'Fixed' temp gauge in cluster, now showing cold
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'Fixed' temp gauge in cluster, now showing cold
So I had this wacky idea to slap the dash a couple times to see if the needle was stuck. I had disconnected and reconnected the old Coolant Temp Sender. Sure enough, it started moving! Well I beat on it and slapped it a few more times and whaddyaknow? The gauge is working.
Then over the next few days I see it going down slowly. It jumped to the line before red at first, then it dropped to the middle and stayed there, but then I turned the car on when it was cool and it went down further. Now it's down to the last line before completely cold.
If I turn the key to the ON position, the needle swings up so I don't think it's stuck. So why do you guys think it's doing this? I do have a new coolant temp sensor I haven't put in but it seems more like a bad thermostat or a gauge issue although the idle is fine when it warms up. Any ideas?
Then over the next few days I see it going down slowly. It jumped to the line before red at first, then it dropped to the middle and stayed there, but then I turned the car on when it was cool and it went down further. Now it's down to the last line before completely cold.
If I turn the key to the ON position, the needle swings up so I don't think it's stuck. So why do you guys think it's doing this? I do have a new coolant temp sensor I haven't put in but it seems more like a bad thermostat or a gauge issue although the idle is fine when it warms up. Any ideas?
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Also, if the car WERE to start overheating (which I think is fine cause I drove like an hour and a half during the record heat day here in Florida a week ago), you guys think it WILL go up? It's obviously reading the temp.
ANOTHER thing I noticed. Originally, the needle would drop about two lines higher than it should have. Now it goes down all the way to the bottom when I turn the car off. Could this account for why the needle is off? Cause that's about the amount of space that its missing from being in the middle...
ANOTHER thing I noticed. Originally, the needle would drop about two lines higher than it should have. Now it goes down all the way to the bottom when I turn the car off. Could this account for why the needle is off? Cause that's about the amount of space that its missing from being in the middle...
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are you serious? replace the coolant temp sensor. Stop beating on it like a starter lol. Its a plastic encased sensor. If you knocked the wire off or hit the pins, of course it won't work properly.
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I banged on my dash. Not really beating a starter...
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