[C2] Temperature gauge
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Burning Brakes
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From: Knoxville, TN
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Temperature gauge
I know when you turn off the engine, the temp gauge stays where it is. After the engine cools down and the ignition is turned on, the temp gage
needle should read cold. Mine does not return to cold. It still shows the last temp. If I physically remove and reconnect the spade plug from the
sending unit, when I turn on the ignition, the gauge does read full cold. Why isn't the gauge reading full cold after the engine cooled down and the ignition turned on?
needle should read cold. Mine does not return to cold. It still shows the last temp. If I physically remove and reconnect the spade plug from the
sending unit, when I turn on the ignition, the gauge does read full cold. Why isn't the gauge reading full cold after the engine cooled down and the ignition turned on?
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I know when you turn off the engine, the temp gauge stays where it is. After the engine cools down and the ignition is turned on, the temp gage
needle should read cold. Mine does not return to cold. It still shows the last temp. If I physically remove and reconnect the spade plug from the
sending unit, when I turn on the ignition, the gauge does read full cold. Why isn't the gauge reading full cold after the engine cooled down and the ignition turned on?
needle should read cold. Mine does not return to cold. It still shows the last temp. If I physically remove and reconnect the spade plug from the
sending unit, when I turn on the ignition, the gauge does read full cold. Why isn't the gauge reading full cold after the engine cooled down and the ignition turned on?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Knoxville, TN
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When I park the car with a hot engine (180*) the needle reads 180 even after I turn the engine off. When I go to start the car the next day with a cold engine, the temp gauge needle should return to cold but doesn't. It's still shows 180* with a cold engine. I can get it to go to a cold indication if I physically remove the spade connector at the temperature sender.
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Kannapolis NC
When I park the car with a hot engine (180*) the needle reads 180 even after I turn the engine off. When I go to start the car the next day with a cold engine, the temp gauge needle should return to cold but doesn't. It's still shows 180* with a cold engine. I can get it to go to a cold indication if I physically remove the spade connector at the temperature sender.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2014
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From: Knoxville, TN
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After I start it, the temperature needle does not move from the 180* position. So basically, once it reaches 180, the needle remains there. The only way I can watch the temp rise is to disconnect the wire from the sending unit. Then the needle goes to cold. I re attach the wire from the temp sending unit and I can watch the temp rise to 180.
So no matter what I do, the temp gauge remains at 180 regardless if the engine is off or running.
So no matter what I do, the temp gauge remains at 180 regardless if the engine is off or running.
