Did a search come up with all kinds of numbers, which triggered the question. Here's the facts and the numbers. it is about 95*F ambient tempurature today, in the sun I got a reading of 106*F on my porch.
I had a buddy replace my water pump in the 93 Aerostar, it was leaking and it was too hot for me to bother. I have a temp gauge/idiot light which has a band spelling the word normal. I would run between the O and R in the word NORMAL, with the old pump before it went bad. I'm now around the M and A. I took out the digital thermometer and aimed it at the thermostat housing and get a reading of 215*F after about 30 minutes of mixed driving. I have no idea what it read before.
This is after flushing the radiator and replacing the thermostat with a 195*F thermostat. Prior to flush and replacement and after the pump installation I was getting the reading between the M and A, so the flush and thermostat didn't change anything.
I did read a v6 can get as hot as 240*F, seems high. I guess I could get a temp reading from my Jeep and E-150 and compare. I thought I'd ask you guys.
Many thanks again!
I had a buddy replace my water pump in the 93 Aerostar, it was leaking and it was too hot for me to bother. I have a temp gauge/idiot light which has a band spelling the word normal. I would run between the O and R in the word NORMAL, with the old pump before it went bad. I'm now around the M and A. I took out the digital thermometer and aimed it at the thermostat housing and get a reading of 215*F after about 30 minutes of mixed driving. I have no idea what it read before.
This is after flushing the radiator and replacing the thermostat with a 195*F thermostat. Prior to flush and replacement and after the pump installation I was getting the reading between the M and A, so the flush and thermostat didn't change anything.
I did read a v6 can get as hot as 240*F, seems high. I guess I could get a temp reading from my Jeep and E-150 and compare. I thought I'd ask you guys.
Many thanks again!