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Post Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:38 pm

My temp gauge is pretty mental with this new engine....

First of all, which connector is supposed to sit where?

The socket which is higher up on the thermostat housing has just one pin, is this for the blue or the brown plug?

The gauge will go mad when the engine is running once it has got warm. Literally bouncing all over the place, and indicating that the engine is hot when on the power, on overrun it sometimes drops back down.

If you sit it at a standstill, when the needle is near the red, switch off the ignition, but then switch it straight back on, it sits just under half. Which is where I would expect it to be, and I'm guessing (hoping) that it is isn't actually overheating.

Any suggestions?

There is no other indication that it is overheating.

Doesn't boil over, and the blower is just warm.

:? :D
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Post Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:41 pm

check the nut on the back of ya cluster make sure it's FT
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Post Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:43 pm

Will do mate, that's what Demlot suggested.

Just seeing if there are any more ideas?

Thanks :)
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Post Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:44 pm

Dude its the brown one with one pin which feeds the signal to the Dash.

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Post Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:55 pm

Cheers mate!

Wanna get a cambelt w/pump and therm done soon really.

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Post Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:06 pm

Maybe an idea to change the thermostat too? Sounds like it may be stuck open if the car cools down too much on over-run.
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Post Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:12 pm

Yeah, as I said, I wanna do the thermostat too.

I think these readings are false though, that's the proobbbbblemmmmm!
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