what should my temp. gauge usually read?

[mcG]

it's usually somewhere between 180 and 210 degrees, depending on how long it's been running and the temperature outside and whatknot...is this a normal temp?

[Nachius]

It depends on if its at idle and if you have an aftermarket thermostat.

whatever thermo you have is about what it should read while highway driving, but at idle it will go well past midway a lot of times.

so yea what you have sounds about right!

[speedy-v6-camaro]

Its wierd because most post that as a normal temp. But mine never seems to get above 160 now. When I had the 195 thermo in it never got above that.