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Aug 25, 2021 17:08:32 GMT
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Helloooo; The water temperature gauge in the Wyvern (2.0 ltr Pinto) packed up last week. Up until then it's sat at 82 degrees for the 4 years I've owned it. I put a new sender in it and now it sits nicely at 110 degrees! It doesn't overheat or chuck any water out when I release the radiator cap but my question is; have you folks experienced this and is it just that the new sender and (aftermarket) gauge just don't like each other and now 82 degrees is the new 110 degrees and I should live with it and keep an eye out if it ever goes any higher than that?  |
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Aug 25, 2021 17:12:17 GMT
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On some engines there's more than one sender available, certainly for land rover engines, also if it's a replacement it may just read slightly differently
If it's not struggling with temps I wouldn't worry - said by someone who is glued to the gauges, listening to every new noise, constantly saying ' did you hear that?'🙄
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Aug 25, 2021 17:13:13 GMT
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I believe most senders work by acting as a variable resistance to earth, so is it possible that the new sender is just making better contact with the block this time around? Less sealant, something like that? That said, my gauge doesn't show an actual temperature, only a rough estimate.
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Thanks for the replies folks. I've got another sender unit on it's way. I'll give that a shot and see what, if anything, occurs. |
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Could be that the resistance isn't right. You could get a heat probe to check the temperature against the gauge and find a sensor with a different resistance if it's wrong.
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Did you put the same colour band sensor back in as what came out, there are at least 4 for different pinto applications
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Aug 28, 2021 10:35:26 GMT
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Hi, Dashboard gauges are not precision instruments so don't hold too much store by them. If the engine is not distressed and maintains a stable temperature then that is the new normal. Having said that there's nothing stopping you experimenting with different senders if it makes you more comfortable with it.
Colin
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