dragon green 5 Posted June 17, 2008 my temperature sender hasnt worked for a while, picked up a couple from the local breakers, but both read 50c ! Bought a new 1 from the stealers (£21.00) and yes you guessed it 50c ! Anybody had this trouble before ? Or am i flogging a dead horse ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidwort 0 Posted June 17, 2008 that's the maximum reading I guess, something is shorted out me thinks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon green 5 Posted June 17, 2008 A short sounds good ! any idea where to look ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidwort 0 Posted June 17, 2008 think you're going to have to trace the wiring colour back to the dash, inspecting on the way, I suppose it's worth checking the feed to the sender that should be live with a multimeter and perhaps earthing the sender to a good earth if you get a good live feed, I'm not sure which way round they work, but I'd imagine they earth out gradually reducing in resistance until you reach max temp and no resistance from the sensor, I suppose you could heat the sensor with a hairdryer and check the resistance with a multimeter to confirm. I'm not an electrician... you might have guessed :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
