Introduction and Overheating (long)

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Originally Posted by DRM500RUBYZR-1

Benton,
What was the ambient temperature during your drive?


230 is not alarming.


The fact that it held below 240 is a very good sign, as fan 1 was controlling it fine.


The oil temp may not be too far off if the coolant was at 230, but yes a tad low. Remember, all of those gauges are non linear.


Do all the checks that were suggested, as 230 is a bit high, but certainly not where the gauge was suggesting.


As said NICE car!


Great to see the smiles!!!!


Smiles are standard and excessive in this car!


Marty

Hi Marty - ambient today was about 90. My friend and I can entertain the dash gauge isn’t reliable. 230 (actual) is also a number I can tolerate. Is that universally acceptable around here? It would be acceptable on my wife’s x5 I know but unusual on - say- my 67 mustang. I guess the next question would be what the upper limit would be to keep driving?

Oil temp is consistently low on the dash instrument. I guess we need to find which number the ecm will display it in the air conditioning window.

My friend does have the fsm on dvd but I don’t at my home.

Thank you so much for the support and kind words. The injector swap out a smile on my face and started me looking for one of my own!