Buuls eye Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 Hello everyone, Got a question on my 15 edge's water temp display. No matter how hot the weather is or how hard I drive it, the temp indicator is always point slightly to the left instead of pointing exactly in the middle. Is this normal? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWRBB Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 It's effectively a 3 position gauge. 1) Cold 2)normal temps to *almost* overheating, and 3)overheating. It'll need to be overheating before that gauge ever moves higher than your picture shows. Fords have been like this for at least the last 30 years. They think customers are too stupid to handle information from an actual gauge that shows the actual temperatures, and for 95% of drivers- they are totally correct. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buuls eye Posted October 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 It's effectively a 3 position gauge. 1) Cold 2)normal temps to *almost* overheating, and 3)overheating. It'll need to be overheating before that gauge ever moves higher than your picture shows. Fords have been like this for at least the last 30 years. They think customers are too stupid to handle information from an actual gauge that shows the actual temperatures, and for 95% of drivers- they are totally correct. hey thanks for the detail explaination. So that means you wont be able to tell if the temp is up to operating temp by looking at the gauge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Sure - it just won't fluctuate with small changes while you're driving. It still goes from Cold to Normal to Hot. Although I'm not so sure it doesn't move up as the vehicle overheats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWRBB Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Nothing on the gauge is cold. It will slowly work it's way up from nothing to "normal" as the engine warms up. It can go from 170 to 220+ and still not move from "normal". Once it gets too hot- it'll move towards the red overheat mark. I don't have a shop manual, but someone could look it up and figure out what temps the gauge will respond to over an overheat condition, I'm just guessing at the 220 number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 I agree it won't move while in the normal range. But not sure when it starts to move towards hot or how fast. By comparison the old oil gauges were binary - reading either normal or low and no fluctuation in between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buuls eye Posted October 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 Great infos. Thank you all very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWRBB Posted October 28, 2016 Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 Ford's oil pressures gauges are the same way.. More than 3 psi and it's "normal". Less than 3 psi and you get no reading. Lame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted October 28, 2016 Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 Ford's oil pressures gauges are the same way.. More than 3 psi and it's "normal". Less than 3 psi and you get no reading. Lame. If you were having to constantly field questions and repair requests from owners who thought their fluctuating oil gauge was abnormal you'd probably feel differently. All owners are not enthusiasts, or even logical. I completely understand why Ford did it although personally I would prefer an actual real gauge. Perhaps they can make a real gauge an optional display now so those who want it can have it and those who don't understand never see it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted October 28, 2016 Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 Couldn't agree more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbwt Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 According to the pids I monitor on my 2011 Edge 230 degrees seems to be the kick in point for high temps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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