Kinda busted pump or kinda clogged radiator?

[ApocGold]

My '98 Mystique (V6 auto) runs hot at idle. I recently purchased this '98 Mystique to replace my '96 Contour that got rear-ended. Noticed that it was running hot so I decided to do a flush and fill. Drained and ran lots of water into every hose and orifice that I could find and replaced thermostat. Refilled to 50/50 and let it idle. It slowly climbed to the A-L range. On a whim I decided to see what happened if I revved it up. Took it to 3K and watched the temp fall to O-R in about 30 seconds.

My question is whether I have a bad water pump or a clogged radiator or some other problem. Heater blows hot air. Fan turns on (not sure at what temp). Water pump was replaced a year ago. Suggestions/solutions anyone?

 

[joker813]

Its normal for them to stay in the A -L spot normal temp when fans kick is is 220-225 at least in my case it was u can also upgrade the temp sensor from a 99up better sensors

 

[ilovesvt]

I put a new 99 up sensor and it wouldnt go past N lol so i put the original EO temp back in and running my fans full time and it stays sort of in the middle

 

[Smokinjoe]

The correct way to do this would be to use a scan tool to see what the actual temps are, and when the high/low speed fans are kicking on. Then you would know if there was a problem or not.