I just had my timing belt, water pump, and all the pulleys replaced. Today, first day driving I noticed the temp guage shoot up. So I topped off the radiator, looked like the guy didn't let the car warm when he refilled the rediator.

Now, even filled back to the max the car when warmed up and at a stop the temp guage sits at about 3/4 from the bottom.
Before this repair it sat about 1/3 from bottom, a little below half way.

Anything I should check or watch out for?

 

LITERALLY a hair below the half mark. Sometimes it'll hit the half point. But rare.

 

Mine sits right below half way and never goes higher. Just keep refilling the coolant. You have to refill, let it idle a little, wait, then refill again. Keep doing that until it's full. Make sure you don't have a leak at the drain plug.

 

mine sits a little below half way. but when i get on the freeway it will drop to about to a 1/4. is that normal?

 

so you literally have a hair on your temperature gauge.

 

Mine usually sits right above the halfway mark.

 

Mine sits up at about 3/4 too. PO had put in new radiator and thermostat and I don't know if all the air was bled out. Res is full.

 

Does a bear $h!t in the woods

 

 

@ Luxor- Try to keep er' under 90

edit: you should have also circled the outside temp.

 

jack car up in front Crank car (cold) and turn on heat to HIGH and Highest Temp - Rev to 3-4k rpms hold while filling (helps to have the Rad cap Filler funnel)- prob didn't Burp fluid correct so you have a bubble which is why it Shot up and prob when back down.

most OEM temp gauges are basically like an on/off switch for the most part - its not telling you the exact temp but it knows when its too hot,too cold or in between.thats about it.
Shouldn't worry but you need to Bleed the system

 

holy **** its 114 degrees in AZ?!

 

mine sits right there as well in florida 100% hum and 90+ deg under hard or soft driving

when i connect to my aem my coolant temp at idle is always 184ish and in traffic about 189 under cruising about 180ish now bare in mind i have a mish 3 row rad and a pint of water wetter..

 

mines sits 3/4 of the way up, why? well b/c when i sent my cluster to get it done by Lextech, so i guess once you take off the temp needle it will sit higher when it's really just at normal temp. how do i know that? well i have a autometer water temp gauge before i sent the cluster off and at normal engine temp it's usually at 180-190 degrees F. so i know it's not over heating.

 

Mine is digital but it always sits half way once it's warmed up.

Any other digital gauge people here so I can confirm that it's normal lol?