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It went back to 12 o clock after some time and so on It's a 96 318ic with m44 motor May have bad coolant temp sensor or a failing thermostat? Car still runs just fine. No CEL | | | 12-03-2013, 06:13 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gulfport, Florida Posts: 3,208 | My opinion is a stuck thermostat. Stuck half way or 1/4 open. My advice is fix the problem immediately or you could suffer a t-stat stuck closed and over heated motor. | | | 12-03-2013, 07:23 PM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 134 | Thanks John. That's what I was leaning towards too. noticed it last Wednesday. Drove yesterday just to confirm it was not a one off On my 100 miles commute it did go back and forth between 11 and 12 o' clock at least 6 times. It stayed on 11 o'clock for a while then went back to 12 o'clock, stayed there for a while and so on. Running the motor below the normal temperature may kill my cat. convertor also since the fuel mixing may not be right. Going to pick up a thermostat from the D(st)ealer today | | | 12-03-2013, 09:04 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,464 | If the needle is going back and forth between 11 and 12 while on the freeway (at a constant speed), it could be either. Although, when the sender goes bad, it usually jumps around all over the place, not between two defined points, and/or will go full-hot or full-cold for periods of time. With the car idling and the needle at 12 o'clock, turn on the A/C to kick the cooling fan on- does the needle drop at all? If you're near the Beach Cities/South Bay, you could always do parts will call at Pelican Parts (they're in Harbor City off of Western/240th St.) Muuuch cheaper than the dealer. __________________ 1995 318ti Base - Cosmosschwarz/Sandgrau R.I.P. 1997 318ti Active - Alpinweiß III/Sandgrau 2013 328i Coupe - Le Mans Blau | | | 12-03-2013, 09:45 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 134 | I have a used thermostat pulled from the old motor, but considering the work to replace it, was thinking of getting a new one. the switch between 11 and 12 are very slow and it stays at each point at least few minutes before the switch will do the ac test and let you know | | | 12-04-2013, 01:25 AM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 | My Club Sport was like that when I got it. Looking at the old one it was slightly opened. I replaced the t-stat. Fixed. __________________ ...steven BMW CCA #146825 1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i www.bmwcca.org | | | 12-05-2013, 10:55 PM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 134 | Thanks guys. just ordered t-stat from pelican. hopefully I get it by tomorrow. dealer wants $150 + tax for what pelican sells for $45 : - zoner thank you (btw, i did the a/c test - no change, the 318ic has a mechanical fan attached to the motor, which is always on, in addition to the electric fan for a/c) | | | 12-06-2013, 01:34 AM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,464 | Ahh.. I missed the 318ic part- yep, you have a mechanical fan. Whenever I order from Pelican by mid afternoon, I always get it at my door next day. Hopefully that solves the problem but if not, the temp. sender is only about $15 or so, IIRC. __________________ 1995 318ti Base - Cosmosschwarz/Sandgrau R.I.P. 1997 318ti Active - Alpinweiß III/Sandgrau 2013 328i Coupe - Le Mans Blau | | | 12-07-2013, 07:10 AM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland Or Posts: 2,666 | +! mine did the same thing it was the stat (M42) - Cheers. Dave __________________ Dave - PDX 1995 318ti - Active Black and Tan. 2005 330xi - Mtech 1 - 6spd - Orient Blue/Black | | | 12-09-2013, 06:53 PM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 134 | t-stat replaced! did few short trips , all look good so far. time taken for the repair actual t-stat replacement - 15 minutes coolant drain: 30 minutes bleeding the cooling system : 15 minutes clean up all the mess created by the coolant bleeding: 1 hour Thank you all! | | | 12-10-2013, 06:21 PM | #11 | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: New York Posts: 23 | 87c or 92c Which one is better for the m42 engine? I am in NY and we get COLD winters up here. Should I go with the 87c or 92c tstat? My wife would like heat in the car, lol. | | | 12-10-2013, 06:29 PM | #12 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 134 | for M44, there was no choice, just 95 C. stay tuned. 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