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Old 08-24-2011, 08:50 PM
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2001 Water Temp Guage

With 180 being straight up on the gauge where does your gauge normally
run in the summer . I,ve installed a new termostat earlier this year but mine will run a good 1/4 too 1/8" to the left of center unless your working it hard.
Then it will go just a little past an come too 180 as the stat opens closes .
Think its just my gauge ? I,m not thinking I have a proublem just wondering how others do .
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2001 Trucks came with a 190 tstat. My trucks guage needle is centered when warmed up. Running the 180 is the reason yours is to the left of center.
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Originally Posted by travelingman
With 180 being straight up on the gauge where does your gauge normally
run in the summer . I,ve installed a new termostat earlier this year but mine will run a good 1/4 too 1/8" to the left of center unless your working it hard.
Then it will go just a little past an come too 180 as the stat opens closes .
Think its just my gauge ? I,m not thinking I have a proublem just wondering how others do .
I agree. changed mine last summer, sits at 190 with alittle movement depending on how much work truck is doing. you should be using a 190 t-stat.
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I have been between 190 and 194 all summer. Granted sumer in Alberta doesn't really get very hot.
I have an Edge Insight CTS so I get a pretty detailed temperature gauge reading.
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mine stays strait up at 190 unless its 100* + out side and I work the snot out of it then is gos to 210-215
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