hi all,
I have a 1999 p38 4.0. I was driving it yesterday and the temp gauge was sat on half way after about half hour of driving i stopped went in to a shop to pick up the radio for it, i was in the shop no more than 2 mins, got back in turned the key and the temp gauge went straight up to the red for about 5 secs then went back to the middle.
Drove another 5 mins and the temp slowly creeped up to the red and light came on.
I left it for about 20 mins and the temp was back down to halfway.
so my question is should the temp jump up that quickly? and could it showing a wrong temp on the dash?
or does this sound like something else?
Any advice will be gratefully received.
cheers
john