10V NA temperature info

[Chris Lemon <br00206@binghamton.edu>]

Hey all...

A few weeks back, I posted a question regarding the temperature gauge
reading at which the thermostat opens on the 2.3 I-5.  There seemed to be
some confusion on what exactly this reading is.  I changed the thermostat on
my 90 today and, to my suspicion, the old one was opening too soon; hence,
the engine was running too cold (...duh).  Here is some empirical evidence
on where exactly a properly-working thermostat will maintain engine (10V NA)
temperature in relation to the gauge (with NO actual values...what's up with
that?) itself .  The following depicts the gauge and the arrows denote where
the needle should roughly be:

         |||   |   !   |   |   !   |
          C                        H
                  ^^^^

It was nice and warm today and cooled off dramatically tonight; the same
general readings were obtained around town and on the highway.  With my old
thermostat, I would get to the 'halfway' mark in traffic and barely out of
the in the 'C' area on the highway.  HTH someone!

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Chris Lemon          
br00206@binghamton.edu         
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/1710/  
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