Blake, Valerie, Mike, Bob, Neil, David, Mark and Kathy, et al:
Many thanks for your varied suggestions as to what the problem may be.
Tomorrow we go through the list and see what the problem is. I'm hoping
it's the needle stuck on its rest stop myself.
Cheers and thanks listers!
Dave Houser
Bullwinkle wrote:
> Dave:
>
> If the thermostat is stuck, you'd normally have/feel
> little heat in the radiator. As the hose is warm that
> probably is not the problem. Verify first that there
> is enough coolant in the radiator. If the coolant
> falls below the level of the sender, unlikely in an A
> likely in a TD, then the sensor doesn't read
> correctly. If you have enough coolant, try warming up
> the engine again, but as it heats up tap on the gauge,
> or pound on the dash, as the gauge might be stuck.
> This could be quite likely be the problem if the gauge
> was operating correctly when you shut the engine down.
>
> Blake
>
> TD
> Vintage Racer Twin Cam
> Twin Cam
> 240Z
> Honda CA160
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