The temp gauge in the Delorean is not prone to failure so you should trust it. Most likely you have air in the cooling system and should first bleed it before doing more extensive work. DO NOT overheat the motor, it is very durable but will not tolerate overheating. After correcting the overheat you should change the motor oil and coolant. If an automatic change the fluid in it also. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, Wilmoth Mack <wmack@xxxx> wrote: > > My Delorean could possibly be overheating. I took it out today for a > drive and the temperature gauge rose all the way to 260 degrees. the > cooling fans cut on and off occanionaly. i let the car idle at 260 > degrees for about 5 minutes and nothing happened. i then tapped the > accelator and the temperature gauge went down to 220. Does this sound > like the gauge is wrong? Or is more serious? > > Thanks > Willie > Vin 5043