coolant temp gage issues please help

[vert88]

So i finnally got my car back on the road after a long sit and wait for parts and comming back from iraq and the temp gage does not work and also the birdcage, it worked before i parked the car and now it does not, so what do you guys think? i was planning on running another temp gage until i got this fixed but i thought that i would ask around here first

 

[Boostedmkiii]

Most likely, it is just your temp sensor that is bad. It is located on the thermostat housing.

 

[92nsx]

Besides the sensor being bad, also make sure that the wire didn't fall off or that the wire for sensor is broken.

 

[92TealSupra]

Besides the sensor being bad, also make sure that the wire didn't fall of or that the wire for sensor is broken.

I would check the wire first, a lot of times these old brittle sensors seem to fall off time to time. Sometimes I have even forgot to re-connect it.

If you get a new sensor and the problem still exists you need to check into the wiring, maybe even the cluster, But I highly doubt your cluster is not functioning correctly.

 

[rayall01]

So i finnally got my car back on the road after a long sit and wait for parts and comming back from iraq and the temp gage does not work and also the birdcage, it worked before i parked the car and now it does not, so what do you guys think? i was planning on running another temp gage until i got this fixed but i thought that i would ask around here first

All the things said above are possible, but also check for corrosion in the connector. I've had problems with corrosion in those sensor connectors.