Comments on: T100 Temperature Gauge Question http://www.toyotatrucksclub.com/t100-temperature-gauge-question Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:58:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.toyotatrucksclub.com/t100-temperature-gauge-question/comment-page-1#comment-5881 admin Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:58:45 +0000 http://www.toyotatrucksclub.com/t100-temperature-gauge-question#comment-5881 <p>Freebird wrote: <br /> </p><p>> I have a '96 T-100, 5 speed, two-wheel drive, with the 3.4 v6 engine.  The <br /> > temperature gauge acts erratic.  I'll try to describe it - if the gauge was <br /> > marked off from 1 to 10, with 1 being cold, once the engine reaches its <br /> > normal range, around 5, the gauge will jump between 3 and 5.  I asked my <br /> > mechanic and he said had not seen this.  Any ideas?  Thanks for any help. <br /> <br />Might try testing the sender and gauge, procedure usually covered in the <br /> factory service manual. <br /> </p><p>BTW, mine goes to 11 :-) <br /> </p> 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 :-)

]]> By: admin http://www.toyotatrucksclub.com/t100-temperature-gauge-question/comment-page-1#comment-5882 admin Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:58:45 +0000 http://www.toyotatrucksclub.com/t100-temperature-gauge-question#comment-5882 could be a bad connection or the sender.  but most likely it is the meter.  I <br /> have had old volt meters start bouncing around when they go bad. <br /> <p>- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -</p>>I have a '96 T-100, 5 speed, two-wheel drive, with the 3.4 v6 engine.  The <br /> >> temperature gauge acts erratic <br /> > once the engine reaches its <br /> >> normal range, around 5, the gauge will jump between 3 and 5. <br /> <br /> 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.

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