Ok so I've never seen it get this high before...

I'm also running and injen CAI. Usually it is around 196. I might have been driving it kind of hard today but it was only 85 degrees outside. I had a problem last week where my car shut off on me in 95 degree weather after I started it and drove about 10 feet. I think my thermometer might have a problem but it's under warrenty. Next thing is f I bring it in does anyone think I should take off the injen and go back to stock or will they probably not bother me for that?

 

I've had my coolant that high. In fact, I was stuck in traffic one time (4th of july fireworks) and I hit like 224...very bad...but once I got moving it came down and I was fine. I would say watch it and see if it's consistent. and pay attention to how much stop and go you're doing. If your car stalled out then you probably have a real issue. I would watch it for a day or two. If it keeps up, take it in. and they shouldn't give you a hard time about the cai. It really doesn't affect the cooling system. I guess to be safe you can switch it back to stock, especially since it's an easy swap. but unless you have a really dick dealership, they shouldn't say anything.

 

thats about as high as it gets and then the fan turns out... at least in my car.. and then it cools it back down to about 190... and this is sitting still during rush hour of course.

 

Might have a thermostat that is "sticking" and not opening up? If your fan does come on and it cools it off, I would think everything is just fine.

 

u have the 2.4 ss dont u? thts normal

 

Yea I do, I've just never seen it get that high before. I usually flip through the different screen cause I usually look at the economy fuel and most I've seen is like 205 or around there.

 

Well...at 220 the fans kick on...if you want to keep it lower change it with hp tuners.

Usually...dealers won't void a warranty for an intake unless it's related (MAF, T/B, S/C etc), but if you're in the NYC area dealers here tend to be complete and useless ******** (actually service managers) and devoid of any ability to know what they're talking about and/or working on so take your chances or go back to the stock setup.

I get around 175-200 most days but I'm running a ton of **** in my car...that's coolant temp not intake temps. My intake temps can be odd some time never over 160 though.

 

It is perfectly normal for the coolant temps to get as high as 230 degrees.

 

I am tuned but I never see coolant temps over 180* I can idle for an hour it may get to 181* lol

 

How hot is too hot for intake temps. i see roughly 115 to 130 when it's hot out. Is that really hot or normal?

 

That's normal. I see 130-140 consistently here. (100+ degrees outside)

 

Have an intervention... that might convince it from getting high.


Nah, seriously though, on a hot day mine has gotten as hot as 93 degrees Celsius.

 

If your worried turn on the AC and put it on defrost , it will kick the fans on.

 

I'm pretty sure GM wants you to turn the A/C off when the car is overheating. Most likely due to slightly more load on the engine making the temperature go even higher. It's in the manual somewhere.

 

Actually those 200-220* COOLANT temps are normal for this car.

If you see it rise much more than that, turn your heat on for a bit that will kick the thermostat open!

IAT temps are completely unrelated to the COOLANT temps.... for us SS/SC guys the car yanks timing after 160* IAT2

 

If you turn on the AC the fans will kick on and cool the coolant down to the 180's F .

 

i dont know too much about the 2.4 but my ss/sc stays constant at around 190-195. but that is kinda hot i would keep your eye on that like what was said earlier.

 

Consistently 199 on hot days...don't check it that often just the 2nd intake temp.

 

2.2 and 2.4 regularly get that hot.

 

That is normal because the cooling fans are not designed to activate until the water hits about 225. Our cooling system is a pressurized system so it can take the heat. If you run your AC then your temps will not get that high. My temps never go above 185 when driving and that is with 100 plus temperatures in Texas, but if I stop and do not have my AC running the temps will climb quickly. Don't worry, it is normal.

 

my 2.2 is factory set for the fans to turn on at 215 F

 

i usually run right at 191 with my ls, the other day i saw 208-209 and that scared me... i was told not to wrry about it, many people said they run 190-220 all the time