I drove my car with a water temp gauge today. During normal highway driving, I do 195 F consistantly. SOmetimes I go +- 10F, but around 195 is right. City driving i am almost at 210F. Is this something I should be worried about? It was only 50 degree out today. My car had never overheated before, but 210 seems awful high at this point of the year when I was only going through a little stop and go/. What do you guys think?

 

Do a search, RETed posted some temperatures. I have no idea how hot my engine is in Farenheight, but i know that stop and go driving the engine runs at about....2/8 of the scale up.

 

hmm if i remember right, you have a 89-91. I thought they only go from limp to med then hard on

 

When I'm moving the water temp. stays about 188-190' If I stop the temp will go up to 210 when the fan turns on; then goes back down to 190.

 

i just got mine in on my 87 turbo i run about 170 to 180 never really over 180. when its cooler out just drivin it'll be 160.

 

Where do you guys have the sender? I have it in the stock location

 

210F with the stock viscous fan?&nbsp It's high and on the border on concern, but I wouldn't worry about it unless you start hitting 220F...



-Ted

 

Whats normal and abnormal on oil temps?

 

http://fc3s-pro.com/TECH/MODS/EL/otemp.htm



-Ted

 

Yeah it is on stock fan, no electric fan. On the highway, if i am really on it hard. I can hit 210. I wonder why it is running so high, is it because i run a lot more water than anti freeze?

 

How much more water than anti-freeze?



-Ted

 

probably 85% water 15% anti freeze. I lost all of my coolant when I installed the gauge. I just filled it up with what I had real quikc. I am going to do a 60/40 anti freeze mix on MOnday when I get hoome. I mount the gauge at the stock location, could it be thre reason why it is reading so high?

 

It could be...really high water mixtures end up causing localized boiling points which the coolant surpresses.



-Ted