Re: OVERHEATING

Posted by WILLIS BIRKS On 2012/7/27 9:18:25

Put everything back together, got a new NAPA TS6464 temperature sender and hooked it up. Started the car and the gauge went to HOT before the engine was running 10 seconds( bad gauge or wrong gauge or what?) Ran the car with a meat thermometer in the radiator for 15 minutes and never went past 180 degrees, shut it off and the temp went up past the max on the meat thermometer over 185 ++. Started the car up and the meat thermometer went down to about 180- in a minute. So it looks like the problem I have is in the probe. The probe I took out had no teflon tape on the threads, I taped the one I installed. Am I preventing the probe from having a ground? I guess I can look into replacing the idiot light with a gauge to be sure of how the engine is doing. I already have a oil pressure gauge under the hood. I am getting the retired NAPA employee discount now which really helps on getting the parts! I worked for the local NAPA for a few years.