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Originally Posted by Dead Parrot
Verify your temps with a 2nd source. Laser gauge, 2nd temp gauge, etc. Just because it has numbers doesn't mean it is accurate. Plus the gauges are not always consistent. It might be spot on at 180 and +10* at 210. I chased a 'bad tstat' for 3 tstats only to find out the sender would sometimes just read full scale hot even though the 2nd gauge I finally installed in the opposite head was reading normal.
Assuming the numbers are good, 210 is perfectly acceptable for a sbc 350. Its where they will normally run with a 195 tstat.
The temps should go up a bit on an incline, more power needed = more gas burned.
What happens on a long steep incline?
Can you hear the fan come on while driving?
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Fan comes on but it never shuts of when driving .. I have parked an left the key on and watched the temp guage and as soon as it cools to under 180 the fan shuts off so I'm sure it works I don't know why it never gets below 180 to shut off but that's how its always been