Temp gauge maxxed out after ignition..?
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Temp gauge maxxed out after ignition..?
I feel like an idiot asking this because I looked through two dozen threads on temp gauge issues without finding my answer, but here's the deal:
'95 civic dx, z6 swapped, si cluster, water pump and thermostat replaced last week. My temp gauge shoots up to max immediately after ignition, and I feel like that is a pretty stand-out issue with one prominent solution that I haven't found yet. From my reading I gathered there are three main sensors in the cooling system. I'm hoping this problem is signature of one of those three sensors being bad, I just don't know which one. I'm going to swap out clusters tomorrow to see if that does anything...
'95 civic dx, z6 swapped, si cluster, water pump and thermostat replaced last week. My temp gauge shoots up to max immediately after ignition, and I feel like that is a pretty stand-out issue with one prominent solution that I haven't found yet. From my reading I gathered there are three main sensors in the cooling system. I'm hoping this problem is signature of one of those three sensors being bad, I just don't know which one. I'm going to swap out clusters tomorrow to see if that does anything...
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Re: Temp gauge maxxed out after ignition..?
Hmmm possibly. I reground all the ground wires, but you're saying one of the signal wires is possibly grounding out? I'm pretty sure they're all well wrapped, but I can check tomorrow.
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Yeah it obviously doesn't make sense that it overheats immediately after ignition so I would def re-check all wires. Sounds like a bad signal somewhere..
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Re: Temp gauge maxxed out after ignition..?
Sorry for the delay, I decided to replace the clutch and flywheel over the weekend. But today I unplugged the 1-wire temp sender unit and the temp gauge does in fact read cold now. I haven't gotten around to swapping clusters yet, but since unplugging that sender wire affected the reading on the gauge, does that mean the cluster is fine..? Electrical problems are not my forte...
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Re: Temp gauge maxxed out after ignition..?
Replaced the temp sender unit today with a brand new one...still the same problem. Gauge reads cold when the one-wire sender is unplugged, maxxed out when plugged in. I picked up another cluster that I could try swapping in unless you think it's something else?
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