You can buy one of those infra-red based temp sensor and then read
the temp without
touching. They are very handy, friend of my used one to confirm his
passenger rear
caliper was dragging based on the 50+ degree difference between left/
right sides of
his GM product. Replacing that improved his milage by 2 mpg btw.
On 6-Aug-06, at 12:45 PM, Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 11:15:36 -0700 Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My temp gauge is running on the cold side, a bit above 40 C, it used
to run at 100 C. I figure it is either the sensor it's self or a
thermostat stuck open. Any thought on how to proceed would be
appreciated?
Most likely is the thermostat. If you don't have a thermometer to
verify the head temperature a good first bet is to just replace it.
If it's 40 C, you can touch that. If it's 100 C, you can't touch that.
So, try to touch the head.
Craig
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