<jsegura525@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1185076693.530120.139800@n2g2000hse.googlegro ups.com...
>I just arrived home from buying a 240 in San Francisco.
> As I was driving across the Arizona Death Valley I noticed
> that as I went up hills or mountains that the temp. gauge
> went almost to red zone, almost every time..
> Any advise would be helpful, ma says that the temp. sensor
> is probably in the front of the engine and that when the
> car was leaning back on the hills that the sensor was more
> likely to read hot...
> Please help.
> Joseph
>

The location of the sensor makes no difference, it's around the middle of
the cylinder head and the coolant is flowing at a pretty quick rate.

Clogged radiator can cause this, marginal fan clutch, stuck thermostat, etc.