The Stigenator
Lifer
So as most ppl know I own a 2000 Ford Focus LX. Its got 81K miles on the clock.
Of late i have noticed that the water temp will drop and doesnt stay on the middle portion of the gauge. I had an coolant change at ~72000miles. I had it changed at pepboys with their ProLine coolant which they use. I had later topped it off with Peak Antifreeze topoff (for any type or color coolant you can top off with it). Pepboys had filled it to the Low Level, i just increased it a tiny bit so it was between Low and High.
So this problem if its one wasnt showing when the days were warm. Infact when driving in august/september it would be in the center or a little to the left of center.
Now I notice, if im idling or going down a hill (with minimal gas - like i did this past weekend going down the grapevine at 70 with no gas in 5th) it goes down and sits a bit above the Cold setting (about 5mm above cold). But it will come back up as soon as you hit the gas or step down on the throttle. Like if im crusing on a flat land with low load on the engine it will go down.
I never noticed this last winter, but this winter i am seeing this. Is the car over cooling? Or is the coolant so effiecient that its cooling really fast.
So is this a problem? or does this mean my cooling system is working fine.
Also i got this weird viberation. Now it started last year, not sure when though. It's very prominent when the engine is cold. If you drive on teh freeway for 10 minutes or so (appox about 10 miles) it disappears and teh car runs smooth. From teh engine bay the engine sounds pretty smooth when cold even with teh injectors ticking. But inside you can hear the viberation that rattles. I dont know what it might be. I also noticed when i push teh clutch in at times, the viberation quits. I am thinking either the motor mount, oil passages blocked, low tranny fluid (considering i havent had the oppurtunity to change that fluid - mine is a sealed system iB5 tranny from ford and u got to take off the drive shafts to change the fluid).
The car seems to run fine otherwise.. i dont see any problems.
Of late i have noticed that the water temp will drop and doesnt stay on the middle portion of the gauge. I had an coolant change at ~72000miles. I had it changed at pepboys with their ProLine coolant which they use. I had later topped it off with Peak Antifreeze topoff (for any type or color coolant you can top off with it). Pepboys had filled it to the Low Level, i just increased it a tiny bit so it was between Low and High.
So this problem if its one wasnt showing when the days were warm. Infact when driving in august/september it would be in the center or a little to the left of center.
Now I notice, if im idling or going down a hill (with minimal gas - like i did this past weekend going down the grapevine at 70 with no gas in 5th) it goes down and sits a bit above the Cold setting (about 5mm above cold). But it will come back up as soon as you hit the gas or step down on the throttle. Like if im crusing on a flat land with low load on the engine it will go down.
I never noticed this last winter, but this winter i am seeing this. Is the car over cooling? Or is the coolant so effiecient that its cooling really fast.
So is this a problem? or does this mean my cooling system is working fine.
Also i got this weird viberation. Now it started last year, not sure when though. It's very prominent when the engine is cold. If you drive on teh freeway for 10 minutes or so (appox about 10 miles) it disappears and teh car runs smooth. From teh engine bay the engine sounds pretty smooth when cold even with teh injectors ticking. But inside you can hear the viberation that rattles. I dont know what it might be. I also noticed when i push teh clutch in at times, the viberation quits. I am thinking either the motor mount, oil passages blocked, low tranny fluid (considering i havent had the oppurtunity to change that fluid - mine is a sealed system iB5 tranny from ford and u got to take off the drive shafts to change the fluid).
The car seems to run fine otherwise.. i dont see any problems.
