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Temp gauge

SnowDrift

SnowDrift

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Where does yours sit when the engine is fully warmed? Mine appears to be at about the 170-175 range. I bought an OEM t-stat to correct the situation, but haven't put it in yet. A buddy of mine has an '02 GT and said he didn't see the gauge move much from there when he installed one in his (also OEM).
 


I assume the OEM is a 195 - no idea what is in there now. It's either too cold, stuck open or the sensor is bad.
 
oops, yeah it is a 195* i dunno where i got 210 from. how many degrees is it outside? My temp dosen't go much above 160 range, even though its really at 180* according to aeroforce and its around 35* out around here
 
Ambient is about 31, but it was cool this summer, the last time I drove it also. All our other vehicles run right up at near the 200 mark, as they should. I'll try to change out the t-stat over this coming weekend to see if that brings the temperature up. Is there a bleed procedure on these, too, like my '93 with the 3.1?
 
SnowDrift said:
Ambient is about 31, but it was cool this summer, the last time I drove it also. All our other vehicles run right up at near the 200 mark, as they should. I'll try to change out the t-stat over this coming weekend to see if that brings the temperature up. Is there a bleed procedure on these, too, like my '93 with the 3.1?
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yeah, u have to bleed it, you let it warm up, then you loosen the nut on the t-stat housing, and let it run until it bleeds a steady flow of coolant.
 


Bio248 said:
the gauge starts at 160*. rethink where it is.
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Not sure what you're saying. It starts at 160 and the only other number is 210, which gives me exactly 50 degrees from indicator number to indicator number. 210-160=50. Assuming it's equally divided on each of the marks between those numbers, that puts the needle at about the 170-175 mark when the engine is fully warm.

Perhaps your dash reads differently than mine?
 
Bio248 said:
the gauge starts at 160*. rethink where it is.
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Not on my 97!

But you can't trust the temp gauge on the dash. Mine usually rides around 170° on the gauge. But my scanner shows it 185-195°. So they are not really that accurate. If you really are interested, get a scanner or better temp gauge.
 
mine always ran at the first major notch, which read about 185-190* on my scanner. i had a 180* thermostat. the heat worked great.
 


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