gt350pilot
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Getting the CSVT ready for a family vacation so thought it would be a good time to take care of a few things before we drove a bunch of miles. So put in a new water pump (metal impeller), hoses and thermostat. While I was doing that I apparently hit the temp sending unit and broke the insulator causing it to ground out because the temp gauge was at full hot as soon as the key was on. Checked it by removing the lead and turning on the ignition to confirm and it was now cold.
So got a new sending unit and put it in. Now after running the system the gauge shows much warmer than previously. It now reads at the very end of the normal scale, pointing at the L (AKA Hot) where it previously never ran warm. This led me to thinking that I got a bad sending unit, so I replaced it with a different brand, only to have the same issue.
I don't feel that I have a thermal pocket as I have burped the system including jacking up the passenger side and squeezing the coolant tubes to force out air a couple of times with the same result on the gauge.
So in frustation, after driving the car and getting the system nice and warm (according to the gauge), I pulled back into the garage and pulled the cap off of the coolant reservoir, dropped in a thermometer and it only read 140 degrees. Now I am completely confused. Is this a symptom of a stuck thermostat? Do I have a newly neurotic gauge? Any other suggestions? Is it possible that I am still dealing with a thermal pocket somehow? I am at a loss.
Thanks for any help.
So got a new sending unit and put it in. Now after running the system the gauge shows much warmer than previously. It now reads at the very end of the normal scale, pointing at the L (AKA Hot) where it previously never ran warm. This led me to thinking that I got a bad sending unit, so I replaced it with a different brand, only to have the same issue.
I don't feel that I have a thermal pocket as I have burped the system including jacking up the passenger side and squeezing the coolant tubes to force out air a couple of times with the same result on the gauge.
So in frustation, after driving the car and getting the system nice and warm (according to the gauge), I pulled back into the garage and pulled the cap off of the coolant reservoir, dropped in a thermometer and it only read 140 degrees. Now I am completely confused. Is this a symptom of a stuck thermostat? Do I have a newly neurotic gauge? Any other suggestions? Is it possible that I am still dealing with a thermal pocket somehow? I am at a loss.
Thanks for any help.