Wait wait wait...SHOULDNT approach the 225 mark? Damn, thats where mine is at what I thought was normal operating temperature. May be low on coolant. My fan works just fine. OTOH, according to a Ford TSB, my Capri may have faulty Oil/Temp guages. They say that the guages in a certain period of time were miscalibrated and may need replacing, where oil pressure reads low and temp reads high during normal conditions--both of which happens on my Capri...kindof. When idling, my oil pres reads rather low, a little above the red line. When driving, it reads just below half-way.
Article 93-3-10 under official Ford TSB's, 91.
--Ryan