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  1. #1 temp gauge with 180 t-stat 
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    where should my gauge needle be pointing, approximately?

    it flucuates between quarter mark and half way.

    and under hood temp is super high.

    maybe im not used to a boosted engine temp
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    They don't call em heatin eatons for nothing.
    They gave the tiny m62's a heat exchange why not ours eh?
    Mine regularly sits between quarter and half.

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  3. #3 Re: temp gauge with 180 t-stat 
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    right on, so mine is normal?
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    Here is mine with a 180*

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    pretend his says 160, mine sits 2 lines below his line
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    thats really weird mine starts at 160
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    You're plenty cool
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    Quote Originally Posted by dsmuts View Post
    Here is mine with a 180*

    mine is like on the next notch up and im pretty sure i have a stock temp not sure though. i never changed it since the car was mine

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    That first line above 100 or 160, is 195 on the button pretty much.

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    im so confused why his temp gauge starts at 100 and mine on my 1999 starts at 160
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    it was a 97 in to 98 thing.

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    ohhh ok jw
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    Cause...it's not the same car that you have.
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