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Turn the heater on and temp gauge goes into red??????

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Buffalo Bill

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Turn the heater on and temp gauge goes into red??????
« on: November 06, 2011, 06:29:17 PM »
Slight panic as i have done a fair bit of work to this motor but running it to mot station today and when i turn on heater the gauge hits the roof!!!! anybody had this before??

Any help much apreciated  Bill
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Re: Turn the heater on and temp gauge goes into red??????
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2011, 06:31:25 PM »
Hi Bill,

Sounds like an earth somewhere.


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Re: Turn the heater on and temp gauge goes into red??????
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2011, 06:54:04 PM »
Its got to be an electrical problem rather than a plumbing one so annoying rather than a drama ?

Good luck with the MOT.

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Re: Turn the heater on and temp gauge goes into red??????
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2011, 08:31:58 PM »
Thanks for the replies guys makes sense to be earth/electrical as defo not overheating
everything is crossed for tomorrow.

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Re: Turn the heater on and temp gauge goes into red??????
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2011, 10:10:11 PM »
have you had the gauge working already since you changed the engine,
i had this issue 2 weeks ago, the info i had said that the temp sender was the same between disco and defender 300tdi engines, they are not , disco sender has a green end , defender one has a black end, theres lots of info on the web about gauges not working etc.
i ended up buying a new 52mm gauge and sender kit from ebay and replaced both, it reads actual temp not just an indication
300 should run at 95c

ebay no  380378149462
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Re: Turn the heater on and temp gauge goes into red??????
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2011, 11:07:19 PM »
That looks a good piece of kit and cheap. driving it back from mot station and lights/fan/dash lights/ all flickering with every bump. Bad earth is defo problem i think will find out at weekend as all mot work is getting done then(bring on the good weather). This 110 is my roadgoing one so is a 300tdi original. the other one is still sitting on drive looking sorry for its self.

Thanks Bill
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