Temperature gage at normal driving?

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Mar 5, 2012 | 08:41 PM

jbw23

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Temperature gage at normal driving?

I have a 97 blazer and I want to know what the temperature gage should be at when normal driving? I just changed the water pump cause it would over heat now I wanna know what the gage should be at

Mar 5, 2012 | 09:59 PM

warthogdriver

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Well i have a 99 and it runs about 200-210 max.
Did you get all the air out of the system? Flush the lines?

Mar 5, 2012 | 10:03 PM

bricooper78

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if you're rolling down the road, it shouldn't be past high noon lol

you can also buy a 185* thermo in there too, they're pretty easy to change

Mar 6, 2012 | 06:43 AM

rriddle3

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bricooper78

...you can also buy a 185* thermo in there too...

Nope, these engines are designed with the 195* thermostat. Stick with that one.

Mar 6, 2012 | 08:40 AM

jbw23

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I have not flushed the line but its around the middle of the gage at like 210

Mar 13, 2012 | 11:57 AM

Melrock83

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Mine ran at around 180 since I had owned it then a while back I had an overheating issue and changed the thermostat, temp sending unit and the radiator and now it usually runs around 190. So I learned the norm operating temp can fluctuate a lil when new parts are introduced.