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Old Jun 16, 2011 | 04:01 PM
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Temp gauge is not working on my 96 f350 psd. It stays all the way on cold. I did the ground test and the gauge didnt move but the eng temp light came on. So my ? Is the gauge be the prob or would it be the sensor
 
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 06:26 AM
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Edit: removed bad info on my part. My apologies!
 
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 06:35 AM
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There are 2 coolant temp sensor, one for the light and one for the gauge.
On OBS rigs PCM does not monitor coolant temp.

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https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...mp-sensor.html
 
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 06:54 AM
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Doh! My bad! I guess I remember that now about the PCM only monitoring the oil temperature. My apologies for the misinformation.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 07:25 AM
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The temp gauge is seriously lost most of the time anyways.
They rarely report correct info.

Coolant temp fluctuates to much. I think thats why they didnt' have PCM monitoring the coolant temp. Thats my WAG.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2011 | 08:18 AM
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Thanks for the pic. I just shorted across the left one. I will ground the one next to the t stat and see if that moves the gauge
 
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