Does the computer get any temp info from the gauge sending unit?

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BullittAndy

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The reason I ask is because I just changed the temp gauge sending unit to cure an inaccurate gauge but it appears that a surging idle problem and a stalling when shifted into neutral at speed problem have disappeared. I haven't quite enough to verify that they are gone but it seems awfully coincidental.

 

90_Red_LX

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Not from the gauge sending unit. It reads it from the temp sensor itself.

 

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86bluecobra

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no i believe the computer gets temp from the a.c.t sensor.

 

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86bluecobra said:

no i believe the computer gets temp from the E.c.t sensor.

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You made a little typo. Bold = fixed.

This is all indeed true. Andy, your gauge's sending unit had nothing to do with anything except for the gauge itself.

FWIW, the differentiation:
The gauge uses a sending unit or sender.
The temperature sensor for the computer (ECT) is a sensor.