Jumpy water temp guage
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Jumpy water temp guage
I just replaced my thermostat this weekend. I didn't think it was bad, but replaced it anyway. To my surprise, it's running a little bit warmer. Now the needle gets up to the O in Normal, but the odd thing is that when idling at a light, the needle jumps pretty quickly between the N and R and back every 20 seconds or so. Do you think the new thermostat is just cycling? I also just replaced the radiator. I have an early 95, water pump inlet is cast as part of the pump, this was a new Standt 205 thermostat.
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Thanks, I'll check the sender connection. Entirely possible that it got bumped in the course of thermostat swap. I think the air should be out of it after 50 miles or so, but that could be too.
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