Coolant Temp?

[Snowman]

I've seen that 180 degrees mentioned all over this forum. Regardless of temperature outside, length of trip, or style of driving, mine has never been anything other than maybe a needle-width above 175. Should I be concerned?

[pothole]

Originally Posted by Snowman

I've seen that 180 degrees mentioned all over this forum. Regardless of temperature outside, length of trip, or style of driving, mine has never been anything other than maybe a needle-width above 175. Should I be concerned?

You car has a buffered gauge. The temp is changing, but the gauge doesn't show it.

Earlier car are not buffered - at least not as heavily.

[doragman]

my 99 with 59k has a line @ 180 and a line at 250and a line in the middle with no mark ...consistently run between the 180 and middle unmarked line ...seems a bit high ..but as mentioned earlier this might not be too accurate and I have not verfied that temp as accurate ......if it is that high it sounds like the 160 thermostat might be a good idea