[V8] Coolant Guage wackyness

[Ron Wainwright]

I'm going to look at the Sensor at the back of the
pass side head tomorrow. I got a few good ones I can
swap, & see what that does.

 Ron

--- Kneale Brownson <knealeski at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I don't recall specifics, but I seem to remember
> Keith providing a longish explanation of how the
> gauge gets the coolant temperature report from a
> couple different sensors in the coolant system. 
> Isn't there one on the radiator and another on the
> back of the passenger side head?  One or both supply
> the signal to the gauge in the instrument cluster?
> 
> Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com> wrote:  Sending
> Unit Kneale??? 
> 
> Ron
> 
> --- Kneale Brownson wrote:
> 
> > How about the sending unit itself?
> > 
> > Ron Wainwright wrote: 
> > Lister's, just trying to figure out if the
> processor
> > in the Instrument Cluster is fubar...or what......
> > 
> > Here's what's happening....the coolant guage
> needle
> > was sitting at 110C..car off, cold,
> hot.....doesn't
> > matter. So I took the IC out & replaced the
> coolant
> > guage itself. I go to hook the #2 Black connector
> at
> > the back of the cluster & the needle goes from
> 50C,
> > to
> > 110C. I unplug the Black #2 connector & it goes
> back
> > to 50C.....is the processor fubar?? wire in the
> > cluster?.....any suggestions?
> > 
> 



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