered, maybe at about 47% deflection. Is this normal?

mcfly

Yes, it's normal. In fact, I've never had a car where the temp gauge was in the middle of the dial space. It's alwasy a little towards the cool end of the spectrum (with the exception of some american cars, where it fluctuated all over the place).

GSE25

Opposite for me.. all the cars i've had, the needle was always closer to the C. My 250 is no different.

shaolin

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min is like that too..

Bichon

Thanks for setting my mind at ease. Just call me "Monk".

mcfly

Yeah, re-read his post. That's what he's saying.

lexusls430

Is it a big deal if its like 1 cm higher than center?

unit74

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As long as your not in the red, it doesn't matter really........

shaolin

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it's more liek 2 or 3 mm

Payam

Yeah, same here. Little to the colder side. And every car that I have ever driven was a little to the colder side as well.

gsrthomas

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Same here. I think all Japanese cars the arrow leans alittle to the colder side.

My moms Toyota Highlander does this, My old Integra did that, etc..