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Subject:Re: Diesel: Temp gauge gone crazy
From:David Beierl
Date:Sat, 26 Jan 2002 21:25:01 -0500

At 08:03 PM 1/26/2002, Gnarlodious wrote:
>Entity David Beierl spoke thus:
> > your sender is internally shorting to ground, or the sender wire is
> > shorting to ground somewhere along its length.
>OK, I understand.
>There appears to be two sensors, one at the flywheel end of the head and
>another in the outlet where the thermostat is. What is the difference
>between these two sensors since they look the same and have the same
>connector?

Beats me Rachel, I've never seen one (though I'd suspect the one by the
thermostat).  Unplug it and watch the temp needle go to zero.

d

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