on the factory engine temp gauge, what is a normal running temp??? mine usually stays right under 200 or right on 200....

 

That's exactly where it should be................the CR motors have a 195 degree thermostat installed. All is well with your motor.

 

Typically if it's a couple needle widths below 200*F, you'll be running in the low 190*F's.......at least that's what the Juice tells me.

Greg

 

Quadzilla says 189 and temp gauge shows just under 200

 

Running empty, mine stays just under the 200 mark. But towing hard, maybe up a grade etc....I see it climb to around 210-220ish. Hopefully??? That is normal.

 

Concur with above. I've only seen mine get to 210 when I was pulling one of my buddies fords out of the sand back home. It was almost hub deep, and I was dragging his dead weight for about a mile. Other than that, 190-ish, according to the additude.

 

Even in the summer heat, here in the desert, mine stays just below the 200° mark.

 

FWIW, mine shows slightly less than 200 even during the summer.
Iv got a grill insert on mine and still runs around 200.
The onl;y time it got above that was coming out of Denver with a trailer and it got a little above the 200 mark.