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Old 10-03-2011, 01:59 PM
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So a randomly moving temp guage is normal? Mine never overheats, but the needle seems to move around a lot on the lower half of the guage... I was gonna replace the t-stat, but it hasn't le me down yet?
 
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Old 10-03-2011, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by wahlstrom1
So a randomly moving temp guage is normal? Mine never overheats, but the needle seems to move around a lot on the lower half of the guage... I was gonna replace the t-stat, but it hasn't le me down yet?
Yeah, that's pretty common.
 
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Old 10-05-2011, 08:22 PM
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mine used to move around alot but now it just blows right past 190 this truck is really pissin me off now so i took the tstat out and it works good in cold weather
 
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Old 10-05-2011, 08:57 PM
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mine use to move around alot to till i had to put a new head gasket and broke the old sensor. put a new one in it and ran some radiator and coolant system cleaner through it my pa brought home from work and now it is a steady needle and runs like 160 to 165.. unless romping on it alot.. id say make sure radiator aint plugged up or ur getting all the air bleed out!!
 
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Old 10-08-2011, 12:04 PM
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ya i need to flush the system again i think
and ill try that cleaning stuff man thanks
 
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