I have read that 212 is ideal because that is roughly the point where water in the oil would evaporate. But this may be totally off.
Larry 91 GTI 16V -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam Frank Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 2:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] help! overheating problem! I guess one question I have is, what IS an acceptable running temperature to be seeing on the MFA/Coolant gauge? Once my car warms up, cruising at 60-65 it runs about 210 on the MFA and in town going down long road at 45mph it drops to 202-205. In stand still traffic, it gets about as high as 225-230~ on the mfa but cools way down once i start moving again. Thats about right isnt it? I had my AC and AC rad pulled so my radiator can breathe a lot easier, when I had it done last year, i noticed an immediate difference of almost 10 degrees across all the diff driving conditions.
