Orangewebdev

So the temperature gauge started acting up. jumping around sporadically. And saying the car was overheating. But I dont think it was.

Then my wife noticed the temperature gauge looked like it had a wet spot. It was the only gauge like that.

My theory is maybe the gauge coil is overheating and melting the plastic face of the gauage.

I have no idea where to start. The sender, the gauge, replacing the whole dash.

My first thought was to replace the gauge. So I picked one up at the junkyard and thw bolt pattern is different and the cool coil is smaller. Lol.

So I thought before I go back for another I'd ask here and see if anyone had a better theory.

Anyone here experience this before?

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

T40sx

i've recently been through this year FSM for the past two weeks. lol the switch is a single wire sender, just translates temperature as resistance. you COULD switch clusters to see if it fixes it. i'd check the sending switch myself. you can get a test done via FSM just reads if it's in range or not.

Tony

Orangewebdev

Fsm?

T40sx

factory service manual. it's the guide to all things (this year.)