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Old 06-16-08, 09:50 PM
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coolant gauge not working. :\

Hello all. I just repaired a car, that had a standalone installed in it. I took the engine out that had the standalone, and replaced it with a NA-T engine, with stock ECU. (so I took the standalone out, microtech btw) Everything is almost working, and for the first time in my FC career, I have a working oil pressure gauge!!! BUT my coolant gauge is not working. I have the yellow white wire plugged into the coolant sender under the oil pedestal but no go. I am guessing the person that had the car before me did something to cause this.

Any recommendations? Can I just run a wire from the sender to the gauge or does the ECU need to have this information also?

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nevermind, figured it out. The yellow white wire by the ECU was cut, and I soldered it back, but it doesn't seem to be working. I think the wire is damaged. I am going to replace the wire a little further up the line and see if that helps. Im pretty sure it will.
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The ECU gets it's info about the water temps from the water thermosensor off the back of the water pump; the guage gets it's info from a sensor in the rear iron. The guage and it's sensor are completely independant from the ECU.
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