Re: 156 Engine Temperature

"Zathras" <webnewsgroup@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:49:26 -0000, "Paul Mosley"
> <paul@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>Hi I've just bought a 156 JTS S****twagon and the temperature gauge
hardly
>>moves unless I run the engine while stationary.  I imagine that the
>>thermostat is stuck open.  Is this a comon problem
>
> Yes. Alfa 156 thermostats seem to become lazy such that they close at
> gradually lower and lower temperatures as they age. The A/C fans help
> accentuate this by causing the water in the radiator to be cooled back
> to the operating point of the thermostat very quickly.
>
> I got mine changed when it was settling just above 70C instead of the
> correct temperature of between 80 and 90C

My 2.0 JTS has settled just below 70C since brand new. The JTS engines run

pretty cool. Doesn't sound like there is a problem with the OP car!

> As Steve H says, the gauge should read somewhere fairly close to the
> middle when fully warmed up.

Mine never has!

>> and is it easy to replace?
>
> I got a Garage to do it as it was in for a service anyway.

But yours is the 2.4 diesel - doesn't that settle at a warmer temperature 
than the JTS petrol?