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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 12:08 PM
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at normal driving, how high (how many bars) should a temp gauge usually display? I normal driving I have around 7 or 8 bars display, but this is before I found out my coolant was low, well below the min line and I just added some.
and this is from my MY07 cluster
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 12:16 PM
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yes 7 or 8 is normal/optimal range.....
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 12:52 PM
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My 07 is between 7-8 and never gets higher. Ap1's are slightly different.
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 01:52 PM
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ap1s are way different, not just slightly, , i think 3 is as high as mine goes? I know thats when I can VTEC, and I never look at it after that, lol...
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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I don't think I've gotten 8 before, mine stays at 7 bars.
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 02:41 PM
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i never counted but it seems like its 1 or 2 bars below half...
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 03:46 PM
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8 is normal for the AP2.
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 07:27 AM
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mine is at 8
never higher
stays at 8
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 10:44 AM
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7 to 8 ...
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 08:06 PM
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MY06 jumps from 7 to 8 then 8 to 7. back and forth.
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