Under normal everyday driving my temps hover between 194 to 202. This just seemed kind of odd considering my s10 never cleared 190 unless I was beating the **** out of it during the summer. Also I idle at 900-950rpm and my fiances cobalt idles around 650-700rpm. Does this sound odd to you? Mines an 07-08 hers is an 05-06

 

i run around 197* so no worries there, they just run a lil hotter, i have notticed if u get above 200 tho i get a burning smell but tht only happend once

 

my 08 ss runs between 190 and 202 but no burning smells lol and idles around 850 900 i see nuthing wrong

 

it idles around 850

 

i live in south louisiana an i idle around 700-900rpm when its finished warming up and in the summer out here my temp will vary between 198-204 depends on how i drive i guess but right now with the average temp being high 60's mid 70's my temp is around 185-190

 

TONS of posts about this... fans don't kick on till a lil over 230... anything below that is nothing to worry about.;

 

ya well the burning only happend once in my moms balt b4 i had mine but only once

 

maybe that burning smell was a dead bird that tried laying a nest in the motor...

 

haha ya maybe that was it...

 

coolant 190-220*f
oil -10*f of w/e the coolant is at

 

Thanks you guys it just seemed odd but I guess I did have an upgraded rad in the truck (Chevelle SS rad).

 

my balt is typically between 195-220.

 

is my cobalt the only one that runs at 170-180 or are you guys beating on it

 

mine usually stays between 175-180. it only gets up to about 200 if i sit in traffic for 30 min.

 

mine runs at 190* normally if im sitting more like 205* i only ever saw up to 212* one time sitting in traffic for a while went right back down when i started moving and never a burning smell for me.

 

my 2.4.. normal driving

195-200

 

189°F is my average.

 

When your moving or your radiator fan is on the temp range is 185-194 F. Fan kicks in if your A/C is on or once your temp reaches 221 F.

 

i run around 187-205 depending

 

Has anyone on here added a fan switch, using a relay? If so, that would be a great how-to for someone to post...

but, back on topic. Mine runs 195 normally, but it gets to 220-230 pretty quick when I'm stopped. I was told (by some random dude) that there was recall for 08's overheating, but I searched online and didn't see anything about it...

 

if you ever want ur fan to turn on,, just turn the AC on full blast, and than turn it off, that will turn the fan on, and when u turn the ac the fan stays on

 

mine hovers around 189 but if i'm sitting ANYWHERE for man than 5 minutes it hits 200 with a vengeance and keeps going til around 210. i thought something was wrong when one day it hit 220. from then on i kept the coolant gauge on my DIC up at all times.

 

could have been.... ur a hillbilly, u and ur tractor lmao

btw... i noticed that one night of running hard i was at 199

 

NO, that's about the same with me, the highest i have ever seen was 192 and that was during the summer in a traffic jam so i was just idling

 

I read in another thread that cobalt's are supposed to have 165 degree thermostats, but obviously most of us have 195...