7.3 Coolant Temp Shows Elevated W/Cold Eng
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7.3 Coolant Temp Shows Elevated W/Cold Eng
My 2000 F350 lately has been showing the coolant to be on the low end of normal on the gauge, even when it has been sitting out below freezing temps, shut down for days.
While warming up the temp will eventually start coming up. It's just that my starting point on the cold truck is already slightly warm.
I assumed I needed a new ECT sensor for my motor. Went to the dealer for it and they didn't know which sensor is for ECU and which is for the gauge. In a google search someone showed a pic of the sensor near the coolant intake being the one I should replace.
Am I on the right track for this problem?
Anyone know for sure if the one next to the coolant hose inlet is the gauge sender?
Anyone know the actual motorcraft part number for the sender?
Anything else I should be looking at?
Thanks,
John
While warming up the temp will eventually start coming up. It's just that my starting point on the cold truck is already slightly warm.
I assumed I needed a new ECT sensor for my motor. Went to the dealer for it and they didn't know which sensor is for ECU and which is for the gauge. In a google search someone showed a pic of the sensor near the coolant intake being the one I should replace.
Am I on the right track for this problem?
Anyone know for sure if the one next to the coolant hose inlet is the gauge sender?
Anyone know the actual motorcraft part number for the sender?
Anything else I should be looking at?
Thanks,
John
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Unplug the sensor, if the dash gauge goes to cold then the sensor is probably bad. If not then the gauge in the cluster might be defective.
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Thanks Jim, I'll pull the wire this afternoon and check it out.
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