Hi all,
    Appreciate any ideas on how to approach this.We have a 2000 Ford Focus wagon with approx. 45k miles on it. Just a few days ago as I pulled onto an exit ramp from the highway I noticed the temp
guage needle easing to the right (it's never been greater than 12 o'clock since we bought it new) and as I pulled off into the parking lot of my destination it eased up fairly close to the right white
hash line, which is before the red. I killed the air conditioning and just watched it while idling in the parking lot it went down a bit then back to where it was near the hash but it never crossed
into red. When I revved the engine a bit the needle went down a bit to 12 o'clock position. After a 2 hour meeting I decided to see how far i would get. Driving 60 mph it stayed straight 12'oclock for
12 miles but after pulling off the exit ramp the same thing started happening. When I am going 35-40 the needle is about 1 o'clock (or a bit more) and it slowly rises when stopped at a light but has
not hit the red zone.Coolant is at max level in reservoir, although I noticed that the coolant seems clear, like water. We had it flushed at repair shop on 3/8. I've seen pink and green coolant colors
in other cars before and I honestly don't know what color it was when we bought it as it was my wife's car. I would think if it had something to do with that this would have occured before now. So I
drive it around today and for the first 20" of driving around town (30-40 mph, stop lights etc) it was rock solid 12 o'clock then started creeping up again, never overheating though. Any ideas on
possible causes. Knowing the 2000 Focus as a lot of us do in here, there could be a lot of causes, unfortunately,