My temp gauge used to read pretty much in the middle. A while ago it started reading from below the N to the line at the bottom of the range. It also was not stable anymore sometimes it would be at the N other times all the way down at the minimum line and it would bounce around too.

Mechanic replaced thermostat he said the gauge was reading correctly and temp was a little low. Initially was acting more normally would rise to between N and O and stay there.

But about a week later noticed it is acting strange again. One day after driving about 6 mi I noticed the needle pointing at that line to the left of the N again. I stopped at a light and after a bit the needle rose back to between the N and O and stayed their for the remaining few miles to home. Then today it had warmed up to between N and O then it dropped back down to halfway between the N and that min. line.

The temp used to be stable, what would cause it to start bouncing around like this besides the thermostat that was already replaced?


1996 Contour GL Sport, Zetec, MTX