Actually Barney, That depends on the altitude. 212 at sea level. As I
recall about 180 at 10,000 ft. In between altitudes, in between temps.
Larry
>>>>On 8/31/00 12:11 AM so and so (Barney Gaylord) said. (And I quote:)
>At 09:56 PM 8/30/2000 -0500, Valerie Stabenow wrote:
>>Do you know for a fact that your temp sending unit is sending the correct
>temperature? My Mark II started scaring me with high temp indications. A
>former race mechanic advised me to get a candy thermometer and stick in in
>the rad opening (while car is running, ....
>
>There's a much better method of checking the gauge if you don't ming a
>little more bother. Remove the temp probe from the cylinder head and stick
>it in a tup of boiling water, any variation from 212dF on the gauge would
>be error.
>
>Barney Gaylord
>1958 MGA with an attitude
> http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
Larry Macy
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