What was the outside temperature? A few weeks ago, I had a similar
thing happen. Moving, my temperature was fine, but as soon as I stopped
for a light or something, it jumped up to 210 or so. I have a stock 318
V8 with just the engine-driven fan. It was in the mid 80s or higher
that weekend.
Will Coughlin wrote:
>
> OK, here's the deal,I decided that since I had nothing to do this
> afternoon,I would take a ride to the local dealership and see what was new
> down there.I also wnet to see about some accessories.Anyway, I drive the 6
> miles to the dealer and I turn into the lot.Now, I hadn't run the a/c all
> the way there and didn't have it on.After riding down one of the rows of
> trucks,I looked down and saw my temp gauge on 210.This scares me, so I turn
> in the heat full-blast.The gauge doesn't and won't move,so,knowing that an
> electric fan runs w/the a/c on, I turn on the ac to the lowest setting.The
> gauge still sits on 210.At this point,I'm really mad,so I high tail it out
> of the lot and back on the highway.Gauge moves back to the left side of 210
> when I drive at 50 mph for a few minutes with the heater running full
> blast.Is there anything I can do to make this thing run cooler? Any
> suggestions? Could the way I drive have something to do with it? Thanks in
> advance,
>
> Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/hd5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> forest green sport plus
>
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