3.2 operating temp

[Rtrorkt]

What temps do those of you with 3.2 motors normally see during driving. Just had a new gauge put in but using the old sender. Previous gauge would read 180-200, 220 at the high end in the desert heat. The new gauge is showing about 240, fairly constant.

Any insights are welcome

[930cabman]

Originally Posted by Rtrorkt

What temps do those of you with 3.2 motors normally see during driving. Just had a new gauge put in but using the old sender. Previous gauge would read 180-200, 220 at the high end in the desert heat. The new gauge is showing about 240, fairly constant.

Any insights are welcome

Double check with a hand held infrared, cheap and effective

[rokemester]

There are some helpful threads on this forum around typical air cooled oil temps. My 87 hangs out around the 2nd hash mark, 90 degrees C. On a warm day in NEO 80 plus degrees ambient the oil temp gauge will indicate 194-210 F. It may climb a bit higher with prolonged idle, but will drop back once on the move.

[wildthing]

On a day like today > 90 deg F ambient, in stop and go traffic, it goes all the way up to maybe 1mm below the third line, which, according to this thread, is 120 deg C.

[917_Langheck]

Did you rate the new meter? Put the sender in boiling water and check the meter. Should be a half a tick above the 210° line.

If it not, adust the indicating needle until it does.