Stupid Coolant Gauge Wire!

PETC · 07-21-2006, 01:19 AM

Okay... so It was dark, I couldn't see very well, and then all of a sudden my car starts making a HORRIBLE noise.

Turns out I ran over some BARBED WIRE!!!! What the hell... anyways, pulled over to figure out what I had run over, and as I was pulling over I noticed my coolant gauge no longer worked. Figured whatever I had run over had riped the line off of the ground it was connected to.

I figured right. Found the connector... but for the life of me can't find the stupid ground anymore! Where is it? I think I remember it being on the tranny, but maybe it's somewhere else.

Not the temp sensor for the ECU, but the one for the gauge in the cockpit!

Thanks guys.

PETC · 07-21-2006, 01:43 AM

Well, after much swearing and burning of my hands I found it.

I was too impatient to let the car cool down, so I just sprayed the hot areas with canned air upside-down so it sprayed instant-freeze on them. Stoped my hands from getting too burned!

PHOENIX · 07-21-2006, 01:46 AM

lol, nice trick. The wire was probably in the last place you could look.

07-21-2006, 01:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
PETC √(176400) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 2,690 Thanks: 43 Thanked 65 Times in 53 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (4/100% )	Stupid Coolant Gauge Wire! Okay... so It was dark, I couldn't see very well, and then all of a sudden my car starts making a HORRIBLE noise. Turns out I ran over some BARBED WIRE!!!! What the hell... anyways, pulled over to figure out what I had run over, and as I was pulling over I noticed my coolant gauge no longer worked. Figured whatever I had run over had riped the line off of the ground it was connected to. I figured right. Found the connector... but for the life of me can't find the stupid ground anymore! Where is it? I think I remember it being on the tranny, but maybe it's somewhere else. Not the temp sensor for the ECU, but the one for the gauge in the cockpit! Thanks guys.

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07-21-2006, 01:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
PETC √(176400) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 2,690 Thanks: 43 Thanked 65 Times in 53 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (4/100% )	Well, after much swearing and burning of my hands I found it. I was too impatient to let the car cool down, so I just sprayed the hot areas with canned air upside-down so it sprayed instant-freeze on them. Stoped my hands from getting too burned!

07-21-2006, 01:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
PHOENIX Beams Owners Group Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Hiatus....... Posts: 9,266 Thanks: 92 Thanked 292 Times in 224 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (49/100% )	lol, nice trick. The wire was probably in the last place you could look.