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Need new thermostat (more) (archive)
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Posted by mjs3 on December 03, 2000 at 22:17:21:

In Reply to: wacky engine temperature? posted by SY on December 03, 2000 at 22:08:25:

I had noticed that a few monthes ago also on my 99 328i...as speed increases the temp dropped and this is because of effecient cooling of the water system and a thermostat that was stuck wide open. When I brought it in BMW indeed found that the thermostat was stuck open most of the time and replaced. Now its "straight-up" no matter how hard I drive.



Hey, has anyone had any problems with the oil temp. gauge on their 2000 328Ci? Usually, within 5 minutes of highway driving, the temperature gauge goes a little past the halfway mark- I assume this is "warmed up".

But over the past week, I've noticed whenever I push the engine (ie. past 160 km/h) for short spurts on the highway, the oil temp starts dropping!! It then stays put just above the blue mark for the duration of engine operation.

This doesn't make any sense, since, if anything, the oil temp. should be going up with the sustained higher speeds.

Has anybody had this problem?




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