Every Sprinter owner needs to know this! - proper engine temperatures for a T1N.

[bansheeracer]

OMG thank you for this! When i first got my van that needle never moved from 190 ever. that needle has been all over the place in the last two years, but never over that 3rd line. I just installed this year a new water pump, all hoses, clutch fan, and i just ordered a radiator. it was 95 deg with 95% humidity and it got closer to that 3rd line towing a 1000 lb and ac blasting. i was worried about head gasket but I pressure tested it and it leaked from aux water pump hoses and failed radiator.

[vanbulance]

Awesome advice mate - I’ve always wondered what the “normal” operating temperature was - informative video - looking forward to more videos from you guys!

[proactivex]

speak it to us! Looking forward to having ya'll do an eval on my 3500.

[prestonbooker]

brilliant, I really needed to know this! TY

[electricamir]

GREAT INFO. I was worried when my scanner showed 216f going over the sierras.

[DaDude]

I’d agree with this. Up the rockies I definitely get midway up the last white segment. That is the temp that the aux fan turns on at.

[acemobile]

A landscaping neighbor cracked a valve in his 2004 quite a while back, I told him when he bought the van to take it easy but he wouldn't listen. He came from a big-block Suburban so he was used to going Mach 3 with his hair on fire but hated the resulting 7 MPG. I'm thinking about buying it from him, any suggestions/ideas? From what I can tell, the broken exhaust valve is all that's wrong with it, he even drove it that way for a few weeks until I diagnosed/told him what happened. I need another smaller service truck.

[StanUbeki]

People will push it until it won't go any more. Overheating, engine lights, flat tires. I see people flailing a strand of tire all over the side of their car, doing 5x the damage instead of stopping.

[gabakusa]

and if you have a sprinter 2011? where is the temperature gauge?

[TyGunnlaugsson]

Mine tends to sit around 205-210 winter summer whatever that seems to be where the thermostat wants to keep it. In the summer I have had it approach 235 and I just went easy on it or pulled over. Does this sound normal or do you think something is wrong? I recently changed the thermostat.

[wanderingzythophile]

Any idea how to adjust the speedometer needle position? Mine is sitting at -5 MPH basically - the needle when idle sits down below the zero mark. It moves properly with the speed but it's always showing about 5 MPH slower than actual speed (based on speed/radar displays on the sides of the road).

[meghantackett]

So if it does occasionally hit +235 what do I look into to resolve the issue? I was told I might need to replace the coolant system all together in my 2006 T1N. Is that a probable resolution?

[lifeonabikewithphilgodkin]

What's up with my temp when it barely makes 130?