Coolant Temps

[zeroptzero]

I was out driving a bit tonight, the car is only 10 days old in my possession. I had to stop to deliver an envelope to an friend tonight and I was idling for a few minutes, when I got back into the car the temp gauge was moving towards the Hot zone, it didn't reach it, but moving upwards. It got up around 96 degrees C. It was well past the center spot. It seemed a bit high for the circumstances. I got back out driving after that and the temperature went back down to 85 degrees C. The owner's manual only talks about temps getting into the Hot zone as being problematic. When the coolant temp was that high it seemed consistent with the oil temp, both went back down after some driving. Is this considered normal temp wise ?

 

[KyleWI]

I was out driving a bit tonight, the car is only 10 days old in my possession. I had to stop to deliver an envelope to an friend tonight and I was idling for a few minutes, when I got back into the car the temp gauge was moving towards the Hot zone, it didn't reach it, but moving upwards. It got up around 96 degrees C. It was well past the center spot. It seemed a bit high for the circumstances. I got back out driving after that and the temperature went back down to 85 degrees C. The owner's manual only talks about temps getting into the Hot zone as being problematic. When the coolant temp was that high it seemed consistent with the oil temp, both went back down after some driving. Is this considered normal temp wise ?

Yeah, I see this with mine especially after driving for a good amount of time, followed by idling. Once the fan kicks on, it comes down just a touch.

 

[zeroptzero]

Yeah, I see this with mine especially after driving for a good amount of time, followed by idling. Once the fan kicks on, it comes down just a touch.

Okay thanks, glad to hear it has been similar for others, I know it wasn't in a bad zone but it was moving upwards towards it which got me concerned. Thanks for the reply.