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Old Oct 29, 2014 | 07:19 PM
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Just got my 1991 out of the shop , got charged $84 dollars for a oil temp sensor.
Did I get hosed ?

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Just got my 1991 out of the shop , got charged $84 dollars for a oil temp sensor.
Did I get hosed ?

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Does it now work?
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Old Oct 29, 2014 | 07:30 PM
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Does it now work?
Nope, no better than before, just comes off the cold mark.
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I have a 91' coupe with the same problem. Put new sensor in just off cold mark also. Its a guage cluster issue. I bypassed the the cluster altogether and put in a guage pod with a oil temp guage from glow shift. Works without a hitch. Its not hard to get too. But I wrench for a living. Just my 2 cents.
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Originally Posted by okmac
Just got my 1991 out of the shop , got charged $84 dollars for a oil temp sensor.
Did I get hosed ?

Mac
Depends. If you are not mechanically inclined and don't work on your car then this might be helpful:

http://www.ecklerscorvette.com/corve...1990-1996.html
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Old Oct 30, 2014 | 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by okmac
Just got my 1991 out of the shop , got charged $84 dollars for a oil temp sensor.
Did I get hosed ? Mac
Originally Posted by okmac
Nope, no better than before, just comes off the cold mark.
If you payed to have it fixed and it's not fixed,then you got hosed...Sometimes it's the wires or the dash cluster and not the temp sensor, so just putting in a sensor doesn't always work........WW

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Old Oct 30, 2014 | 01:11 PM
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If you payed to have it fixed , and it's not fixed,then you got hosed...Sometimes it's the wires or the dash cluster and not the temp sensor, so just putting in a sensor doesn't always work........WW


You could have thrown parts at it just as easily as the shop did. When a car comes in with no oil pressure you use a manual gauge then ck the sender...and so on. They skipped a couple of steps.
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