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Old 05-30-2014, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by vstech View Post
yyup... from 77-79 the clusters were SAE... not metric...
Ha didn't know that. What about the latest Mercedes imports to USA, is it SAE or Metric?

The only way the OP's car can go up to 250F idling "for a while" is if the coolant was full and not moving. If the coolant was low (below the sensor), the gauge would get a low (not true) reading.
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