Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hi all,

I am having some issues with the dash gauges since i got this new zook a while back. it was all occuring before i did the engine swap so i doubt the issue is the temp sender unit etc.

ISSUE: Fuel gauge starts at quarter and up. found that out the fun way (no fuel on the highway )
and the temp gauge goes way up as soon as i have been driving for about a minute. i had replaced the thermostat and all coolant and the issue continues. i would assume that it isnt the temp sender as it occurred with the old engine and this engine never had issues in my other zook.
i am thinking that it may be a dodgy earth or some such thing. any know where the earths for the dash are located?
was going to maybe put a WT dash cluster in if i could source one..

anyways any thoughts ideas would be appreciated.. i may just pull the dash apart and see if i can get behind the gauges and have a look.

cheers

cheers mate sounds about right.. ill check all grounds etc tomorrow.

fuel tank has a big dent in the bottom left.. didnt think of that. cheers!

will update with my progress

Gday,

I noticed something interesting today while I was driving....
The stock temp gauge, which I had tried to hard to get working in the past, and hasnt worked for years, the needle started moving up.... it went all the way to the top... so I concluded that the wire was earthing in the engine bay somewhere...

Sure enough it was touching the engine block....
I had formerly put the gauge down to being broken... but if its taking a reading when being earthed, I thought I would experiment...

I have a aftermarker temp gauge sitting on the dash, which has a black wire going from the sender to the gauge itself... I snipped the wire and joined it up to the yellow stock wire which goes to the old gauge... took the car for a drive... no reading... I then stopped and earthed the yellow, and the needle started to move...

My question: Is the gti temp sender different from the stock sierra sender on the G13a engines? If yes, will it screw into the gti engine?
I really want to get rid of this 2 inch monstrosity sitting on my dashboard....


Cheers,
Martin

if engine is coping at low revs but not at hwy revs it could be a partly blocked rad. when revs are up water doesnt stay in rad long enough to cool thus overheating.