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Use a meat thermometer and find out exactly what the coolant temperature is compared to the gauge. I thought I was running hot because the gauge was reading near the hot mark but using the thermometer it was actually 190.

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Permission is quicker, forgiveness is forever.

Better to ask her and explain first instead of her catching you, too late for explanations then. Hot soapy water will clean it and tell her you get the first piece of meat when she reuses it.

Borrow your wife's meat thermometer and open cap (when cold) and stick it in and start car. As temp on gauge rises compare to thermometer and you'll know what your gauge reads on your car. Did this with mine and found that your #3 pic was 185 on my car. No more worries.

I used the wife's digital meat thermometer, put it in the fill and started the car and compared the thermometer to the gauge. Gauge was 3/4 towards hot when coolant was actually 190. Did the same to all my cars and the old gauges are all reading different at 190.