Is my car really running hot?

[amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)]

Low temp thermostat?
Al
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: matt [mailto:matt@safearmy.com] 
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 11:11 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Is my car really running hot?
> 
> According to the temp gauge my 84 is running extremly hot. on 
> hot days on the highway the needle is touching the bottom dot 
> at the top of the gauge. basically just before the red. 
> According to the MFA my oil temps are in  220-225f  range. 
> seems normal right? If the car is really on the verge of 
> overheating shouldn't the oil temp be higher. The car is not 
> losing coolant. has a  pretty new water pump and pretty new 
> radiator. so i'm not sure why is would be running hot. Maybe 
> it's just a bad temp sender?
> Matt Wieder
> 1981 Mars Red
> 1984 Wolfsburg
> 1987 8V Auto
> 1983 Audi CGT
> Louisville, KY
> 
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