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PlasticAge
rice boy
Joined: 07 Oct 2001
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 Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 9:38 pm Post subject: Temp gauge probs |
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Hey everybody, i dont seem to be getting a reading from my temp guage, what do u think is wrong?
and what should i check? |
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CuGem
backyard mechanic
Joined: 07 Oct 2001
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| Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: Temp gauge probs |
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| The connector's probably fallen off the temp sender. look under the intake manifold, below the thermostat. |
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Momo
backyard mechanic
Joined: 08 Feb 2002
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| Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: Temp gauge probs |
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| Earth it out, take the wire off the sender unit and touch it on a metal surface somewhere in the engine bay. Get someone to sit in the car and tell you if the guage goes up or not. If the guage goes up, then it's not the guage, obviously. So get a new sender unit and try that. |
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Soop
backyard mechanic
Joined: 30 May 2002
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| Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2002 1:55 am Post subject: Re: Temp gauge probs |
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| A longshot, but also check your fuses. I lost my fuel and temp guage cluster on my td when my thermofan shorted out. The wiring was dodgy. I fixed up the wiring and replaced the fuse and its all back to normal. |
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davepad
newbie
Joined: 19 Jun 2002
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| Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2002 6:02 pm Post subject: Re: Temp gauge probs |
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thanks for the tip dude, i checked mine and it had fallen off also... i now have a working temp guage  its a pretty shithouse design though, i can image itll prolly happen again... it was fairly loose.. is there any way of making it a bit more permanant? |
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