the dash gauge or its sender is bad.
use and IR gun for $15 and see that the coolant is
at 180F and the old crapppy gages is fibbing,
common this.
above poster forgets to read the COLD word.
and fails you big time.
I will now read the book for you.
the SM, service manual to see how yours works
most cars changed radically from 1996 to 2000
2.2L
3.2L engine? oops both are same, had to look both.
the sensor has one wire
and is not the ECT sender with 2 wires.
Fans seem to be coming on and running ok. Fans come on right before it goes to HOT. Fans come on fine when AC is running.
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