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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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Anybody know how to fix the overhead temp guage? Mine reads -40*f, all the time.

I don't know if it is the sensor, sender, readout... Any ideas?
 
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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 08:21 PM
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Try disconnecting the battery for 10 minutes or so maybe, IDK
 
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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 08:49 PM
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Stay off the ICE ROADand move to Florida
 
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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 08:55 PM
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Stay off the ICE ROADand move to Florida
I know, right! I'm in Texas, so I know it's not really that cold.
 
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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 09:23 PM
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I see your sig says your driving a 2001, but there is a TSB for a similar problem in the 2006 model year.

Here is the TSB 08-026-06 for the overhead temperature problem.
 
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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 09:53 PM
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Fixed mine by unpluging and replugging the sensor (bad connection)
 
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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 11:03 PM
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Mine did that in my '97 Dodge 1500 after I was in an accident... figured out that the sensor was broken. I guess 40 is the default or something...
 
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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 11:08 PM
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-40* is same as open circuit
 
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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 11:31 AM
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-40* is same as open circuit
In your previous post you reconnected your sensor, where isitlocated? PLEASE tell me... I don't use the guage a whole lot, but it drives me crazy to see it.
 
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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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-40* is same as open circuit
In your previous post you reconnected your sensor, where isitlocated? PLEASE tell me... I don't use the guage a whole lot, but it drives me crazy to see it.
on the front of the front bulkhead to the left of the intercooler about halfway between the top and bottom.
 
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