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How do you tell if car is really overheating or if temp gauge or sendor is bad on a 97 Ford Contour V6 The thermostat and fans don't come on until gauge says car is almost already overheating.?
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∙ 16y ago
1. Accoring to the owners manual as long as the guage needel is between the N and L of NORMAL all is OK. 2. I used a lazer thermometer to check the temps of the radiator inlet hose and radiator fins & tubes, near the rad inlet. The max temp I recordered before the fan came on was 170 F - well below the boiling point. I repeated the test 3 mor times - same results. So now I believe the manual.
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