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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 09:14 PM
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my temp gauge works when it wants. ill start the car and it will be dead, not even a little jump. ill be driving for about 30 min and all of a sudden it will start working and it will drop back to zero what could it be.
 
Old Feb 5, 2011 | 09:17 PM
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Coolant Temprature Sensor. Ours was doing the same thing, and it cured it.

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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 460Jetboat
Coolant Temprature Sensor.

Ken
that..
 
Old Feb 5, 2011 | 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 460Jetboat
Coolant Temprature Sensor. Ours was doing the same thing, and it cured it.

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thanks I'm going to check that out i think they run about 28-40 bucks if i remember
 
Old Feb 6, 2011 | 02:01 AM
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but did any of you guys get a check engine light. because i haven't
 
Old Feb 6, 2011 | 02:12 AM
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If it warms up at idle and cools down as you drive, I'd bet thermostat.
 
Old Feb 6, 2011 | 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by rocky_mtn_a4
If it warms up at idle and cools down as you drive, I'd bet thermostat.
no it just works when it wants i might be driving on the high way and ill see the little needle start moving up and ill look at it just go back down. like today when i got off work it started to go up about midway home and did not move from the first little bar on the temp gauge
 
Old Feb 6, 2011 | 03:16 AM
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i never had a CEL. just a non working gauge
 
Old Feb 6, 2011 | 08:36 AM
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i never had a CEL. just a non working gauge
sweet so that could be the case with me. oh btw SOCH FTW i rock a d16z6 on my drag crx
 
Old Feb 6, 2011 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Got_A4
sweet so that could be the case with me. oh btw SOCH FTW i rock a d16z6 on my drag crx
lol, yea i have had this name since like 03 when i had my civic, and well it has just stuck with me ever since
 



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