Temp gauge
the temp gauge in my 87 Milano suddenly stopped registering, the car is new to me so any help would be appreciated. Kerry
From my experience gauges rarely fail, however they don't last forever either. try putting a load on the gauge to test if the needle moves if so you probably have two faulty senders on your hands. I'm pretty sure I did something like this a couple of years back when I experienced a similar problem. I ended up getting a brand new sender and all was good.
Nick
GTV630
GTV630
-
Alfa GTV6 NZ
- Gold
- Posts: 87
- Joined: Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:39 am
- Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Clean the threads in the head and the sender to be sure there is conductivity through the sender, motor and back to chassis ground.
As an experiment, you could solder a small ground wire to a copper washer of the correct size to fit over the sender, fit the sender in its usual location and connect the wire to chassis ground. Bring the car up to temp as usual. If there is no change, you could have a faulty sender or a gauge. If it works, you had an earth problem. If it doesn't, substitue one at a time and see how you go..
As an experiment, you could solder a small ground wire to a copper washer of the correct size to fit over the sender, fit the sender in its usual location and connect the wire to chassis ground. Bring the car up to temp as usual. If there is no change, you could have a faulty sender or a gauge. If it works, you had an earth problem. If it doesn't, substitue one at a time and see how you go..
Transaxle Alfas Haul More Arse
