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March 30, 2010

T100 Temperature Gauge Question

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 6:58 am

I have a ’96 T-100, 5 speed, two-wheel drive, with the 3.4 v6 engine.  The
temperature gauge acts erratic.  I’ll try to describe it – if the gauge was
marked off from 1 to 10, with 1 being cold, once the engine reaches its
normal range, around 5, the gauge will jump between 3 and 5.  I asked my
mechanic and he said had not seen this.  Any ideas?  Thanks for any help.

Jack

2 Comments »

  1. Freebird wrote:

    > I have a ’96 T-100, 5 speed, two-wheel drive, with the 3.4 v6 engine.  The
    > temperature gauge acts erratic.  I’ll try to describe it – if the gauge was
    > marked off from 1 to 10, with 1 being cold, once the engine reaches its
    > normal range, around 5, the gauge will jump between 3 and 5.  I asked my
    > mechanic and he said had not seen this.  Any ideas?  Thanks for any help.

    Might try testing the sender and gauge, procedure usually covered in the
    factory service manual.

    BTW, mine goes to 11 :-)

    Comment by admin — March 30, 2010 @ 6:58 am

  2. could be a bad connection or the sender.  but most likely it is the meter.  I
    have had old volt meters start bouncing around when they go bad.

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    >I have a ’96 T-100, 5 speed, two-wheel drive, with the 3.4 v6 engine.  The
    >> temperature gauge acts erratic
    > once the engine reaches its
    >> normal range, around 5, the gauge will jump between 3 and 5.

    Comment by admin — March 30, 2010 @ 6:58 am

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