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Okay, everyone post what temperatures their engines run at. I feel mine is kinda high. It is never below 200 F, sometimes 240 F if i'm driving aggressively. Time to swap engines, I'm sick of this one.
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Mine runs just at or just under the first white line on the gauge...whatever that is, I can't say off hand. It has never gone over the first white line (the one that'* like 1/4 way up on the gauge)
3800 motors are hard to find...unless you buy brand new. It'* hard to find used ones, and they're not in high demand because they usually last so long. A friend of mine had a Oldsmobile with a 3800 and wanted to replace it, but couldn't find a good deal on a motor...he was going to have to go brand new. It didn't matter anyway thought because the motor lasted another two years and then he got rid of it because of the body...
but anyway that is my little spiel. Good luck finding a new motor.
3800 motors are hard to find...unless you buy brand new. It'* hard to find used ones, and they're not in high demand because they usually last so long. A friend of mine had a Oldsmobile with a 3800 and wanted to replace it, but couldn't find a good deal on a motor...he was going to have to go brand new. It didn't matter anyway thought because the motor lasted another two years and then he got rid of it because of the body...
but anyway that is my little spiel. Good luck finding a new motor.
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Mine hovers around the 200 mark. It never really goes above that unless I just gotten into the car and started driving on a hot day, then it will tap ~220 before the fans come on and bring it down again.
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On 2002-04-14 12:25, csprague wrote:
Mine hovers around the 200 mark. It never really goes above that unless I just gotten into the car and started driving on a hot day, then it will tap ~220 before the fans come on and bring it down again.
Mine hovers around the 200 mark. It never really goes above that unless I just gotten into the car and started driving on a hot day, then it will tap ~220 before the fans come on and bring it down again.
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On 2002-04-14 15:32, skza wrote:
I just had my tension and belt replaced about 4 months ago. I'm going to replace my thermostat next weekend.
I just had my tension and belt replaced about 4 months ago. I'm going to replace my thermostat next weekend.
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Hey man, do u know what your coolant/water mix is? In the spring and summer u can run 30/70 coolant/water. Should help, u could also toss in a bottle of "water wetter"...L8r...Andru.
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Mine runs around 180 - 190 on the open road but if I get stuck in traffic or am running short errands it hits 200 - 240. Once it gets up that high it doesn't come down very easily. I am trying to figure out how to keep it cool in traffic. I have some ideas so we will see what I can figure out.