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- Joined
- Aug 19, 2009
- Location
- NH
- TDI
- 2015 Passat SEL, 2017 Alltrack SE; BB 2010 Sedan Man; 2012 Passat,
Looking for others experiences, drove the wife’s Passat couple days this week.
So +11K on the clock, NOS that spend two+ years in a dealers lot, this is the first winter with the car.
Outside temps 10-30F, at the beginning of the day car is garaged at 45 or sitting at work in sub freezing temps. This happens with fans on 1-2 temp set to 65 or hvac system all the way off.
Commute is pretty relaxed, 30-40mph with some small hills one or two stop lights. Drive for the 3-5 minutes, the dummy temp gauge start to rise gets to second or third hash mark. Then sits there for less than a minute then falls back to stone cold, where it then starts to climb again in about 2-3 minutes it’s back to second or third mark. Oil temp in the MFD isn’t even registering until gauge is at 4 hash mark.
Do others temp gauge move linearly or to they cycle like I described? I’m aware the coolant loops water pump of the ’15 is a different beast than 12-14 Passat’s. Same commute on my CJAA I was able to get the temp gauge right at 190 when arriving at work, where as the Passat seems a little behind granted it’s dumping more heat into the cabin.
So +11K on the clock, NOS that spend two+ years in a dealers lot, this is the first winter with the car.
Outside temps 10-30F, at the beginning of the day car is garaged at 45 or sitting at work in sub freezing temps. This happens with fans on 1-2 temp set to 65 or hvac system all the way off.
Commute is pretty relaxed, 30-40mph with some small hills one or two stop lights. Drive for the 3-5 minutes, the dummy temp gauge start to rise gets to second or third hash mark. Then sits there for less than a minute then falls back to stone cold, where it then starts to climb again in about 2-3 minutes it’s back to second or third mark. Oil temp in the MFD isn’t even registering until gauge is at 4 hash mark.
Do others temp gauge move linearly or to they cycle like I described? I’m aware the coolant loops water pump of the ’15 is a different beast than 12-14 Passat’s. Same commute on my CJAA I was able to get the temp gauge right at 190 when arriving at work, where as the Passat seems a little behind granted it’s dumping more heat into the cabin.