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All the time I see, "my zetec runs on the A or L in NORMAL." Every person over on automotiveforums.com that posts a problem pretty much retains to this. Whats the deal?
Jim Hahn
1996 T-Red Contour SE Reborn 4/6/04
3.0L swap and Arizona Dyno Chip Turbo Kit
364 whp, 410 wtq @ 4,700 rpm
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Good question, and let me tell you they are highly accurate gauges, and if I ever catch mine edging past the L or dropping below the N during normal driving I'll know somethings up 
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Mine sits right in the middle (between O and R). Never changed from the day I got it. I'm thinking that the cause may be the cooling system not being flushed/ maintained. 
Hector
2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII
257HP/259TQ
2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s
RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED
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my gauge is always between the a and l. on a good day its on the o or goes up the l then back to o
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Mine used to sometimes not work at all, I think maybe there's a bad connection. But usually it works, and the needle hangs around the RM or maybe the A.
-Peter
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whats with all these letter like a and l mine doesnt have letters. But it does stay towards the middle or colder.
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Mine always sits just to the left of the middle.
-Ken V.
1998.5 SE Praire Tan Zetec ATX
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Originally posted by lsneo:
whats with all these letter like a and l mine doesnt have letters. But it does stay towards the middle or colder.
Some of the Gauge clusters didnt have the "Normal" print in the temp gauge... usualy on the 98-00 No Tach clusters.
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mine normally sits right at R/M in normal, on hot days in traffic it will get to L but that is when the fan kicks in
now of course the duratec just sits steady all day
maybe it has something to do with the design of the system and the one vs two fans to help with the cooling
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My old Zetec ran between the M and A when I first got it, then after changing the water pump (preventive while doing the timing belt), did the same until it overheated one day and the timing belt cover was spewing with coolant out of every crack. I guess the new WP had a leak... only overheated once after that (summer with the A/C on delivering pizza), but it would run just under the red to just on the red (which is when the fans would kick in). I figure the WP had a small leak and wasn't able to pressurize the system, which caused it to run real hot.
So yeah, I was always on the edge of overheating the 1.5 years I had it after the WP change.
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