Quote: So you don't have a gauge on it to know what the ACTUAL temp is?
No, interior is 100% stock/factory. Never got an actual temp gauge, I guess that is where I should start. I wanted to keep it as factory appearing as possible but I figure its time to get a new aftermarket gauge.
Since you don't care for originality under the hood why not just mount a watertemp guage there, which you can check once in a while when your dashgauge shows Hot again?
Or, just keep pouring money into fixing a possible cooling-problem which might not even exist perhaps.