 OIL TEMP GAUGE, WTF!!?!?!?!?!? |
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| TINCAN914 |
 Sep 12 2006, 08:27 PM
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Summer's Commin...  Group: Members Posts: 2,440 Joined: 18-August 05 From: Colorado Springs, CO. Member No.: 4,611 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
I bought a temp gauge at a FLAPS a couple of weeks ago. Have it mounted, ran the car for a while. Finally after about 10 minutes, the needle started to climb, cool it's working, but it didn't stop. Continued to climb over about 30 seconds until it was maxed. What is going on??? Is it just a crap gauge, or did I do something wrong? I used the sender that came with it. Just ordered a VDO gauge from Pelican with the sender. Another dumb mistake,???? help!!! I wanted to get this last thing done before RRC....
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| Elliot_Cannon |
Sep 12 2006, 08:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,922 Joined: 26-March 03 From: Orange County Ca Member No.: 480 Region Association: None |
I think sender and the gauge come as a set and have to be used that way. You can't use a gauge that didn't come with the sender. Use the gauge that came with the sender and it should work.
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| Allan |
Sep 12 2006, 08:40 PM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
When I was at Buttonwillow my oil temp gauge pegged as I was leaving. I quickly turned around to catch Brad before he left. Told him what happened and he assured me that it was an electrical problem and that if a wire comes loose the gauge will peg.
I drove the 45 minutes home a little nervous but when I got to looking, sure enough the wire had pulled out of the connector at the sender. Replaced the connector and hooked it up. Problem solved. |
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| TINCAN914 |
Sep 12 2006, 08:43 PM
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Summer's Commin... Group: Members Posts: 2,440 Joined: 18-August 05 From: Colorado Springs, CO. Member No.: 4,611 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Elliot,
I used the sender that came with the gauge. The connector is on tight Allan.. |
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| TROJANMAN |
Sep 12 2006, 08:47 PM
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Looks nice in pictures......... Group: Members Posts: 5,270 Joined: 5-March 04 From: Colorado Member No.: 1,753 Region Association: None |
brian,
i think you're screwed. you have probably already ruined your engine beyond repair. i will give you $500 to take the car of fyour hands |
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| TINCAN914 |
Sep 12 2006, 09:00 PM
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Summer's Commin... Group: Members Posts: 2,440 Joined: 18-August 05 From: Colorado Springs, CO. Member No.: 4,611 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
QUOTE(TROJANMAN @ Sep 12 2006, 06:47 PM)  brian, i think you're screwed. you have probably already ruined your engine beyond repair. i will give you $500 to take the car of fyour hands Oh gosh let me think....... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif) |
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| mikelsr |
Sep 12 2006, 09:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 657 Joined: 2-January 05 From: Mahomet, IL Member No.: 3,390 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I am in the process of adding VDO temp and pressure gauges to my /6. The instructions were very explicit about the size wire for the ground wire for the gauges. They want a 14 gauge wire for each ground and a separate ground for each gauge. How's your wiring?
I have the sender units in, wires run, and I am putting the gauges in an A-pillar gauge holder. |
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| 904svo |
Sep 12 2006, 09:11 PM
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904SVO Group: Members Posts: 1,118 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Woodstock,Georgia Member No.: 5,146 |
Which temp gauge do you have, should be 300 deg with a matching sender unit,
on the sender unit it should tell you the temp range this should match you gauge. If your gauge don't have any number on it look inside the gauge on the edge you should see the temp marking for that gauge. |
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| TINCAN914 |
Sep 13 2006, 06:01 AM
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Summer's Commin... Group: Members Posts: 2,440 Joined: 18-August 05 From: Colorado Springs, CO. Member No.: 4,611 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Mike,
I don't recall the gauge brand off hand, but it did come wuth the sender unit. It's not a VDO gauge, I just ordered that last night, with a new sender. I hope that is the problem. The wiring is new for the gauge, unfortunaley the instructions for this unit are pretty vauge. I am wondering if the unit is not getting a good ground? Could this be the problem? We used plumbers tape on the threads to get a good seal, and I wonder if that might be causing the bad ground.... Max temp on it is 325. I will take a look at it laster this morning.. |
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| grasshopperSR |
Sep 13 2006, 08:24 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 6-May 06 From: South Georgia Member No.: 5,994 |
Two things. We had the same problem:
1. The sender has to be a 911 sender to match the VDO taht Pelican sells. 2. Make sure the wiring is nowhere near heat. We melted some insulation where it was close to the exchanger. We trimmed the wire, got it away from heat and it perfectly matches the dipstick thermometer now. (hot) |
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