Running Temperature

[Ashley]

Just a quick question for everyone to answer really   

At what temperature does your car run? Mines been sitting at 70, going up to 90 if running hot or in traffic for a long time, until recently it started sitting at 80/90 as standard. I've had the thermostat and new coolant and it sits at 80 as standard now

A friend told me MK3s run at 80/90 - is this right?

cheers

[jason2875]

my mk3 vr6 runs at 70 never goes any higher no mater what speed or if in traffic mate

[Andy-H]

Mine runs between 80/90 and has done this for the last year since I owned it   

[spunkymonkey]

Mine sits bang on 90, never goes up or down when warm.

[Ashley]

See this is quite interesting.. would be interesting to get a load of answers and find a trend 

[chrisford_vw]

Bang on the middle 90 in traffic and never seen it go any higher as it cools i goes down

[Paul86S2]

Mine sits in the middle of the gauge and never moves, sat in traffic, going along slowly or flat out on the track.

Paul

[chilli_dub]

Are we talking about the MFA oil temp or the coolant temp gauage on the dashboard? If were talking about the guage on the dash then mine sits bang on in the centre and never moves up or down!

[rubjonny]

should run at 90degrees, if lower either stat is missing or stuck open. could also be a sensor/dash fault, what does the oil temp say on the mfa if you have one?

[Wayne]

90degrees is around where mine used to run.