What is normal water gauge reading??
I think it is exactly half or slightly below?? We'll on the way home the other night from a 60 mile trip, the hand was at half, and I made a turn and the incline I went up was probably about 45 degrees. And when I made it to the top which takes about 10-15 seconds, the water hand was 1/4 inch above half.
I did another trip up the same hill after that and the hand was either on half or slightly lower. And this wasnt the first time it happened either.
To accelerate up this hill the car would have to downshift to second. Any way thats just to give you an idea about the hill climb.
This car has a New water pump, T-Stat, Head Gasket, Radiator, Coolant. No leaks, top hose was leaking but I tightened the clamp up. Also there was a little movement on the overflow..
The fans are on when I check, and I found out in the manual they are variable speed via the ECU. The speed at which they are turning are slow, pulling the heat. But when the AC is on, the fans are full power.
Oh and it has done this before couple times cruising at 50 mph but not as much past half.
Be sure for anyone with any info or comment please post where your water hand stays or how much you ever noticed it move. In all the searching and reading, I found one person on this site, posted to another thread, that their hand stayed at half and never moved. And they also stated that the fans should keep the hand from moving past half. Thanks for any and all info.
2002 Galant 2.4L
These pictures below are my Gauge readings, I took them (today 13th) I havent been to car wash, since no splash shields lol so dirty cluster.
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http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...neoffkeyon.jpg
^^^^Key turned on before cranking after engine being operating temp