94 ranger gauges ok?

[jcramer0005]

I have a 94 3.0 ranger and my dad drove it around for 5k miles with plain water in the coolant system. I have constantly back flushed the system since there was muddy crap stuck on my cap but I just want to see if I should be concerned if my gauges look like this.

The truck runs great with no ticks, maybe a little white smoke out of the exhaust when I start it up but just for a 30 seconds.

This is what the gauges look like so please let me know what you think.

 

[nitrofan1]

Look fine to me. What's your concern? The temp gauge is in a good spot. If it goes above the word NORMAL then worry!

 

[jcramer0005]

Thanks for the reply. I was just worried that it was not in the middle of NORMAL like my excursion or mustang. I heard that fords tend to run a little hott sometimes and I just did not want something worse to happen.

Back to flushing out this brown crap out of my radiator!

 

[03ranger30]

Those gauges are only dummy gauges anyways, that's why I want to get an actual temp gauge from autometer

 

[adsm08]

With the price of gas these days I'd be worried about the position of the one on the bottom right of the group.