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(Message started by: conoflex on Jan 2^nd, 2011, 2:39pm)

Title: temperature gauge
Post by conoflex on Jan 2^nd, 2011, 2:39pm

I started to have a problem my temperature gauge a few weeks ago it stays cold and just rises to the top of the blue bit, but if I leave it idle for around 15-20 minutes it goes to normal temp(half way) then drive somewhaere it stays there tiil I stop.
Then when it's cooled down does same thing stays in cold range, doesn't seem to be causing any problems as heater is working ok.
Just wondering why it would do this.

Andy

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by Simmo on Jan 2^nd, 2011, 6:34pm

Have a look at This page (http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/coolanttempgauge.htm) and see if that helps. If not how about the thermostat or the actual sender unit?.What model/engine do you have?.

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by conoflex on Jan 7^th, 2011, 6:13pm

on 01/02/11 at 18:34:53, Simmo wrote:

Have a look at This page (http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/coolanttempgauge.htm) and see if that helps. If not how about the thermostat or the actual sender unit?.What model/engine do you have?.

Thanks, I think it's the sender unit.
Errr 98 cossy estate, does say in my avatar :D

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by conoflex on Jan 8^th, 2011, 2:39pm

This starting to annoy me now,
Sorted gauge out BUT heater is not blowing hot at all but temp gauge is in "normal" zone, anyone had any like this happen ?
ifd so how did you cure it.

thanks, Andy

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by Jonnycab on Jan 8^th, 2011, 4:30pm

If the heater was working fine before, then it sounds like you may have an airlock in the heater matrix.

THIS (http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=admin;action=display;num=1267895712) page might help :)

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by conoflex on Jan 10^th, 2011, 10:23am

Thanks, but would that just happen overnight ??? and if so why

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by Highlander on Jan 10^th, 2011, 10:37am

on 01/08/11 at 14:39:00, conoflex wrote:

This starting to annoy me now,
Sorted gauge out BUT heater is not blowing hot at all but temp gauge is in "normal" zone, anyone had any like this happen ?
ifd so how did you cure it.

thanks, Andy

How did you sort the gauge?

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by Jonnycab on Jan 10^th, 2011, 11:17am

on 01/10/11 at 10:23:11, conoflex wrote:

Thanks, but would that just happen overnight ??? and if so why

If you replaced the gauge sender, then you had to drain the system (partially). When re-filling, it's sometimes possible for an air pocket to remain in the system :)

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by conoflex on Jan 12^th, 2011, 3:32pm

It was a wire connector that wasn't connecting ;)
I didn't do it myself owing to now being disabled, so that was what I was told then when I used it no hot air.
Just come back from hospital 12 mile or so round trip no heat gauge reading normal temp (should have left it alone least I was warm).

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by Jonnycab on Jan 12^th, 2011, 11:21pm

Okay, so maybe not an airlock then.....have you tried a climate control reset ? :)

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/ccreset.htm

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by conoflex on Jan 13^th, 2011, 11:20am

on 01/12/11 at 23:21:07, Jonnycab wrote:

Okay, so maybe not an airlock then.....have you tried a climate control reset ? :)

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/ccreset.htm

Thanks, just done that myself. will take it for a run later and see how it is then.

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by conoflex on Jan 14^th, 2011, 4:27pm

Still the same, colder inside the car than outside :'(

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by Highlander on Jan 14^th, 2011, 4:29pm

are the heater pipes going into the bulkhead hot?

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by conoflex on Jan 21^st, 2011, 12:00pm

ARGHHH! Spot the idiot time ME! :-[
When I checked the expansion tank water level I just looked at the max\min marks saw what I thought was water level, Turned out to be a dark mark in between where min\max marks are.
SO when I took the cap off the water level was just showing at the bottom topped it up let it run for a few minutes topped up to just a bit over max line put cap on and fanny's yer aunt hot heater again. :-[ :-[
Typical my tells me later the same day that it happened in his scorpio too!! water dropped abit below mininum and he had no heat either. ;D

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by Jonnycab on Jan 22^nd, 2011, 2:30am

::) ....I suppose at some point, we've all been guilty of overlooking the obvious ;D

Title: Re: temperature gauge
Post by Mike H on Jan 27^th, 2011, 4:55pm

on 01/21/11 at 12:00:04, conoflex wrote:

Turned out to be a dark mark in between where min\max marks are.

Yep they do that! Always have to take my filler cap off to be sure as well