Temp Gauge Reading Low

[Grant Lenahan]

1. Sending units known to go bad
2. Measure the water temp with infrared.  Or, if its below boiling, 
with the cap off and a thermometer. Compare with guage.
Grant
On Jan 24, 2006, at 9:42 AM, <iain.atkinson at tesco.net> wrote:

> Hi folks
>
> just need a little advice, the temp gauge on my coupe 20vq (early 1990 
> model) reads low like around a quarter, before i go replacing the 
> thermostat can i test this in anyway. As pointer after i shut off the 
> car the rad fan runs, surely if it was genuinely running cold the rad 
> fan wouldn't operate as it's controlled by a different switch??? I 
> presume the gauge sender is the one on the back of the head not the 
> muilt function temp sender under the top hose.
>
> Cheers
>
> Iain
>
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