I've never trusted the guage for the couple of months I've had the car. the coolant goes from sitting cold all night to half way between cold and hot in a little under two blocks and goes no higher. So I think the water is getting hotter, but the guage is stopping midrange for some reason. The burning coolant smell I get is what leads me to that conclusion. However, the temperature of the block and bay get really hot, really fast... and remain so even after sitting off for a long period of time (much longer period of time than was actually spent driving and building the heat).. combine the two and I'm fearfull the coolant is not getting through the block effectively...
tonight I did have my coolant light flickering on and off... and the coolant in the res. is below the low line... so I can always hope that had part to do in why I seemed to overheat faster after getting the system flushed..
