What should normal coolant temp be

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04-04-2007, 05:00 AM

TrapShooter8

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What should normal coolant temp be

What should the normal coolant temp be running on a 05 Monte with the 3.4 V6?

mine is running at about 200 right in the middle of the gauge, is that the normal range?

Thanks, Mike.

04-04-2007, 09:35 AM

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RE: What should normal coolant temp be

My 00 LS 3.4 and my 06SS 5.3 run normal about there middle on the guage. That sounds about right with the 195 T stat.

04-04-2007, 10:28 AM

wiz kidd

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RE: What should normal coolant temp be

yah your fine, the t-stat should be a 195 in there...and most cars i've driven unless they have a 180 in them sit around the middle of the guage

04-04-2007, 01:49 PM

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RE: What should normal coolant temp be

Thanks,

I thought it was normal, but on most of the recent vehicles I have owned the temp gauge stays alot closer to the low end of the gauge, not in the middle.

Mike.

04-04-2007, 02:45 PM

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RE: What should normal coolant temp be

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Thanks,

I thought it was normal, but on most of the recent vehicles I have owned the temp gauge stays alot closer to the low end of the gauge, not in the middle.

Mike.

I used to build meters and guages and I can confidently say that the poor quality of meter installed on today's cars is probably hovering around a 5% margin of error.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was even 7-10% error.