Call me paranoid

[teebowbusablaster]

But having had the engine rebuilt, I am watching it like hawk, not leas the temperature gauge.
It warms up nicely in the 1st couple of miles then settles half a needle's width above the centre line, not anywhere near HOT, but a fraction (a couple of degrees, ho ho) above dead centre.
I notice going up hills, we live in a hilly part of Yorkshire can make it move ever so slightly to the right but never enough to be a worry, and going back down hill, or even flat moves it back to JUST right of centre.

Alan H mentioned two dots on the speedo face, I haven't got those, and coolant isn't being lost now its settled down to a level near the bottom of the filler tube.

Am I driving myself daft for no reason or am I right to be worried ?

[Roger Ackery]

All good with your gauge, mine does this,& I'm in Australia
A lot hotter all year than the UK
All good, stay calm

[teebowbusablaster]

Yes it's barely 8 degrees here when I went into town to get my hair cut.

[Roger Ackery]

One question ?
How much coolant do you have in the overflow bottle

[teebowbusablaster]

Without taking the tank off, I can't see, BUT the coolant is about 2/3rds up the neck of the filler tube, SO as a liquid will always find it's own level, I can only assume that its somewhere near right.

[stevewharton]

Sounds right to me Terry, mine hovers around the centre line depending on whether the thermostat is open or closed.

[slosher]

Without taking the tank off, I can't see, BUT the coolant is about 2/3rds up the neck of the filler tube, SO as a liquid will always find it's own level, I can only assume that its somewhere near right.

That's interesting not to worry you any more Terry but my gauge always shows just a tadge under half mark and if you look down inside the filler tube at the bottom there's a small pointer, if i fill mine above this it spits it back out of the overflow tube

Cheers Dave

[teebowbusablaster]

Bearing in mind the meter is a volt meter, the charging voltage, the linearity of the temp sensor, and any resistance in the wiring will all have an effect.

[Chris57]

Bearing in mind the meter is a volt meter, the charging voltage, the linearity of the temp sensor, and any resistance in the wiring will all have an effect.

I reckon you've answered your own question there Sir