Broken thermo guage
#1
Broken thermo guage
Hey guys!
Drivin around today and I noticed my temperature guages wasn't working. The temperature sensor is in the air intake tube so I don't know what else to look at. Please help!
Thanks,
Tyler
Drivin around today and I noticed my temperature guages wasn't working. The temperature sensor is in the air intake tube so I don't know what else to look at. Please help!
Thanks,
Tyler
#5
Stock T-Stat runs at 195* degrees, people lower it to 180* to help lower Knock Retard "KR".
Mine went out a few weeks ago, and replaced it this morning.
the thermostat is located in the housing where the top radiator hose enters the engine
*edit*
I was running 180, swapped it back to 195, since its winter and it was taking longer for me to get heat inside. X.X
Mine went out a few weeks ago, and replaced it this morning.
the thermostat is located in the housing where the top radiator hose enters the engine
*edit*
I was running 180, swapped it back to 195, since its winter and it was taking longer for me to get heat inside. X.X
Last edited by Jomao_o; 01-29-2011 at 11:07 PM.
#6
Just because the gauge wasn't working today doesn't mean anything is necessarily broken. If you live in a colder climate and your engine doesn't heat up to a certain temp within a given time the gauge will stop registering for 3 ignition cycles until the car heats up correctly. If it doesn't heat up correctly within the 3 ignition cycles it will throw a code and you probably have a bad T-stat.
I know this because after switching to a colder T-stat that was drilled my car would stay too cold for too long during the east coast winters of below freezing temps.
I know this because after switching to a colder T-stat that was drilled my car would stay too cold for too long during the east coast winters of below freezing temps.
#9
I would honestly just swap to a new thermostat first. It's about $10 and 3 minutes of work before you start dealing with the sensors.
How's your coolant btw? With Dex-cool you need to flush it before the 5 years and 100,000 miles like the car says. Dex is crap and starts to turn to sludge and doesn't work so great after a while. I usually flush every other year
Everyone else, just keep cool. People make errors, no one needs to be a jerk on the forum.
How's your coolant btw? With Dex-cool you need to flush it before the 5 years and 100,000 miles like the car says. Dex is crap and starts to turn to sludge and doesn't work so great after a while. I usually flush every other year
Everyone else, just keep cool. People make errors, no one needs to be a jerk on the forum.
Last edited by ChibiBlackSheep; 01-30-2011 at 09:59 AM.
#10
Finally a constuctive response! Thank you, Chibi.
How do I access the thermostat? I honestly have no idea what it even looks like or where to start looking for it. And I'm not sure how the coolant is, I'll check it tomorrow.
How do I access the thermostat? I honestly have no idea what it even looks like or where to start looking for it. And I'm not sure how the coolant is, I'll check it tomorrow.