First of all not 100% sure if this is the right category, please correct me if it’s in the wrong place.
I have a 1992 eunos and within the past couple drives the temperature gauge has died on me! Occasionally it will work intermittently (constantly on and off especially when the road is bumpy). But the majority of the time the needle on the gauge just stays low. Has anyone had this issue before?
I’m looking at changing the green temp sensor in the rear of the engine but I don’t wanna waste money buying the sensor if it’s likely to be something else causing the issue.
If its a Eunos, I would pop off the instrument shroud, and check the multiplugs are fully in place, and maybe even whip out the gauges and make sure the screws are all tight. For every single Roadster out there, someone would have been in at the gauges at some point to sort out the speedo face. So not everything might have gone back together. Next check the sensor connector; it gets oily and hot back there, so the connection might not be great. And you are looking at the wrong sensor. Sensors usually work or they don’t, rather than being intermittant. So its likely a loose conntection/ bad earth.
If it’s become intermittent then it’s very likely a poor connection and the easiest place to start is probably to wiggle the connector on the sensor and see if that magically fixes it. But as SAZ says, make sure you look at the right sensor as the gauge and ECU sensors are separate in Mk.1 cars.
@Martin_Young & @ast thanks for your replies, glad I didn’t waste my money buying a new sensor I’ll check out the connections and if that doesn’t work the gauges.
so I fixed that, put the cluster back with all 4 connections (3 electrical plugs and 1 speedo cable thingy) turned the engine on and now none of the gauges work however the lights which tell you if the lights are on or off are now working. Any ideas?
@ast, any idea why the old one may have completely stopped working? Would prefer not to buy a fresh one as I suspect it may be some sort of electrical issue, can see myself wasting money on fresh one and having the same issue and the miles being out.
No. I know, from experience, Canadian clocks won’t work; the guages work, but the PCBs are different. On the case of your cluster, you should be able to find a code. Autolinkuk have different coded clusters on their website, and maybe someone here can say which year complete clusters are compatible. But UK cars won’t have the “heat” light and that screws things up. Canadian cars, a random find in an Irish yard, have an engine check light, but that difference ensured nothing worked…
I’m “fairly” certain any cluster from a 5-speed 1.6 Eunos will work for you, but the very earliest will be missing the light for the hard top demister, and autos might have a few funky differences. I know1.8 temperature gauges are different, and obviously later cars have the on/off oil pressure gauge.
I’ll check out the connections and if that doesn’t work the gauges.
