Grunizzle
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- Location
- Albuquerque, NM
- Vehicle Year
- 1991
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0L V-6
- Transmission
- Manual
I have a 1991 4.0l ranger
I just put in a third thermostat since I bought it. The previous 2 seemed to cold and the last one I think got stuck open or wouldn't close all the way. Anyway I put in my new one today and when I go test it out on the road, it warmed up to where the needle went right in the middle of "normal" on the gauge then went down and it hovers around the "n" of normal now.
Is this normal? This is pretty much what the previous 2 have done. I don't think I would get sold 3 different brands of broken thermostats. Is it my gauge? I bought a mechanical equis water temp. gauge to install but I could not figure out where to screw the probe in at on the engine.
I just put in a third thermostat since I bought it. The previous 2 seemed to cold and the last one I think got stuck open or wouldn't close all the way. Anyway I put in my new one today and when I go test it out on the road, it warmed up to where the needle went right in the middle of "normal" on the gauge then went down and it hovers around the "n" of normal now.
Is this normal? This is pretty much what the previous 2 have done. I don't think I would get sold 3 different brands of broken thermostats. Is it my gauge? I bought a mechanical equis water temp. gauge to install but I could not figure out where to screw the probe in at on the engine.