what control the temp guage on dash??

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skooshy
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Post Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:11 am

my temp gauge is flicking back and forward.... just wondered what controls it

is it the blue temp sensor????
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Post Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:14 am

Brown temp sensor.
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Post Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:18 am

Brown sensor controls it, but your problem is almost certainly a small nut on the back of the instrument cluster housing, immediately behind the temp. gauge, which has worked loose.
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Post Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:15 am