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Old 05-30-2014, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by MrOwl42 View Post
Okay, so I replaced the thermostat and put in new coolant. I also replaced the thermometer sensor because it seemed to be reading higher than the reading I was getting with an infrared thermometer. After all of that I'm still getting a higher reading on the thermometer (About 250(F) when the infrared tells me ~175) and after a while the reading from the infrared climbs up to about 230 just from idling for a while (I turned it off before it kept going). What should my next step be?
Where did you aim the IR thermometer? If IR was reading 230F after idling a while, then it confirms your engine was at 230F and your gauge in the cluster was not off by a gross amount. Again, how long exactly is "idling a while"?
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