Jason and all!
I am running pretty much the same. My temp guage reads 190 at
equillibrium and when I push it it is up to the 212. I have not lost a
bit of coolant over the last thousand miles and have come to the
conclusion that the guage is out of whack.
Jason Burden wrote:
>
> I need a bottom line answer from somebody.. I am having many different
> manuals, books, websites and so on telling me what my car should run at for
> temp. Its a 1967 Sprite... I live in TN where temp outside is typically
> around 90 or so. I drive on the highway to work about 20 miles and my temp
> gauge regularly goes to 212 and sometimes higher. I have flushed out my
> radiator... new thermostat (165) , new hoses.. water pump. The carbs have
> been tuned... everything I could think of and more has been changed and or
> tuned. Am I at a comfortable temp? The car runs fine, doesn't boil over with
> coolant. Or maybe I am just being worried about nothing? Any ideas?
>
> (Had a bad time with a Spitfire.. worried i might be in the same boat with
> this one)
>
> Jason
>
> 67 Sprite
>
> jayburden@home.com
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