I recently bought a 2005 Elise. I'm in the process of driving it from Florida to Michigan. When I started off in Florida, the water temp was around 170-180 during steady highway cruising. It got to about 195 once in stop and go traffic.
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I recently bought a 2005 Elise. I'm in the process of driving it from Florida to Michigan. When I started off in Florida, the water temp was around 170-180 during steady highway cruising. It got to about 195 once in stop and go traffic.
The second day, driving in Georgia and Tennessee, it has been mostly cloudy and probably mid-70s outside temp. The coolant is now only in the low 160s. During the early part of the day, the temp display was blank. I noticed it only begins to read at 158 deg and higher. The only time it even got up to 158 during the first half of the day was driving up a mountain on the highway.
First, is it normal for the temp display to disappear below a certain temp? Second, do I need to replace the thermostat? Seems like it's running too cold except in hot ambient temps.
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about 12 hours ago