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gonggg.....outside air temp!
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<blockquote data-quote="moots" data-source="post: 25190" data-attributes="member: 219"><p>was driving at the national speed limits at the plus hiway when suddenly the gong sounded and the odo/trip meter lighted up bright showing an outside temp of -20'c!and here's the strangest part....the engine temp gauge immediately was slowly winding down and finally settled at the blue zone!stopped at the next RnR to chk...no smell,oil ok,coolant ok.called ah foo...he said meter koyat! so drove carefully monitoring the engine temp till reached my mum's place in shah alam.unlocked the obc and did the cluster christmas tree test...ok.did the outside air temp test ie test 7....temp shows -40.....hmmmm.....must be the temp sensor......wonder how that affects the engine temp indication....well.....i'll disconnect the temp sensor and see how it goes....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moots, post: 25190, member: 219"] was driving at the national speed limits at the plus hiway when suddenly the gong sounded and the odo/trip meter lighted up bright showing an outside temp of -20'c!and here's the strangest part....the engine temp gauge immediately was slowly winding down and finally settled at the blue zone!stopped at the next RnR to chk...no smell,oil ok,coolant ok.called ah foo...he said meter koyat! so drove carefully monitoring the engine temp till reached my mum's place in shah alam.unlocked the obc and did the cluster christmas tree test...ok.did the outside air temp test ie test 7....temp shows -40.....hmmmm.....must be the temp sensor......wonder how that affects the engine temp indication....well.....i'll disconnect the temp sensor and see how it goes.... [/QUOTE]
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