 BigMark Oil Temp Gauge Wacky on a 6 - Help, Any electrical experts out there? |
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| RickS |
 Jun 12 2011, 11:14 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 17-April 06 From: 'False City', WA Member No.: 5,880 Region Association: None  |
Bought one of BigMark's excellent quad gauges (oil temp, pressure, fuel and volts). When oil temp was connected to the 2 ltr four, when the car was cold, the temp would show zero and then gain as the engine warms. With the new 3.0 6, the gauge when starting a cold motor shows ~ 125* and then climbs from there. Seeing temps around 250+ can be a bit disconserting, until you do the math. BigMark doesn't have a solution for the gauge readings. I used a Porsche temp sender as well as one Mark included and they both read about the same.
Soooooooooo... any thoughts on how to recalibrate the temp gauge or sender to accurately reflec the actual temps? What is going on here? Much grass. |
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| Mike Bellis |
Jun 12 2011, 11:20 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,345 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None 
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Install an engine ground strap.
If the sending units are the same value and the only difference is the engine, it is a difference in resistance to ground giving you the reading. |
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| RickS |
Jun 14 2011, 09:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 17-April 06 From: 'False City', WA Member No.: 5,880 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(kg6dxn @ Jun 12 2011, 10:20 PM)  Install an engine ground strap. If the sending units are the same value and the only difference is the engine, it is a difference in resistance to ground giving you the reading. Unfortunately there is a ground strap from the trans to the underside of the rear trunk just behind the center of the muffler. Must be a compatibility problem between the sender and the guage - McMark, is there a specific rating or nomeclature for the gauge which must match the sender? |
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RickS BigMark Oil Temp Gauge Wacky on a 6 - Help Jun 12 2011, 11:14 PM
McMark I don't have a solution for you, but.
Differe... Jun 12 2011, 11:17 PM McMark Again... not my gauges. :rolleyes:
But, I think ... Jun 14 2011, 10:20 PM
RickS
Again... not my gauges. :rolleyes:
But, I think... Jun 14 2011, 10:27 PM rick 918-S if the sender and gauge aren't talking the sam... Jun 14 2011, 10:32 PM ConeDodger Did you by any chance use pipe thread tape on the ... Jun 14 2011, 10:43 PM RickS
Did you by any chance use pipe thread tape on the... Jun 15 2011, 10:50 PM |
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