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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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temp guage

I drive about 4 miles to work and its been a little cold .. but i have noticed that my temp guage does not ever change.. it hardly ever goes above the c.. is that normal...
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 10:28 AM
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No, the thermostat may have failed and stuck open or your engine is actually warming up and the temp sender or gauge is bad or there is a loose or bad ground in the circuit.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 01:25 PM
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Try driving it more than 4 miles to see if it goes up. If not, I suspect a stuck Tstat in the open position. Pretty easy fix.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 03:16 PM
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the engine is getting warm.. i think its the guage.. it moves a little .. but not much.. like its bad.. isant that located under on the top of the engine.. behind the throttle body. on a 4.0 pushrod?
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 04:52 PM
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replaced guage.. still problem

i just replaced the guage and still no luck.. the needle moves a tiny bit so i think the tstat is stuck.. how do you fix that?
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 06:16 PM
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What is the difference between the thermostat sender and sensor? Me driving going to mess anything up?
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 06:28 PM
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To fix a stuck tstat, you replace it. Drain some coolant out of the radiator, remove the upper hose from where it attaches to the block. That piece is held on with 3 bolts, and the tstat (on my '91 Exploder, anyway) is located right under that.

Easy to do, especially with pics is a shop manual - get one if you don't have one.
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 04:20 AM
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i replaced tstat.. its all fixed thanks!!!
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 12:38 PM
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the sender provides the signal to the temperature gauge. The sensor tells the computer the engine temp so it knows (1)when to turn on or off the EGR system and (2) how to adjust the fuel mix.
 
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oh ok thank you!
 
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