Cait Sith Cat

I have a 1996 4.9 ford. Imagine you're looking at the temp. gauge... in about 1.5 miles from a cold start, my gauge gets over to the 'O' in the "NORMAL" on the gauge... that's about a quarter way up the gauge. My dad's truck, a '96 302, can go on the highway or in the city for hours and not get over the 'N'.

It used to go up to the "R", then I changed the thermostat. Now it heats up a lot quicker, but doesn't get to the "R" (It has what I described above). Is there something wrong with my truck?

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way2old

Sounds like it is working correctly.

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fordtrucksonly

Yes, mine is the same way. Now my buddy has the same truck as us, and his will go all the way to the L and higher because of his thermostat.

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stang805

its fine, anything below the red is pretty safe