Coming up to operating temps

[Adieu]

Warmed her up this morning for a spark plug change, driving around the neighborhood.

Took T+3 mins to budge the gauge even a hair, T+4-5 mins for any significant movement, and ~T+7mins until the gauge was around the middle and stopped moving much. ~35mph, hills, stopsigns.

Normal? Or a tad slow?

 

[chuck s]

Don't confuse coolant temperature with engine temperature. Coolant temperature is measured at the output from the radiator, not at the engine. Three (3) minutes and the cylinder heads will be 200°F easily. Cylinder head temp is readable with a scan gauge if you know the parameter to check. I don't but the guys who programmed my Interceptor gauge do.

-- Chuck