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Strick,
If the car is pushing water out into the overflow tank and you can get to it easy, put a thermometer in it and see what the actual water temperature is. Not a very scientific method, but it worked great for me on a car when the temp gauge said it was 250 and the car was neither lugging, clattering, or smelling hot. I measured the water that it pushed into the overflow tank just as soon as I stopped and it was right at 200, but you will always get a big heat surge when you first stop. That is a 69 car and the gauge still reads from 220 to 240 when I drive it on hot days. AlsoI can start the car and by the time I get it out of the garage and down the driveway the gauge is reading around 150.
Ron
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