Overheating? What Temp should it be running at?

[blade]

ok so while the motor is apart i will cheak that and see what needs to be done.

@ Blade, thanks for the reply. Wow 125f ether my ether my engine is about to blow up or we are talking about different parts of the engine. Does your heater work? Isn't the thermostat set to open at 185f?

Yes my heater works awsome. and i dont know what the T-stat opens at. i have to look at my gauge i might have read it wrong. but now i want to know what is the proper running temp???

[takza]

Get one of these...and aim it at the thermostat housing when car is warmed up?

http://www.harborfreight.com/non-contac ... 93983.html

I have one and it works well...top temp is 230F though.

[danzo]

ok so while the motor is apart i will cheak that and see what needs to be done.

@ Blade, thanks for the reply. Wow 125f ether my ether my engine is about to blow up or we are talking about different parts of the engine. Does your heater work? Isn't the thermostat set to open at 185f?

Yes my heater works awsome. and i dont know what the T-stat opens at. i have to look at my gauge i might have read it wrong. but now i want to know what is the proper running temp???

A 185 degree will open at 185 degrees. If your heater is blowing hot air then your 125* reading is probably not accurate. When I bought my Terc two years ago the coolant gauge never got warmer than 1/3 up the scale and the heater wasn't hot. Turns out the thermostat had locked up when it was about 2mm from being closed. Just goes to show you the smallest failure can make the car run funny.

Just for laughs I'm going to hook my factory cruise control switch (junkyard find - my car doesn't have cruise) to the rad fan since I busted the original switch.

[Logbear]

Like Petros said, don't put too much faith in a new thermostat. I put in a brand new thermostat and my car overheated right away. I bought another thermostat and now it's fine. The stock temp gauge stays right in the middle. Plenty of passenger heat too. And the car never overheats.