Inoperative oil temperature gauge

[Richard J. Andrews]

on my 4kq...
if you ground the sensor wire the gauge will peg out...
this indicated to me that the sensor is NFG.......

HTH!

-rich
'86 4kq
At 10:41 AM 3/5/01, you wrote:
>The oil temperature gauge on my '90 200TQ doesn't work. How do I find
>out if it's the sensor (BTW, where is is located?), the gauge or the
>wiring?
>
>One more thing: What pin on the 4-pin connector for multi-function
>temperature sensor do you connect to ground to see the coolant gauge
>run to the top and trigger the auto-check warning?
>
>The 100/200 Bentley is somewhere in the mail, but in the meantime, I
>ask the stupid questions here.. :-)
>
>--
>Regards,
>ES