[V8] I'm In! But (surprise,surprise) I've got some questions . . .

[Enzeder]

1) check the license plate lights.

2) thats normal for my 90 V8 on the highway this time of year (my 
thermostat is less than a month old).  In Maryland.

3) sounds about right - stays pretty cool when the car is running cool.

4) normal for my car.  When the car is up to temp, and at idle, pressure 
drops to about 2 bar.

5) I don't know if there was a commercial version available, but shop 
manuals occasionally appear on eBay (where I got mine).  It consists of 4 
D-ring binder volumes.



At 10:50 PM 1/15/2005, daves745t at optonline.net wrote:
>Well Folks it is Official!! What a day. I'm the proud owner of a 'new' 
>1990 V8Q in Pearl White. I'm going to get right to the heart of it as I 
>was up at 3:30am this morning and I'm beat. But I will provide more about 
>the history of the car tomorrow. Thanks again to all who answered my 
>questions and offered recommendations, advice, etc. It was invaluable.
>
>On the 220 mile drive home I observed the following that I'm hoping the 
>Board can help me with:
>
>1) With the headlights or parking lights on, the dash was completely dark, 
>along with the radio and buttons for the fog lights, rw defroster, ABS 
>(although when you pushed them in the light indicating they were 'on' did 
>light.  They all functioned properly, just no backlighting. Of course the 
>test drives were during the day and this was missed entirely. I broke out 
>the manual and thought it might be a fuse since all of them were 
>out.  Based on the descriptions, I thought it might be #28 (intrument 
>cluster:processer) - it wasn't. BTW, I did find the dimmer switch - I wish 
>it was that easy and I could laugh at myself.
>
>2) the coolant temp needle did not get past a quarter up - is that likely 
>a bad thermostat? or coolant valve stuck open? I'm assuming normal 
>operating temp is at '12 noon', straight up. Correct?
>
>3) the oil temp needle likewise did not get up past about a quarter or 
>less - I checked the oil level, it was fine and I got no other warning 
>lights or sounds. Any thoughts and what should I expect the needle to get to?
>
>4) The oil pressure gauge seemed pinned at 5 (or whatever the last number 
>is) on the highway. Normal? Again, the oil level both before and after the 
>trip was right in the middle, no smoking out the back of any kind.
>
>Thanks and does Bentley make a manual for the V8Q?