Normal behavior.  The fan doesn't come on until the gauge is ?2-3 needle
widths?? above the LED.

david

At 04:57 PM 4/8/2001, Chad wrote:
>sometimes it goes just over it (still over the led but higher up). However,
>all the time while idling at a stop light the temp guage climbs to the upper
>regions. It doesn't go to max but it does go beyond the top of the led. Is
>this normal??????? I know my rad fan works as I've tested it. Could my
>thermostat be f'ed up?????? Could it be the thermoswitch in the rad?????? If
>so how do I test for it???

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"