Temperature Guage troubleshooting help
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2001
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From: (Temporarily) Colorado Springs Colorado
Re: Temperature Guage troubleshooting help (Corvettebear13)
Have you verified that the wire is connected to your sending unit? It is hard to see below the alternator. Next thing I would do is pull it, place it in hot water and see if your gauge increases. Of course you will need to have the power on and might have to ground the unit to make it work. Check the easy things first. It's possible it is just a bad sending unit.
Keep us posted and good luck
Keep us posted and good luck
Racer
Joined: Sep 2000
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From: Valdosta Georgia
Re: Temperature Guage troubleshooting help (Corvettebear13)
Bear, to test the guage, simply turn on the ignition, pull the wire off of the sending unit and stick it to a ground (the engine block is good). The guage should be pegged out all the way, in which case the problem is probably the sending unit. If the guage doesn't move much, then it is probably defective. If it doesn't move at all, check to see that the connections are good from the guage to the sending unit. Hershey
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Racer
Joined: Jan 2001
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From: Lexington SC
Re: Temperature Guage troubleshooting help (Corvettebear13)
Thanks for the replies The Wanderer and Hershey.
I think I will take a look at it this weekend and see what kind of trouble I can get into! ;)
I think I will take a look at it this weekend and see what kind of trouble I can get into! ;)
