Driving my Brava yesterday (yes, bring it on, it's Italian blah, blah, > blah)
> I joined the motorway and gave it a boot through the gears up the slip > road.
> Once I joined the motorway there was a stink of petrol. This eventually
> subsided, I can't be sure it was my car or another one and may be purely > coincidental.
> As I drove along the motorway I saw the temp gauge start to fall very
> slowly. It continued to do this until it stopped at around the quarter
> mark. It's never sat completely steady but usually bobs around either > side
> of the half way mark. I did about twelve to fourteen miles on the > motorway
> and the gauge would rise a little and fall to a quarter just like it does
> when sitting at half way.
> When I reached my road home - four miles of country road - It rose to > nearly
> half way and carried on as normal. So, should I be concerned? The only
> reason I can think for this to happen would be a thermostat sticking open.
> Anything else?
When driving the car yesterday I saw the gauge fall swiftly from half to a quarter. It then bobbed up to half and straight back down. I then saw this a couple of times more. So, it's the good old Italian electrics as was suggested. Hardly surprising.
So, gauge or sender? My HBOL only mentions the coolant temperature sensor that is part of the engine management. Does anyone know if this also does the gauge or if there is another for the gauge that isn't mentioned?