check the resistance of the coolant sender with a multimeter and compare your values to the ones in the manual. additionally check the resistance between the case near the sender and ground on a chassis ground point. resistance should be very low here, if not clean up or redo ground connections to make it so. the problem could be with the temp gauge circuitry in the instrument cluster. they go bad, i replaced mine about a year ago and did a bit of a right up for the archives. additionally mark drillock has written about this at length. http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0407A&L=vanagon&P=R13806&m=250342 jonathan On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Zoltan wrote: > I have the gauge high still. New radiator, new engine, flushed system, etc. But I still have the old sender unit and gauge. Can any of these be wrong and malfunction? > Zoltan > > > |
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