95 Civic Temp Gauge died
After I changed the radiator in my 95 Civic the Coolant temp gauge stopped
working. It doesn't appear to be running hot (the fan still comes on and you can drive it 200+ miles and it will start the next morning) but I'd really like the gauge back. I'm almost certain that I must have forgotten to plug something in but so far I have been unable to locate the sensor. thanx, David |
Re: 95 Civic Temp Gauge died
"DGB" <dgbtfs@comcast.net> wrote in
news:G-idnQMIrvJPcV7fRVn-vg@comcast.com: > After I changed the radiator in my 95 Civic the Coolant temp gauge > stopped working. It doesn't appear to be running hot (the fan still > comes on and you can drive it 200+ miles and it will start the next > morning) but I'd really like the gauge back. I'm almost certain that > I must have forgotten to plug something in but so far I have been > unable to locate the sensor. > > thanx, > David probaby right on the thermostat housing. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
Re: 95 Civic Temp Gauge died
On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:52:00 +0000, Jim Yanik wrote:
> "DGB" <dgbtfs@comcast.net> wrote in > news:G-idnQMIrvJPcV7fRVn-vg@comcast.com: > >> After I changed the radiator in my 95 Civic the Coolant temp gauge >> stopped working. It doesn't appear to be running hot (the fan still >> comes on and you can drive it 200+ miles and it will start the next >> morning) but I'd really like the gauge back. I'm almost certain that I >> must have forgotten to plug something in but so far I have been unable >> to locate the sensor. >> >> thanx, >> David > > probaby right on the thermostat housing. the sender for the gauge is on the side of the head - under the distributor. |
Re: 95 Civic Temp Gauge died
On Dec 28 2008, 1:08 pm, jim beam <spamvor...@bad.example.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:52:00 +0000, Jim Yanik wrote: > > "DGB" <dgb...@comcast.net> wrote in > >news:G-idnQMIrvJPcV7fRVn-vg@comcast.com: > > >> After I changed the radiator in my 95 Civic the Coolant temp gauge > >> stopped working. It doesn't appear to be running hot (the fan still > >> comes on and you can drive it 200+ miles and it will start the next > >> morning) but I'd really like the gauge back. I'm almost certain that I > >> must have forgotten to plug something in but so far I have been unable > >> to locate the sensor. > > >> thanx, > >> David > > > probaby right on the thermostat housing. > > the sender for the gauge is on the side of the head - under the > distributor. jeez, i was posting this exact question a couple of months ago. what is it about old civics, radiators, and temp senders? anyway, yeah, thanks to advice from here, i did find the temp sender; there are two of them. the one that's easier to find has two wires; you don't want that one, it feeds the computer. the one that feeds the temp gauge has only one wire which snaps on and off, it's smallish and sits underneath the distributor and a bit back, under the hoses. i haven't replaced it yet. to diagnose whether it's the sender or the gauge, with the ignition switch on grounding the wire from the temp sender ^^briefly^^ should send the temp gauge high. don't leave it that way, it's really more current than the gauge wants to see. if that works, then it's the sender. |
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