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89 vitara

Tech Talk for Suzuki owners.

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Post by sako »

new to the forum so can anyone here tell me why my temp guage goes up and down like a yo-yo never over heats but never one constant temp....

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Post by SiKiD_01 »

not sure, but it could be a loose temp sender wire...... or a faulty temp sender.
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Post by crispy zook »

its a suzuki u gota expect things like that
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Post by mtzook »

yeah, loose wire/bad connection. The temp guages in all my suzi's have always sit steady.
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Post by sako »

thank you for your help...


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Post by kimclive »

Hi Sako,

No thermostat caused mine to do that too. It ran too cold as well and locked out top gear in the auto.

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Post by mud4b »

replace the temp sender.... it is very common with all suzukis...
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Re: 89 vitara

Post by Ric »

sako wrote:new to the forum so can anyone here tell me why my temp guage goes up and down like a yo-yo never over heats but never one constant temp....

cheers ...sako...............
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