Chalk Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 Hey guys my temp gauge on my ke70 has stopped working,i got a new sensor but still no go,i then tried earthing the temp gauge wire and the gauge went to hot,so i got another new sensor but same issue again??? can't have got 2 dodgy sensors... could it be something else i should look at??? Cheers Quote
Medicine_Man Posted September 28, 2011 Report Posted September 28, 2011 sensor is most likely the wrong resistance value.. Quote
19914afc Posted September 29, 2011 Report Posted September 29, 2011 Did you get new sensors or from wreckers? Quote
Chalk Posted October 2, 2011 Author Report Posted October 2, 2011 I got new sensors from supercheap,but a funny thing happened the other day,took the car up to 140kph and the gauge started to work...WTF?????? Quote
nz_83_dx Posted October 2, 2011 Report Posted October 2, 2011 I got new sensors from supercheap,but a funny thing happened the other day,took the car up to 140kph and the gauge started to work...WTF?????? Just keep the car above 140kph then, simple. 1 Quote
altezzaclub Posted October 2, 2011 Report Posted October 2, 2011 took the car up to 140kph and the gauge started to work lol! that's what it takes to warm it up! Maybe the thermostat is jammed open, so it doesn't warm up- check the rad gets hot, 75deg is too hot to keep your hand on.. or as Medicine Man says, the sensor has the wrong resistance. I bought a correct Pintara one from the catalogue a few weeks back, it didn't even fit the threaded hole. A Nissan 4WD one fitted but refused to warm up on the gauge, and the third one (a 240SX I think it was) works fine. Have another try at Supercheap for a different resistance value. Mine is 1175ohms on the 2000ohm scale of my $10 yellow multimeter, and that's at about 15deg in the garage right now. Quote
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