monsta
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• The Big Island, HI, USA |
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• Registered on 1/5/2002 |
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 Posted:4/5/2006 12:47 |
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Excellent guess! Well...it's a bit more than that.
Ford guages are basically idiot lights with needles. The go up to a certain mark as long as the values (really WIDE values) are there. Most agree that by the time the guages show red you already have problems you can see or feel and the guages just remind you of that. 
I would suspect it is cheaper to build 'em that way and it may reduce warranty "challenges" by unknowing or ill-informed customers who think there's a problem when there really isn't.
Here's my example of the uselessness of these guages: (I'm sure it happens to everyone, too) I can start my truck and idle it for 5-7 minutes and the tranny temp guage will be in "normal" range! Just how in the world the fluid got warm is beyond me...
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