Does your Mercury Capri overheat

Answer 1

i have a 1994 non-turbo capri 5 speed, i thought mine had the same problem, but the reason that its showing that your engine is overheating, is because the temp gauge maxes out at a somewhat lower temperature reading than most other cars.

What happens a lot is the wiring to the fan becomes overheated, stretched, cooled, etc. - over time, it develops an open situation, the fan doesn't turn on when it should and the car overheats.

Run the car until the temp gauge reads between 200F and 225F, move that bundle of wires around a little - if fan magically turns on, trace and replace!