S280 engine temp lil above normal

[meri_gadi]

Hi there all,

I have recently noticed driving in London traffic that my car temp is creeping up. The temp goes above the 80 Mark.

I have a pic enclosed. The red line shows, where the temp goes up to. I am not sure if the fan is coming on or not.

On a long run it doesn’t go above the 80 Mark.

I do not know when the coolant was changed last.

What is the car trying to tell me? Does it need a coolant change? A new Radiator or what else?

Its a W140 with 130k on it.

 

[television]

Hi there all,

I have recently noticed driving in London traffic that my car temp is creeping up. The temp goes above the 80 Mark.

I have a pic enclosed. The red line shows, where the temp goes up to. I am not sure if the fan is coming on or not.

On a long run it doesn’t go above the 80 Mark.

I do not know when the coolant was changed last.

What is the car trying to tell me? Does it need a coolant change? A new Radiator or what else?

Its a W140 with 130k on it.

that is nothing to worry about, if it goes into the 90c or more please post back

 

[type49]

These cars can go to 100c before the secondary AC condensor fans cut in. Yours looks perfectly normal for being stuck in traffic in the hot weather.

 

[Daeths]

My 2001 210, 320cdi will read just under 80 on a run. I drive into London each day and with the increased ambient temp this will go up to just under 90 befre the fan(s) dotheir job - this is stop/start driving.

Nothing to worry about, and would state the no.s I've given are based on my needles as opposed to a more accurate testing.

As a matter of course I will be flushing the system over the next weekend or so, as I do not know whenit was last doen and for the sake of a handful of £1 coins you'd be mad not to.

 

[type49]

My 2001 210, 320cdi will read just under 80 on a run. I drive into London each day and with the increased ambient temp this will go up to just under 90 befre the fan(s) dotheir job - this is stop/start driving.

Nothing to worry about, and would state the no.s I've given are based on my needles as opposed to a more accurate testing.

As a matter of course I will be flushing the system over the next weekend or so, as I do not know whenit was last doen and for the sake of a handful of £1 coins you'd be mad not to.

Don't forget to turn the heater on hot when you run the car to "help" avoid air locks.

 

[Daeths]

Don't forget to turn the heater on hot when you run the car to "help" avoid air locks.

Good point. Cheers for that.

Adam