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My temperature gauge doesn't seem to move much even after a 170 mile drive its still right down by the bottom, also,the heaters don't blow very hot air, it's warm but not overly warm
Is it a gauge fault?
I'm pretty sure it's not a thermostat problem otherwise engine would over heat?
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Sounds like the thermostat is stuck open.
Thermostats failsafe to open which will cool constantly rather than to shut and potentially overheat the engine.
Thermostat seems like a reasonable place to start, but bare in mind HDi's do run relatively cold. Mine never got above 84C on the OBD reader. Interior heaters got warmer than warm, but never hot.
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Ok mate cheers for that, the temp gauge doesn't seem to move at all! Would that cause it to stay on cold map?
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im sure this was the first thing you checked, but have you checked the coolant level?
if the level is too low the sensor isnt covered therefore wont read anything.
also could possibly be an airlock in the coolant. something to look into.
if its non of these things my money on a blocked heater matrix as for why you dont have any heat
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Mine barely ever rises above 70c. Cully says the cold map stops at 69c, so the majority of the time its on cold map for me as it takes a good 15 miles or so to hit 70!
Oh and the heaters are rubbish as well, even when the blower does decide to work......but that may be because I was used to heaters in a better car before lol.
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get some diagnostic equipment on there as the hdi use's a second temp probe to measure the temp for ECU reference
so the gauge sensor may be faulty but the Ecu sensor could be good compare the two to prove the gauge is telling the truth
both sensors are in the same package (blue plug right hand side of block in the thermostat housing)
but its probably the thermostat is stuck open like fuzi has said
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Yeah coolant is full and heaters blow warm air ill get the thermostat changed and report back to you cheers guys