why is my gauge reading hot

sleeper95 said:

yeah this is my first time using this site. but yes my 95 mustang gt is starting to heat up after flushing out my old coolant and putting in some new 50/50.

another is the Previous owner told me that my temp guage should not go past the N on "normal" please help dont want to ruin anything.

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Define "hot". Are you referring to actual temp or a position on the stock gauge?

You will note that Ford decided that anywhere between N & L is "normal". So 190* - 200* is fine and over 220* is hot.

You could still have air in the system and possibly the radiator cap is not holding to 16 psi. These are the first two areas that I would focus on.

Welcome to the forums.

As Richard noted, we need more info about what happens and when it happens.

Here's kind of an overview of some things to check. There is also a link in the narrative to do a fan switch if you desire that.

Good luck.