H2O temp gauge fluctuation

[Kneale Brownson]

I would expect that's normal because the thermostat opens and lets a bunch 
of cold water into the  block, which has to warm it back up again.


At 09:41 AM 12/08/2000 -0700, Ken Keith wrote:

>I noticed when my '88 5kcstq is warming up from cold, it seems
>like the water temp gauge rises to 1/4, and then falls down to the
>bottom, only to rise once again to 1/4.  After that cycle, it tends to
>stay normal.
>
>I don't think it's my imagination, and I haven't checked it closely
>after I noticed it.  But I seem to remember noticing it once before.