Jason,
I had the same thing happen on an MGB I used to own. It turned out that the
gauge was bad. Mine registered around 212 degrees too, even though the
radiator was not boiling over. I changed gauges and it started registering
at 165 degrees. Remember, when a gauge goes bad, it doesn't always just
stop working.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Burden <jayburden@home.com>
To: Sprite <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, September 05, 1999 9:44 PM
Subject: Temp Reading
>I need a bottom line answer from somebody.. I am having many different
>manuals, books, websites and so on telling me what my car should run at for
>temp. Its a 1967 Sprite... I live in TN where temp outside is typically
>around 90 or so. I drive on the highway to work about 20 miles and my temp
>gauge regularly goes to 212 and sometimes higher. I have flushed out my
>radiator... new thermostat (165) , new hoses.. water pump. The carbs have
>been tuned... everything I could think of and more has been changed and or
>tuned. Am I at a comfortable temp? The car runs fine, doesn't boil over
with
>coolant. Or maybe I am just being worried about nothing? Any ideas?
>
>(Had a bad time with a Spitfire.. worried i might be in the same boat with
>this one)
>
>Jason
>
>67 Sprite
>
>jayburden@home.com
>
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