[carsonmx114]

after replacing a cam housing gasket a couple of years ago i backed my car out of the shop and was letting it run to dry the motor after i sprayed off spilled oil on the engine. i decided to wash the car and when i got to the drivers side i looked at the temp gauge and was suprised to see it at the high normal line. i sprayed the radiator with water and jumped in the car to drive down the road and cool it off. after that i could not get the gauge to stay below the halfway point. my car had never run over the low normal line. after changing the thermostat, and the thermoswitch i noticed that when i hit the flash to pass or turn the blower motor switch from off the high and back the temp guage would jump around. i found a bad ground on the bellhousing and that fixed it.