XL391 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Is this a common occurance? Anyone know a solution? A few months ago, I realised that my fuel gauge was over-reading (it dawned when I was trudging the garage can in hand after she emptied her tank just above the red mark...) About 4 weeks ago, the temperature gauge started heading for orbit so I pulled over and checked it out. The bottom tank was cold, the top warmish so I suspected a dickie thermostat. I took it out and drove the car to see if, as expected, it would remain cold. It didn't, the needle sat bang in the middle of the temp gauge. I took the rad cap off to see that the coolant was moving freely too. Suspecting the rad as it had seen better days, I got a second hand one off a GT/E (cheers Chris ). Plumbed everything in today, new rad and thermostat and headed for the hills for a test drive. The gauge once again took off like a stabbed rat before stopping just short of the red and staying there. Again, opened up and checked, the rad was hot, took the cap off and although the coolant was hot, there were no great clouds of steam and the coolant seemed to be circulating. Any help much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 voltage stabilizer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Without a doubt that yeah. They are a common failure and are still about but most people make one. Not going to be much help but they are about a fiver to make from Maplins (do a search on here as I lost the details I had) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantadoc Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 I used LM317T fitted mostly inside the original case in this link here. Wifes's Kadett ended up using the "prototype" after I did this "tidy" one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith1200 Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 (edited) Edited June 20, 2010 by keith1200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XL391 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Share Posted June 21, 2010 Thanks for all your replies gents, i'll have a crack at this in the next few weeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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