H6 Owners...did test drive today...tell me where temp gauge should be

[Kingfisher]

Test drove an 04, H6, 35dth Anniv edition outback today, all seemed fine, but i'm just wondering where the temp gauge should read/be?? It went up the the mid point in the gauge (horizontal) and stayed there, no matter whether air was on or not. Temp today here in PA is 75 degrees. I haven't owned a subee since my 95 and i honestly can't remember where the temp gauge finally ended up.

 

Thanks

[Crazyeights]

Both my 01 that I just sold and the 04 that I just picked up run right at the mid point of the gauge.

[WJM]

Its a dummy gauge. It goes to the middle and stays there unless you are seriously overheating the engine.

[idosubaru]

sounds totally normal. what were you expecting? other than my XT6's which read at about 1/3 - all the other subaru's i've owned do that - legacy's, impreza's, foresters, OBW, 4 clinder, 6 cylinder...etc.

[CNY_Dave]

My '03 goes up to just below half.

 

Did see it go a little higher once when it was hot and I was pulling a trailer up a steep hill doing 80+

 

Dave

[vasy]

All the cars (96 Sub, 90 Nissan, 04&09 Toyota) I've owned behave the same way: needle is just a tad below half way when the engine is warmed up.

[GeneralDisorder]

They are designed to read exactly half under a wide range of temps - so that the driver isn't uneccesarily concerned as the gauge fluctuates. Unless it's seriously overheating it will not move.

 

GD