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Temp gauge works sometimes.

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  • Start date Start date Apr 11, 2006

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My temperature gauge has been acting up ever since I blew the fuse for my cluster. It will go about a centimeter past H sometimes and when I pull over to check it, its not even hot. I had my aftermarket white gauges tapped into a wire behind the cluster and I though maybe it was the temp wire so I changed the wire, but it still did it. Sometimes it works fine, and sometimes it will go way up then go back to normal. What do I need to do? Im thinking about getting a radio delete panel and putting a temp, air/fuel, and fuel pressure gauge in it. But I would like to have my stock one work too.
 

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Take out the cluster and look for any signs of a burt up wire behind the cluster...

If nothing there start looking at the wiring... I think that you shorted out a wire and this is allowing for a resistance change that is not from the sensor.
 

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94-302-vert said:
Take out the cluster and look for any signs of a burt up wire behind the cluster...

If nothing there start looking at the wiring... I think that you shorted out a wire and this is allowing for a resistance change that is not from the sensor.
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No burnt wires. Last night it ws at about 4 o'clock. WAYYY past H. I think maybve the rehostat is messed up?
EDIT: I get kind of nervous when my temp gauge does what its doing in the pic below.
 

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Is it only the temp guage?

Have you tried cahnging the temp snesor? they are only like $15 and take a couple minutes to change. No need to drain coolant if you are fast enough...
 

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94-302-vert said:
Is it only the temp guage?

Have you tried cahnging the temp snesor? they are only like $15 and take a couple minutes to change. No need to drain coolant if you are fast enough...
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Well, now the gas gauge is messing up. It will stop where it is . When the temp gauge just decides to randomly start working, the gas gauge will start working also. Im thinking it might be something with that side of the cluster.
 

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When I turn the key on should the temp and fuel gauge wires be hot? Cause they arent.
 

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Ok, when I was putting it back in the temp gauge and gas gauge werent working so I stuck my hand back behind the cluster and just moved a bunch of the wires around and the gauges went to the correct position.

I checked the wires and the two for these gauges dont have any cuts or anything.
 

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UPDATE: I drove it last night and the speedo wasnt working at first but I was mad and kind of hit the dash and the speedo slowly started working. Later that night the temp gauge just decided to go to H

Does anyone know what I should do? Im about to just individually tape up every singe wire. It seems like they are getting "interference" from other wires.
 
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