Yes, it's all normal.
The thermostat is set to begin opening at 188 and be fully open at 206. The engine will normally creep up to the 225 mark in hot traffic, A/C off, then the fans go to slow and the temp comes back down to about 210. Normal. If something's really wrong, fans go to fast at 235 engine or 305 transmission temps. The fans run is slow any time the A/C runs, as in defrost, deice, or a cooling mode, so the gauge will normally never move if the A/C compressor is running. Maybe, just maybe on a really hot day....
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The thermostat is set to begin opening at 188 and be fully open at 206. The engine will normally creep up to the 225 mark in hot traffic, A/C off, then the fans go to slow and the temp comes back down to about 210. Normal. If something's really wrong, fans go to fast at 235 engine or 305 transmission temps. The fans run is slow any time the A/C runs, as in defrost, deice, or a cooling mode, so the gauge will normally never move if the A/C compressor is running. Maybe, just maybe on a really hot day....
:horse:
Every word of this has been posted in this forum a hundred times. And in Northstar Performance. The search feature up in the blue bar called up 6 pages of posts on this question.