It could be the thermostat as stated by others, but its more likely the
temperature gage. Its worthwhile doing the test suggested to check if your
thermostat is stuck wide open. If it's the gage, may be its time to install a
mechanical aftermarket gage. I need to do that on my LeBaron that is doing
similar tricks (i.e., temp reading is all over the place).
D^2
Quoting Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> It was a nice day here in NW Florida, so I took the '68 convertible out
> and while I was driving I noticed that the temp gauge never came up to
> the normal position, which is around the center of the gauge. It
> hovered around 1/4 of the way over from the left-- not even in the
> little "boxed" area on the gauge that gives you the normal range.
>
> I drove the car long enough for it to warm up, and it's 87 degrees down
> here. The last time this happened on a car of mine the thermostat was
> bad and the car overheated. What could be causing the gauge to stay so
> low?
>
> Thanks, Mark
>
>
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