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- Mar 26, 2002
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- 812
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- Midlothian, VA
- Corvette
- 1981 white/blue interior automatic
Hi, I was wondering if someone could help me figure out if my vette is running too hot. It has been somewhat hot weather hear lately (90 degrees give or take) and I have about a 20 mile drive to and from my college campus everyday. My question is where should my water temp gauges be reading? In traffic my water temp gauge can read over 200 degrees, or over the better part of the thick white line on the guage, but it has never gone completely over.. i believe this is 205 degrees or so? Also my oil temp gauge has never reached the middle mark of 250, but usually it rides between the 1/4 mark and the 250 degree half mark. Usually when I start moving out of the heavy traffic almost immediatly my water temp will drop to a little under the thick white line marked "200", is this a safe operating temp? When im sitting in traffic and its over the better part of the thick white line is this too hot? Should it be cooler? Also when i cold start her my water temp gauge rises all the way to the thick white line, then after the first accleration, drops down to the actual temp after a few seconds, is this normal? Is my gauge going bad? Sorry for writing so much.. but I worry about it alot.. also my '81 came factory with the 8-track and clock radio so i may have an extra gauge then most because there was no in dash clock cause it was included in the radio... (oil pressure gauge instead?) thanks for any help anyone can give me.
-Tatortot
-Tatortot