Bturner
Junior Member
Hi,
New here and looking for some help. I have an 05 1500 with the 4.7. I’ve had it for 11 years now so as long as I know it’s stock and the few repairs done have been with OEM replacement parts. Anyway, over the winter the water temp gauge on the cluster crapped out. I did the manual test and all gauges responded except that one. Now I’ve got an OBDII digital gauge because I’m not going without knowing the temp, but not willing to replace the cluster since it’s no longer a daily. The question is....what should the normal operating temp for the coolant be? In the winter it would run between 196 and 202ish. The other day here it was 94 outside and on the highway up a long uphill grade it went to 211 and after that stayed at 206.
appreciate y’all’s feedback!
New here and looking for some help. I have an 05 1500 with the 4.7. I’ve had it for 11 years now so as long as I know it’s stock and the few repairs done have been with OEM replacement parts. Anyway, over the winter the water temp gauge on the cluster crapped out. I did the manual test and all gauges responded except that one. Now I’ve got an OBDII digital gauge because I’m not going without knowing the temp, but not willing to replace the cluster since it’s no longer a daily. The question is....what should the normal operating temp for the coolant be? In the winter it would run between 196 and 202ish. The other day here it was 94 outside and on the highway up a long uphill grade it went to 211 and after that stayed at 206.
appreciate y’all’s feedback!