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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr.Scientist" data-source="post: 895793" data-attributes="member: 15084"><p>Ok I finally got a chance to do the IR thermometer thing, when the needle was as high as I can get it to go. Which is, to the "A" on the word "Normal" on the heat gauge. All I had to do was drive through town at about 2 in the afternoon. My temp gadget on the desktop says its 102F outside. The IR thermometer said that the car was running at 234 degrees F. I simply pointed it at the thermostat housing as instructed by you guys. Now granted, like yall said, that isn't "too hot". Obviously "too hot" would be very bad for the engine. But don't you think its just a little too close? Don't you think I should get it to run cooler so that when it does finally decide that its going to go hotter than it ever has, it still can't overheat? Seems like I'm walking a fine line here, if you know what I mean.</p></blockquote><p></p>