Re: Let's try again

[Craig Perry <cperry@fw.waterpik.com>]

I have to agree with (N)ormal and (H)ot.  My 69 B would get over between the N 
& H in hot weather stop/go traffic.  Since I didn't know actual temp, I bought 
a candy baking thermomoter
and opened the Rad cap and stuck the therm in while engine idling. When the 
gauge was about half way between the N & H, the thermomoter was reading about 
205 F.  Which helped ease my worries some. I still don't like to see the gauge 
up over the N, but at least I know it isn't as hot as it looks!  I have 
installed an auxillary electric fan (pusher) with a switch on the dash to 
operate. I turn this on during town driving on hotter days, and it keeps the 
temp needle right around the N. 
Craig  
'69 B,  '77 911S

>>> Eric Erickson <eric@erickson.on.net> 07/07 4:25 PM >>>
Jason Dutt wrote:
> 
> Is there a verdict on where the needle SHOULD be?  
>

> Well for me, I have absolutely no idea (in degrees C or F) what
> temperature my engine should or should not run at.

> I have always taken my guage markings to mean (N)ormal and (H)igh or
> (H)ot.  These make me happy because in regular driving (or even in HOT
> weather but as long as I am moving) the needle sits around the (N)
> marker.  
> Generally I worry over that 75% mark... and generally I am proven
> correct to worry (fluids down).

> (N) is normal for me.


> Eric
> '68MGB MkII