how hot does your car run?

deftsound · Sep 9, 2005

hey guys, i was just curious, what temp does your car run at? I have stock gauges so they dont have number on them but it seems to run a little past the halfway mark? Is this normal? What temp do you guys run most of the time?

timeless2 · Sep 9, 2005

Stock gauges, I usually see it at about a straight up and down. I have noticed it takes a lot longer to reach peak temp versus the Escape I own. Difference in block perhaps?

STNG_96 · Sep 9, 2005

Mine also runs about straigh up

'13_ImpactBlue_GT · Sep 9, 2005

Straight up and down here as well.

Kilgore Trout · Sep 9, 2005

Little to the left, I think its due to the water wetter...

timeless2 · Sep 9, 2005

Kilgore Trout said:
Little to the left, I think its due to the water wetter...

Get some Viagra to straighten it out.

BooWFO · Sep 9, 2005

Depends but coolish nights no ac straight up , hot days stop and go ac blasting just to the right.

timeless2 · Sep 9, 2005

Wish the cluster had actual readings.......

tomustang · Sep 9, 2005

who cares? it's just a dummy gauge that doesn't work right

deftsound · Sep 9, 2005

mine seems to run just a little tot he right

todd4566 · Sep 9, 2005

git-it-83 said:
Stock gauges, I usually see it at about a straight up and down. I have noticed it takes a lot longer to reach peak temp versus the Escape I own. Difference in block perhaps?

I've noticed that too. Every other car I drive warms up within a few minutes, but the Mustangs' take more like 10+ minutes.

timeless2 · Sep 9, 2005

todd4566 said:
I've noticed that too. Every other car I drive warms up within a few minutes, but the Mustangs' take more like 10+ minutes.

Good, I was hoping I wasn't the only one.

four.six · Sep 9, 2005

mine runs a little to the right. but i live in south texas. ac, stop and go traffic (idiot drivers!!).... at night time, its usually straight up.

40th GT · Sep 9, 2005

Mine is always a little to the left no matter what the temp and with AC on. It gets close to straight up if the heat is more than 100 degrees.

This is a stupid thread though, we shouldn't rely on the stock gauges to determine engine temps.

MyEarsHurt · Sep 9, 2005

my autometer gauge reads around 200-210 constant during the summer...thats with a 50/50 mix and water wetter....without the water wetter, my car was approaching 250 in july

Either way, the stock gauge always reads the exact same from 180-250...so dont trust that thing

40th GT · Sep 9, 2005

MyEarsHurt said:
my autometer gauge reads around 200-210 constant during the summer...thats with a 50/50 mix and water wetter....without the water wetter, my car was approaching 250 in july

Damn that's hot. How hot are the July summers in your town?

02BlkStang · Sep 9, 2005

Another vote for straight up and down.

02LaserRed2V · Sep 9, 2005

Straight up/down

That's in 95+ degree summer heat with the AC on full blast, and my heavy @ss foot on the pedal.

TripleBlk · Sep 9, 2005

Yep, straight up and down for 6 years. I guess it's more hip than an idiot light. But - why did Ford bother ? Makes me wonder about the oil pressure gauge, too...

venom97 · Sep 9, 2005

mines a little to the right too

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