lekiboy
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- Dec 9, 2010
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Finally solved my "constant cold temp gauge"....After weeks of trying to find the culprit and hours of surfing the web, I brought my truck to one of the shops near to my house. It turned out that the mechanioc supervisor used to be an Ex- Toyota electrical specialist. He told me that there is a temp sending uniot at the back of the throttle body just on top of the engine block. It cannot be seen superficially because it is being covered by ruber tubes and pipes..We replaced it and voila, the temp reached to normal. The new sending unit cost was just 3 USD...tsk tsk tsk...
THE USUAL CULPRIT FOR COLD TEMP GAUGES
It was difficult to reach and you have to use a deep 12mm socket with a 6inch extender....hew!
I thought I can move on to the repaint but the mechanic saw some drops of coolant on the ground. He removed the engine protector shield below and saw the leak coming from the lower part of the radiator. The plastic part holding the lower part of the radiator has some cracks. He recommended me to a radiator shop who will remove the lower plastic part and replace / seal it with a brass body...cost = 100USD...I will probably bring it there next weekend.
THE USUAL CULPRIT FOR COLD TEMP GAUGES
It was difficult to reach and you have to use a deep 12mm socket with a 6inch extender....hew!
I thought I can move on to the repaint but the mechanic saw some drops of coolant on the ground. He removed the engine protector shield below and saw the leak coming from the lower part of the radiator. The plastic part holding the lower part of the radiator has some cracks. He recommended me to a radiator shop who will remove the lower plastic part and replace / seal it with a brass body...cost = 100USD...I will probably bring it there next weekend.