Cup 172 Cooling/Overcooling

[r516vt]

Right guys, since the weather has turned cold my Cup has started to run a little colder. Should the car be getting up to temp regardless of the ambient temperature? Obviously I am worried about the temperature of my oil and its' ability to protect my engine.

It is running basically a bar cooler than it was previously. It DOES get up to the normal bar when I sit in traffic for a period of time.

Is my stat stuck open?

http://www.clearboltmedia.com/cup_cooling.jpg

 

[Iain C]

mine always sat a bit lower.
A coolant change wouldnt hurt tho.

 

[ditz]

dont forget that having the heater blower on will lower the running temperature a fair bit wether its hot or cold outside.

 

[r516vt]

Yeah obviously that is a factor. But on a steady run @ 50-60 with the blower off the temperature sits on the 'currently' mark on the picture above. At 70+ the temperature rises slightly but still not to the normal mark.

As long as this is acceptable then I am happy. Coming from a Renault 5 GT Turbo daily driver it is quite hard to adjust to the car not being boiling all the time.

 

[John D]

Think thats normal mate; mine does the same.

 

[kully]

mine does the same just slightly lower than normal .

 

[edde]

Its fine so long as it isn't going up and down on its own for no reason. In the cold weather with the heathers on its bound to run colder.

 

[ben_p]

its not oil temp btw, thats water

 

[davebem]

As mentioned above its normal, its 1.2 8v's that struggle in this weather to reach any decent temp.

 

[r516vt]

There is no way to find the oil temp on the 172 is there? I may well invest in a gauge.

 

[edde]

There is no way to find the oil temp on the 172 is there? I may well invest in a gauge.

No easy ways you cna get sump plug temp sensors but no need realy if your using good oil and service intervals etc.

 

[Fred@BTM]

or just plug it into the clip computer and you can find out oil temp