OIL TEMP Gauge???
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Drifting
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From: Formerly from the Great White North but now residing in the Desert Southwest NM (The Land of Dis-Enchantment?)
OIL TEMP Gauge???
'92 6-speed...my oil temp gauge doesn't seem to be working. I have a reading on the digital display. Where do I begin to check? Are there separate senders?
Drifting
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From: Prather, California -1990 ZR-1 White/Flame Red- -SOLD!!-
Yes, I believe there are separate senders for the digital and analog oil temp gauges. Not sure where they are on the engine though, you'd have to check the FSM.
Burning Brakes
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From: Nashville TN
Mine just did the same thing....
I went to Advanced Auto parts and picked up an oil temperature sensor for about 40 bucks. It mounts right above the oil filter. The sensor unsnaps, then you need to loosen the brass sending unit---this is a pain, but not so bad if you have long tube headers. It was a hunch, and fortunately it fixed the problem....I let this go for a couple of weeks and then I was getting false digital readings---301 deg---yikes....expect about 2hrs of work since you can't get but an 1/8 turn to loosen the dang thing. Fixed it two days ago and now all is normal.
