Originally Posted by HockeyNomad

yep thts right, removed mine when fitting my new inlet manifold to my FRS, and was surprised to see it was a dry pocket,

my scangauge reads around 95-110 through most driving conditions in the warmer weather, fans kick in at 112 on the scangauge, the zetec is a "hot" running engine, just the way it was designed,

i also have a SPA water temperature / Oil pressure gauge, the water temperature is measured from a sensor installed in the thermostat housing so is measuring actual coolant temperature, it read approx 10 degrees lower than the scangauge