surquiggles

so a normal drive my temp gauge goes up to 3/4 line and little past and then my thermostat opens and it goes back down to about half. normally staying within 1/2 and 3/4 never over. now with summer here in the heat of texas. when i stop driving for. red light or heavy traffic, my gauge will creep all the way to red. as soon as i begin to move it goes back down to a 3/4.
so, i already hate it staying at 3/4 and with it being so hot i don’t want it to over heat. all fluids are good, no leaks, only begins to over heat at idling. what can i do to help this situation

jderimig

Are your fans running when the needle goes into the red?

surquiggles

yes, everything is working everything turns on and stays on at the correct temp. it just runs hot (always between 1/2 3/4 sometimes a little above)

jderimig

My runs a little hot on the gauge. I put a thermocouple on the coolant outlet and it was right (Gauges ran a little high). You may not be running hot.