Sounds like the instrument voltage stabilzer has gone t*tsup.
John and Muddy
Steve Mace wrote:
>
> Yes... but not on a 2.25 petrol. I suffered with this problem on the Defender
> 90 (tdi diesel). I changed the thermostat three times and still kept on going
> almost to the red. I then got a local garage to put a temperature probe down
> the dip stick tube to measure the engine oil and it came out bang on 90
> dgrees which is the correct temperature. It seems that my guage is faulty (I
> tried swapping the sender but still wrong). So now I have an extra resister in
> the sender wire so as to 'fudge' the temperature to about mid way when at
> normal running temp. Been that way since last autumn with no problems.
> One day I'll swap the guage but, heck it works this way so what's the rush?
>
> On 1 Jul 2001, at 21:48, Lance da Silva wrote:
>
> > My S111 ran very hot on the gauge, so I removed the thermostat & ordered a new
> > one. Whilst waiting for the new unit to arrive, I ran temporarily without a
> > thermostat. Now the gauge hardly comes up at all. New unit arrives, and straight
> > up to just short of the red goes the needle. Anyone encountered anything
> > similar?
> >
> >
>
> Steve
>
> 1972 SIII LtWt Green
> 1993 D90 Red
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