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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: bombx3 on September 05, 2006, 16:40:24

Title: what can it be
Post by: bombx3 on September 05, 2006, 16:40:24

my 200tdi temperature guage reads just below the red on the end of the white bit so about three quarters . i have fitted a new sat ,rad ,and a new temp sender unit .the water pump has been checked  any ideas .Ray

Title: what can it be
Post by: Red Defender on September 05, 2006, 16:50:45

have you checked yuor oil ! silly question i know but mine starts getting warm if it drops below half way between the lines !

Title: what can it be
Post by: landraver on September 05, 2006, 17:19:18

Hi Ray, is it a genuine 200 you have or is it a retrofit?

Title: what can it be
Post by: bombx3 on September 05, 2006, 17:30:22

genuine

Title: what can it be
Post by: Bob696 on September 05, 2006, 17:38:25

Changed the guage?

Title: what can it be
Post by: bombx3 on September 05, 2006, 18:33:41

no i have not changed the gauge.but i have to spot lights on the rad front and a winch do you think that would do it

Title: what can it be
Post by: Range Rover Blues on September 06, 2006, 02:15:13

Could be the fan is goosed, the rad is silted up (oh, you said it's new) or something else is blocked.  Not unheard of for the pump to not be working.  Belt slipping?

Title: what can it be
Post by: bombx3 on September 06, 2006, 07:54:05

just removed the spots and no better .now joining matrix pipes i will be back

Title: what can it be
Post by: bombx3 on September 06, 2006, 09:14:46

no better :(  :(  :(  :(  :(  :(  :(

Title: what can it be
Post by: Ja1983 on September 08, 2006, 12:25:28

round town mine stays around halfway, but down the motorway (reading a top speed of 60mph.. although probly round 70 due to wheel size) it goes up to the edge of the white, only rarely off it, but seems to be fine..

you tried a good service? clogged filters make the enigine work more, so do other restrictions like siezed brakes etc.. worth checking over  :wink:

Title: what can it be
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on September 08, 2006, 19:25:05

gauge, its the only thing left :shock:

first thing i would do is see if its overhaeting or its an electrical problem.
you can do this by buying a non-contact thermometer. and measuring the accual temp on the rad, and see if it is the same as what is being displayed on the dash.

Title: what can it be
Post by: bombx3 on September 08, 2006, 20:07:04

yea just got one what a tool, my problem is electric so  i noticed the gauge was not earthed problem solved thanks all