The car is a turbo has a fresh rebuild from the block up and was running great was off the road for 6 months now i start up it runs great but after 2 mins of having the car running the temp guage goes past the red. But the car isnt actually overheating everything is really running at normal temp. I can run the car for hours and it wont over heat but the guage never changes. Ive tried everything.
Over Heating But NOT?
- Thread starter 1STCar
- Start date
IJ.;1263928 said:
Ill check that out i did replace speedo cable recently so i probally messed it up then .
doesnt make since though... if you have a short to ground at cluster or wiring, the gauge should go above red when you turn the key over. may just be a bad sensor, but 1stcar said they tried everything.
It could either be bad wiring at the gauge cluster like IJ said, bad wiring at the sensor (on the t-stat housing, which is common), or you could have what I had which is a lot less common but possible.
Mine ended up being dead solder joints on the gauge itself. I pulled the cluster, heated up the solder on the gauge to remelt it, put it back together, and haven't had a problem since. It reads 2 ticks higher than it used to, but that's my fault for putting the needle back in the wrong spot.
Mine ended up being dead solder joints on the gauge itself. I pulled the cluster, heated up the solder on the gauge to remelt it, put it back together, and haven't had a problem since. It reads 2 ticks higher than it used to, but that's my fault for putting the needle back in the wrong spot.