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Another temp gauge problem
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:27 pm
by PAULJ
Right my temp gauge is on hot all the time. Now volt staboliser is good as the fuel gauge is correct. Ive fitted a new sender, still hot so ran a wire from new sender to another gauge to a new volt staboliser all in the engine bay. Still hot. I have read a lot about people moaning about new flasher cans not working and I have had new spark plugs not work so my question is. Anyone fitted a new sender that didnt work?
Thanks
Re: Another temp gauge problem
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:50 pm
by autolycus
I have deleted the questions I had written out here which, if the original poster had tried to answer them, might have enabled me, or one of the many experienced and knowledgable contributors, to help resolve his problem. I don't want them dismissed as "stupid questions".
Another one joins the list.
Kevin
Re: Another temp gauge problem
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:25 pm
by bmcecosse
Maybe the engine IS HOT ??? Does it read hot when you first switch on in the morning??
Re: Another temp gauge problem
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:21 pm
by PAULJ
bmcecosse wrote:Maybe the engine IS HOT ??? Does it read hot when you first switch on in the morning??
Thats it,
Ive been turning it on in the evening not the morning. Thanks BMC
Re: Another temp gauge problem
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:56 pm
by Dean
PAULJ wrote:bmcecosse wrote:Maybe the engine IS HOT ??? Does it read hot when you first switch on in the morning??
Thats it,
Ive been turning it on in the evening not the morning. Thanks BMC
Was that mean't to be funny? Because I've just laughed my pants off..
Re: Another temp gauge problem
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:12 pm
by PAULJ
Dean wrote:PAULJ wrote:bmcecosse wrote:Maybe the engine IS HOT ??? Does it read hot when you first switch on in the morning??
Thats it,
Ive been turning it on in the evening not the morning. Thanks BMC
Was that mean't to be funny? Because I've just laughed my pants off..
Sometimes a stupid question deserves a stupid answer.
Re: Another temp gauge problem
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:32 pm
by bmcecosse
My question was certainly not 'stupid' - it was intended to help diagnose the problem...., but I guess you don't understand that......your answer certainly is stupid. Good luck with the problem!
Re: Another temp gauge problem
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:04 am
by kennatt
Is it possible to reverse polarity on the guage,would that make it read backwards,mind I supose it would then go the otherway when the engine warmed up,does it move at all from the hot position.
Re: Another temp gauge problem
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:15 pm
by PAULJ
kennatt wrote:Is it possible to reverse polarity on the guage,would that make it read backwards,mind I supose it would then go the otherway when the engine warmed up,does it move at all from the hot position.
I thought of that and tried it. it was the same.
Now sorted. I had another sender sent for the same gauge. Gauge is a smith one from a GT6 which the sender was for. I checked resistance of both senders which should be both the same
first one 500 Ohms the second 900 Ohms. less the resistance the hotter the gauge reading.
The second one works fine.
So if you put a temp gauge on the car and it is reading hot be it AM or PM the sender may be at fault even if its new.