corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
Location: Northamptonshire
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my corsa's temperature gauge rises to approx 98 when im slowly creeping in traffic and when in a jam it used to rise quite slowly but now it does slightly quicker but when im generally drivin about it sits at 90 degrees
is it normal and does all urs do it????????
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and-m
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Registered: 5th May 02
Location: Liverpool. Drives. Skud vRS.
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Maybe because the weathers getting warmer? 
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Gambit
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Registered: 5th Jun 00
Location: Common Sense HQ
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this is normal, only get worried if it starts going into the red
when your in a traffic jam there is no air being forced thru the rad therefore the water temp heats up quicker. once you start move then the airflow thru the rad cools the water
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Mikorsa16v
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Registered: 2nd Sep 02
Location: Burgess Hill, West Sussex
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yeah, on a 4 mile journey from cold about 4oC my car doesnt even have time to heat up propely (normal running temp 90.2oC on my car.
on the same 4 mile journey from cold about 15oC it warms up in about 2miles to 90.2oC
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corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
Location: Northamptonshire
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TTT
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Gambit
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Registered: 5th Jun 00
Location: Common Sense HQ
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can you not read??? there is nothing wrong with your car. what is happening is perfectly normal!
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Karnage Corsa
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Registered: 4th Nov 02
Location: Norton, Stockton-on-Tees
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DOES IT ON ALL CORSAS I THINK MINE DOES IT ALL THE TIME
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matt_jonesuk
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Registered: 27th Feb 03
Location: worcester
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its normal my mom always used to get worried bout it on her renault so i wired her fan up to her coil to stop her nagging
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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No, its not normal ur cars gonna blow up and ur all gonna die... (joke)
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