Temperature Gauge
#1
Temperature Gauge
Hello.
The problem is that the temp gauge its not stuck but in fact:
normal: C - - - - -| - - - - - H
mine: C - \-- - - - - - - - H
You can see whats wrong, i mean when the car its cold when it stay low till it heats up but the gauge doesnt not go to the middle.
i believe that When it goes to what in a working right gauge is normal mine ranger is hot.
So i read here that maybe cleaning the sensor cable and socket will fix it, but i dont know where is that, i found this:
Is that the one?
If its not could you point me near where the sensor is located please:
Thanks in advance
The problem is that the temp gauge its not stuck but in fact:
normal: C - - - - -| - - - - - H
mine: C - \-- - - - - - - - H
You can see whats wrong, i mean when the car its cold when it stay low till it heats up but the gauge doesnt not go to the middle.
i believe that When it goes to what in a working right gauge is normal mine ranger is hot.
So i read here that maybe cleaning the sensor cable and socket will fix it, but i dont know where is that, i found this:
Is that the one?
If its not could you point me near where the sensor is located please:
Thanks in advance
#3
I havent checked that since its hoot in here, will try later,
The problem is that the gauge works i think, but in a wrong way i mean, when mine is near the "N" of "normal" i know the truck is hot (because i hear the fan revving)
EDIT: i checked if the A/C on hot works and it does.
The problem is that the gauge works i think, but in a wrong way i mean, when mine is near the "N" of "normal" i know the truck is hot (because i hear the fan revving)
EDIT: i checked if the A/C on hot works and it does.
Last edited by SmopuiM; 11-01-2010 at 03:30 PM.
#4
#5
And i have reasons to believe that when mine gauge is on the o in "Normal" (middle of the gauge) the truck is running hot.
#6
It may not be "normal" compared to other trucks, but on our rangers I do believe it is normal. They are just designed that way.
#7
well I agree, mine RARELY gets up halfway, and thats only when I'm idling with the A/C running full blast for an extended period. Normally it never gets above 1/4 of the way up.
It may not be "normal" compared to other trucks, but on our rangers I do believe it is normal. They are just designed that way.
It may not be "normal" compared to other trucks, but on our rangers I do believe it is normal. They are just designed that way.
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I bought my daughter a '93 Ranger with the 2.3 a couple of years ago. She was in auto tech class in high school last year so I had her flush the radiator, replace the T-stat, plugs, wire and a few other similar type maintenance items, in class under the teachers watch. Her temp gauge never got above the C before or after. The truck only has 40,000 miles on it and it sat for several years before we got it.
Now that the weather has cooled off (actually turned cold) she has no heat. The temp gauge barely moves. The radiator doesn't get hot, the engine doesn't get hot, the hoses don't get hot. You will get a little heat when you are driving but when you stop and it's at idle, no heat.
I would normally think that the t-stat was stuck open but it was replaced less than a year ago.
Replace it again? It is a pain to replace on that motor!
Now that the weather has cooled off (actually turned cold) she has no heat. The temp gauge barely moves. The radiator doesn't get hot, the engine doesn't get hot, the hoses don't get hot. You will get a little heat when you are driving but when you stop and it's at idle, no heat.
I would normally think that the t-stat was stuck open but it was replaced less than a year ago.
Replace it again? It is a pain to replace on that motor!
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I bought my daughter a '93 Ranger with the 2.3 a couple of years ago. She was in auto tech class in high school last year so I had her flush the radiator, replace the T-stat, plugs, wire and a few other similar type maintenance items, in class under the teachers watch. Her temp gauge never got above the C before or after. The truck only has 40,000 miles on it and it sat for several years before we got it.
Now that the weather has cooled off (actually turned cold) she has no heat. The temp gauge barely moves. The radiator doesn't get hot, the engine doesn't get hot, the hoses don't get hot. You will get a little heat when you are driving but when you stop and it's at idle, no heat.
I would normally think that the t-stat was stuck open but it was replaced less than a year ago.
Replace it again? It is a pain to replace on that motor!
Now that the weather has cooled off (actually turned cold) she has no heat. The temp gauge barely moves. The radiator doesn't get hot, the engine doesn't get hot, the hoses don't get hot. You will get a little heat when you are driving but when you stop and it's at idle, no heat.
I would normally think that the t-stat was stuck open but it was replaced less than a year ago.
Replace it again? It is a pain to replace on that motor!
I've thought about replace the water pump but if it was not working I would think that the engine would get hot and likely overheat.
Any suggestions?
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I just went through the same situation with my 98. Turned out that the heater core was plugged. I back flushed the system and now everything works fine. Before the flush my heater didn't work at all, the temp gauge would go up and down at random times, and my gas mileage got worse the colder the outside temp got.
Bottom line: check the heater hoses and if both don't get hot it's the heater core.
Bottom line: check the heater hoses and if both don't get hot it's the heater core.
#21
temp gauge problem
I have a 91 ranger and ever since ive had it the temp gauge hasnt moved i replaced the sending unit and that didnt help so i bought an aftermarket temp gauge and it hasnt moved until one day i was 4wheelin in it and it got so hot that the radiator cap had to release pressure but then the temp guage only went to about 110 degreese what could be the problem??
#24
justin, did you replace the sensor too, i'm replacing both the sensor and the sender tomorrow, so hopefully that works, i mean my guage sticks right below normal, sticks all the time off or on, and last night after i had just driven like 40 miles in all i decided to drop to cold, so i think mine may be the sender