Engine: 57' GH water temperature

[Pdskinner]

What should the temperature read on the temp guage in a 57 GH? What temperature read would I know that I have a problem? It stays on the notch between 180 and 240 . I assume 210 degrees. Is this within normal functioning parameters
Thanks

[64V-K7]

Mine always ran around 180-190

[PackardV8]

Around 180-degrees is normal cruise. Figure 100-degrees above ambient on hotter days. Automatics run hotter than standard shifts.

1. Don't rely on a seventy-year-old gauge and sender to indicate the actual operating temperature.
2. Don' rely on a Harbor Freight Chicom digital remote temperature hand-held.
3. To get an actual, either plumb in a good quality later gauge, drop in a direct-reading radiator thermometer or take it to a shop with a professional gauge.

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