Hi all,
About 8 months ago I bought a well-equipped pre-owned BMW 330i from 2006 with Sport pack and approx. 42k miles. It's a great car and I like to drive it :-). Still I don't like the fact that the car doesn’t have an engine temp gauge. This makes it hard to diagnose if something is wrong. I live in TX and after parking the car in my garage the air temperature in the garage rapidly increases (due to the car's heat). I probed the outside temp of the engine (on a typically day with 75 F air temp) and when opening the hood I pointed the gauge underneath the red circle in the picture. After parking the car it tops out at approx. 88 deg. Celsius. ~ 190 deg. Fahrenheit. This high to me because inside the engine it is probably even hotter.
Could you tell me whether this is normal or a deviation from the standard 330i engine running temp? Can you recommend other areas to probe or take a trip to the BMW garage…?
Thanks,
Reflex
