[DML] Running too Cold

["Mike" <Michael.Fischer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Funny, usually we're all concerned about overheating .. but I'm a 
little worried about "underheating"

I was out for a 3 hour or so drive this past weekend, and kept a 
watch on the temperature gauge... and I noticed .. that unless I was 
sitting in traffic, the gauge seem to stay mighty low.

(And I have the Canadian Metric gauges)

If I was in traffic, it would slowly creep up the 220 mark, and then 
the fans would kick in and bring the temp down to the middle mark,  
but when I was going down the highway, the needle would barely lift 
from the bottom mark, maybe 1/8 of an inch or so.

Outside temp was about 60F.

If I just let her sit and idle in the garage, the gauge will rise 
and the fans will kick in about 1.2 an hour.

Opinions?
-Bad gauge?
-Bad thermostat?  (do they fail in the open or closed position?)
-Leak in the cooling system somewhere?


Thanks,
Mike
#17106





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