smithysmoo Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Any ideas seems to take forever to get to the 90 on the temp guage mainly sits around 75...Takes longer than my caddy...Thinking it may be the cause of lower than average fuel consumption.cheers in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 My Polo TDI takes ages too compared to a petrol engine vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Engines are heated by waste energy so the more efficient the engine, the longer it will take.If it never gets to 90, replace the thermostat and temp sensor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithysmoo Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Yeah understand it takes longer than a petrol I was saying it takes way longer than a caddy van tdi...Cheers defcon can always reply on you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Yup, takes a while to heat up as it's so cold atm. I find it's taking about twenty minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Engines are heated by waste energy so the more efficient the engine, the longer it will take.If it never gets to 90, replace the thermostat and temp sensorWill either of those show up fault codes if they're ****ed? Friend just got an a4 and the temp needle gets to about 1/3 if your lucky and takes yages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loepan Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Start mine in the morning, get the glow plug light flashing after a while, only do 5mile trip.I don't however get it on the afternoon drive home?Thought it might be a temp problem, suppose ill have to vagcom it :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTIChris Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 My Passat takes a long time compared to the Lupo, just assumed it was diesel thang, but still gets good MPG if i'm sensible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithysmoo Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Am wandering if the thermastat is stuck open, or just because its so cold at the mo.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north wales loop Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 mine takes bloody ages as well!!! and never ever goes over half way on the temp gauge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) Halfway is perfect iirc, my 1L warms up and sits dead on the line Edited January 24, 2013 by JoeA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Halfway is perfect iirc, my 1L warms up and sits dead on the line This.my green machine would heat up to bang on half way. Once running it will never move up and never move down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loepan Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 It won't, that's its optimal temp....if it goes above halfway its on its way to overheating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 This.my green machine would heat up to bang on half way. Once running it will never move up and never move down.That's because its controlled by the ecu - as long as the temp is within a certain range (83-97) or whatever the dial will stay on 90. It does t actually show the coolant temp, rather a representation of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardn Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Start mine in the morning, get the glow plug light flashing after a while, only do 5mile trip.I don't however get it on the afternoon drive home?Thought it might be a temp problem, suppose ill have to vagcom it :-(it will come on in the morning cus the engine will be starting from cold,it wont do it on an afternoon as a rule because the ambient temperature is normally warmer and there will still be remaining heat from when you drove it earlier.had mine 4 years now and its always taken ages to warm up,wouldnt worry bout it tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loepan Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Ha nah mate I'm not on about just normal start up glow plug light, I will drive and the glowplug light flashes a couple of minutes into the drive indicating engine management fault.Getting somewhere with it tho'it has nowt to do with bieng cold in the morning, its the fact I use my lights in the morning and not in the evening.Electrical fault.....let the games begin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loepan Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Just a update, found the light comin on engine managment was due to a faulty filemant in one of the bulbs! It was bridging on to the adjacent filament and causing it to be constantly on! Ecu sees that its on but no pressure from brakesThrows up a warning light!Sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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