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The exact same scenario happened to me! My headgasket was also broken after severe overheating. Everything is fixed now except the temp gauge. It shows around 250F I believe the gauge is wrong since my car runs fine, I actually took it to a shop and have it confirmed that the car is not running hot. They said it's running normal and not hot enough for the fan to turn on, I assume it to be around 200F since the fan kicks on at 212F. I thought of getting an aftermarket 2" temp gauge but since you have to drill another hole for the temp sender and the lack of space in the instrument cluster I got another idea. The shop told me that fixing the gauge would cost around $300, so I'm thinking of getting a cluster from the junkyard and to solder the temp gauge from the junkyard gauge into my cluster if possible.
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