Face <face@yahoo.com> wrote in news:face-F0CEBC.08251425102009
@newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com:

> I have a 92 Accord LX 4dr with 207k miles on it. The temperature gauge
> started acting up recently. When I start the car the gauge immediately
> goes to the top and just stays there until a few seconds after I turn
> the car off. Then it slowly drops down to the bottom. The antifreeze
> level is good and I made sure there are no bubbles in the system by
> opening the bleed bolt until the coolant runs steady with no bubbles in
> it. In fact if I turn the key to the accessory position the gauge will
> max out before the car is even started. The car runs fine otherwise.
>
> Any ideas what the problem might be? Bad gauge or bad sending unit?
>
> Thanks
>



Sounds like a bad gauge.

Unplug the sender unit, which is a one-wire thingy at the rear of the
header (opposite end from the timing belt). If the gauge still acts the
same, the gauge is bad. If the gauge then does nothing, then the sender is
bad.

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Tegger

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