my car seems to get really hot whenever i sit somewhere for awhile with the car running. if anyone could tell me why or if its bad for it. thanks

 

is it black?

 

no its red it runs at about 180 when i drive but as soon as i sit for alittle in traffic or just siiting somewhere it starts going up and up and when it hits like 215 i always shut it down

 

mine does that too---I posted about it and it seems that what the Ecotec does noramaly---run hot.

 

IMO 215 is too high.

 

mine does it as well, and mine has hit 226

 

I live in the middle of the desert and mine gets to 220. as soon as it hits 220 the fan kicks on and cools down to 185....then repeats the same steps--->185-220-185-220 etc

 

My 2000 Cavelier overheats and I think it happens most of the time when I am stopped. I just turn on the a/c and its all good. I was told by a lotta people that the a/c shouldnt cool down my car because it uses the engine more. My engine overheated to 3/4 of the temp gauge and I turned my a/c on. The a/c starts to cool it down immediately. Maybe itl work for you... My friend looked at my car and noticed when i start the engine, one of my fans doesnt always work. Thats the problem but I just dont get how the a/c helps.

 

i saw it somewhere on the catalog that the A/C does help engine cooling....but im not sure either

 

when your driving the termastat opens at like 187 or 190, but when you stop it open at like 220-225. Its normal I got scared when I first got my car too, if you don't like it kick the ac on and it will cool down in like 30 seconds.

 

The engine runs hot, its normal to run 215. Its not the olden days . The newer engines run more efficiently hotter (to a certain degree :P). It would prolly say something like it is overheating anyways

 

Thats plenty normal

 

Well if you're supercharged, I'm assuming that is probably normal. Being that you guys are crank driven, when your car is running, the crank is always spining, hence, your supercharger blades are always physically spinning. If air isn't hitting your after cooler, i'd imagine that it's not going to cool like it would while it's in motion. Granted, it's not spinning at a high rate but if you sit long enough, heat under the hood and heat in your manifold from the spinning supercharger will effect the overall temperature.

 

the 'lotta ppl' telling u that the ac heats up the engine were right.

.... the ac is just another task for the engine to perform... dunno how u get that outcome.... but an ac will always increase the engine temp. (well, apparently not always) :P

 

I don't remember for sure...I maybe wrong but I think in some cars that triggers the fan to turn on.

 

My dealer said it is normal for these cars to run that hot mine was up to 230 then my fan kicks on he also said if it bothers me that much turn the ac on so it will cycle the secondary fan.

 

i never heard that turnin the A/c on helps maybe it does but i kno turnin the heat on does...but if its normal or says chevy then i wouldnt worry about it, it seems alil high for a car but its 2006 so could be.....

 

I not sure what the conversion is but i've seen my temp up 110 Celcius which is wellpast waters boiling point but it cools down right after it hits 110

 

I can't beleive no one knows this.....put all the windows down and turn on the heat. That will lower the temp.

110 celcuis is a cooking 230F!

 

Going up to 220 is normal.....Farenheit that is.

 

lol... i know your talking about the paint color absorbing sunlight, but it made me laugh anyway. kinda like:

customer, "my car is overheating.."
mechanic, "are you wearing blue underwear?"

 

I live in a very congested area so I'm frequently stuck in traffic. I've seen the temp go up to about 225 degrees F. I'm pretty sure these stout little motors can handle it.

Soulja...Out

BTW... I have a Black one too, and it gets about 70 million degrees in there during the summer. LOL

 

This is true. Some cars even have one smaller fan just for when the A/C is on next to the large cooling fan.

 

Yay! I was right!

 

The a/c does put more load on the engine, but it also over-rides the fan switch and keeps it on constantly, because of that extra load. Putting the a/c on to cool the engine and nothing else only wastes gas. The engine is perfectly capable of cooling itself when it gets hot enough. And a car running at 230, or 3/4 of its temp gauge, or whatever, is not overheating. That's what the red area is for on a gauge, or if the Cobalt got too hot, I'm sure it would beep at you just as it does when you're low on fuel. If you have the Cobalt, just don't look at the temp on the DIC, and you'll be fine.