Re: Intermittent temp gauge

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Jim Griffin say:

> I've recently noticed that my coolant temp gauge has been working
> intermittently. Sometimes it just won't budge, and other times, it works
> just fine. Once I noticed that while I was driving, it was working fine,
> then it would "die", and slowly move to the cold postion, then move back to
> normal, then back....
> 
> Any thoughts? The gauge itself appears to work fine (i.e. the needle moves
> freely...). Could it be the temperature sending unit? If so, where is this
> located on the V-6? What else could it be?

Not to worry. It's the temp sender.

Blaufergnugen has them on winter special for $49. On my 100Q, it was
a 3 minute job to install. On my 90Q20V, it was a lot more because of
the cramped conditions.

Can't say how cramped a V6 is....

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