coolant temp sensor placement
#7
It's Ole' Yeller!
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just curious...what type of water/coolant temp gauge do you have? From my understanding (and my own gauge...a Defi BF series), if you have an electric gauge (not mechanical = requires grounding), you won't have to ground the sender/sensor itself...the sender/sesnor head should all be connected to your gauge's central linking system via simple harness. For instance, my Defi BF gauge is all centrally linked to the Defi CPU Unit II, which powers this and all other gauges with one ground. It's called the "daisy chain."
Scroll half way down where you see "DamonB" and "DaleClark" talk about the needle positioned @ the farthest right..similar to your scenario...
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...0&page=5&pp=15
Scroll half way down where you see "DamonB" and "DaleClark" talk about the needle positioned @ the farthest right..similar to your scenario...
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...0&page=5&pp=15
Last edited by FDZero; 03-18-07 at 07:05 PM.
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#11
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Originally Posted by catch-22
now that i grounded the t the needle is pointing all the way over past 250. whats going on!!!?
A) you have it wired wrong at the gauge
B) the tip of your temp sender is contacting the inside of the tee and thus is grounded (only the outer threaded body of the sender should be grounded).
C) your sender is somehow bad
#12
naw i have all the wires hooked up right. the sensor tip doesnt look like its touching anythingits no where near the end of the tee. am gfetting power to the ignition part of the gauge and it is grounded. is there supposed to be current going through the sensor wire because there is none going to it.
#15
autometer watertemp. sportcomp electric. dont have a digital camara, but im a 100 persent positive that the wireing is right, it just seems like the sender wire isnt getting enough current because i got the gauge to go up alittle now its right on 100 degrees F
#16
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Originally Posted by DamonB
....the tip of your temp sender is contacting the inside of the tee.....
Try pulling the sender out of the 'T' and putting it into a container of hot water with a thermometer so you can compare those readings to your gauge.
Last edited by Sgtblue; 03-19-07 at 07:36 PM.
#17
Rotary Enthusiast
Maybe it's just me, but if you have the sensor T'd into the TB coolant line, that is your problem. The temperature reading is actually correct at that location. Most people have the sensor installed in the filler neck housing, or find a location to T off one of the lines comming out of the filler neck, this is where the hot coolant goes prior to entering the radiator.
#18
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Originally Posted by Trexthe3rd
Maybe it's just me, but if you have the sensor T'd into the TB coolant line, that is your problem. The temperature reading is actually correct at that location. Most people have the sensor installed in the filler neck housing, or find a location to T off one of the lines comming out of the filler neck, this is where the hot coolant goes prior to entering the radiator.