That's some bitter cold. Mathematically, it sounds like the needle is pointing at182.5F.

 

Well its 50* here so thats not my prob. Replaced coolant temp sensor. Still same thing. It gets up to 210. Should the fan kick on then? The tstat is mechanical. The sensor electrical. When should the fan kick on? I know its when the temp sensor tells it to, but when is that? I will check ground too.

Why does the fan come on when i unplug temp sensor?

If i heat the temp sensor w a hair dryer while it runs, that def should get it to kick fan on shouldn't it?

 

Temp on sensor: 150 ish.

 

dont think the fan kicks on till 218 had the same problem with temp after new water pump t-stat and two core radiator. im gonna block off some of my rad to get the temp up, after i fix the tail light and flat i got in the woods last weekend!

 

Temp on bottom of tstat housing: 200-210. Normal.

 

Maybe the dash temp gauge is wacked/bad connection/ground.

 

How do i check that bad boy?

 

I believe u gotta pull the instrument cluster to get to the back side.

 

If you knew which terminal was for the gauge at the sender, you could ground it and the gauge should peg hot.

 

Wont hurt anythig if i ground pos of the guage will it?

 

yes

 

dont 91s still read temp from sender on back of head

 

<---put that infront of your rad

 

Back to square one. Good ol' cardboard fabbin.

 

This isnt the temp sensor for the guage on tstat housing?