Is it running too high?

[blinkwatt]

I have been keeping track of my engine temp gauge lately and I think it may be running high, it runs just past the 180 mark to in between the 180 and the next white line. But on the streets,lets say in traffic it bounces between the middle of the 180 mark and the next mark and a little past the half way point between the two. Does this seem high?

[fefyfo]

mine never completely passes the 180 mark. Maybe cleaning the radiator would be advisable?

[Adam]

Mine went a hair past 180 ever since it was new. slightly higher in stop n go.

[AUDIOGUY]

Mine runs 180 ish.. sometimes a little higher depending on what I am doing..traffic etc. This is considered normal.

[RandallNeighbour]

search on temperature and overheating here on this forum. There are a couple of good threads about it.

My box did the same as yours, and I found it was the primary fan... it had burned out. At high speeds it was at normal operating temps (needle stays between the 8 and the 0 in the "180" due to sufficient wind blowing over the radiator. In traffic, it would climb, but not to overheating levels.

The next time it's running hot, park it with the engine running and walk to the front of the car (AC blowing too, BTW). You should be able to put your hand below the bumper in front of both front tires and feel very hot air blowing downward. If you don't feel it on one side or the other, you have a fan out or the thermostat that controls each fan is out.

[Brucelee]

I have had numerous Boxes and the temp showing on the gauge has bounced around quite a bit.

Yours sounds in the normal range to me.