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Electrical 90 LX 5.0 Temperature Gauge goes down on start

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My temp gauge starts at the low end of the indicator with no ignition. When I start the car the temperature gauge shoots down, completely out of sight. I changed the sender, does the same thing. is this an open circuit? not sure where to go from here.
 

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check your grounds
 
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The grounds on the instrument cluster? If so, where are they?
 

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Check the ground strap from the head to the firewall and the 2ndary ground behind the battery.
 
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