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Originally Posted by smcintyre6492
To illustrate what I was saying above, here are a couple of pictures:
"Old Normal" operating temp
"New Normal" operating temp
and it will get a little higher than that.
One other data point. This morning, I got stuck idling/crawling in traffic behind an accident. Outside temp was about 75F. While I was sitting, the temp spiked up beyond that second hash mark; the needle was going through the 2 on 250. It took about ten minutes before this occurred, but it when it did happen, it wasn't gradual, it happened over a couple of minutes in a couple of leaps. I've never seen it that high. The moment I started moving again, even slowly, the needle came back down to the new normal.
Should I be concerned? |
I would not be concerned, but rather be prepared to replace parts. My 02 was running hotter than normal, like yours just moving gradually beyond the 8. Never near 250 though. Mine was the water pump slowly failing. The pump finally began to regularly leak fluid after sitting a few minutes after being driven.
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