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Old 05-08-2003, 07:33 PM
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Default Temp guage went off charts

Well, test run #2 on my engine rebuild went well, except for the temp guage which pegged itself to a horizontal position. Pointing toward 3 o'clock. And that was before the engine had time to warm up!

I checked the wiring and the connector and it worked well before the rebuild.

Any ideas?

Oh, and it stayed there after I turned the car off!

Thanks as always :confused:
Old 05-08-2003, 09:00 PM
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I would check to see if the wires got burnt by the exhaust, check wires, and if it stays pegged then the guage is probably bad.
Old 05-09-2003, 01:54 AM
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Default Re: Temp guage went off charts (dlw)

i had this same problem when i had the 383 installed (scaired the crap out of me) turned out it was just wiring(sorry i cant spell)

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