It sounds gauge or electrical related to me. Dropping back in seconds from the red zone is not realistic. Check the connection on the temp sender and clean or replace ALL the fuses, especially fuse number 5. While you are down by the stearing rack disconnect and clean all the grounds and the fan electrical connections. Harold McElraft - 3354 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andrew <aos+yahoo@xxxx> wrote: > Hi group. I've recently developed a sporadic overheating problem. It may > have been around longer, but since it appears to be related to the only > recently fixed air conditioning, it's only recently popped up. > --- > > But every now and then, particularly if I've been sitting still, I'll look > down and find the gauge has creeped up into the red zone. Here's the > funny part, though. If I turn off the AC, the gauge will drop back to > normal within seconds. If I turn the AC back on at that point, I'm > usually fine again, although after a while (and a few more stops), it may > start to creep up again.