1998 LS400 temperature sensor not working properly
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As a circuit designer, I make it a rule to choose electrolytic capacitors to be OK for more than 30 years or more calculating the life span in accordance with the Arrhenius equation but what I now experience is that some fail quicker than expected due to other reasons that the rubber becomes quite brittle and some liquids corrode metal leads. Rubber parts are surely prone to fail and chemical reactions are beyond our assumption sometimes.
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There's a shop out in Wisconsin called Tanin Electronix that will fix your gauge. You have to remove it and send it out to them. They sell a refurbished gauge cluster that they claim they've made longevity enhancements to for $699 which is rather steep. Apparently they can set the mileage to match yours. After I get other things replaced like the never ending suspension issues I will look into getting the gauge cluster repaired. It isn't at the top of my priorities at present as the car runs well.
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From: Arizona
Hello, ive been reading around and i i also have the same problem, ive even replaced the radiator and the thermostat and it still goes to 3/4 the gauge.... And it just stays their, i drove it in stop and go traffic while it was 108° (I live in AZ lol) and it won't move, i also have the sticky gauge cluster and my fuel gage only goes to half way from full and stays their lol. So im wondering if i have the same issue, ive even done a coolant flush (not a 100% flush) and it still does it!
Driver
Joined: Sep 2017
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From: DC/VA
Hello, ive been reading around and i i also have the same problem, ive even replaced the radiator and the thermostat and it still goes to 3/4 the gauge.... And it just stays their, i drove it in stop and go traffic while it was 108° (I live in AZ lol) and it won't move, i also have the sticky gauge cluster and my fuel gage only goes to half way from full and stays their lol. So im wondering if i have the same issue, ive even done a coolant flush (not a 100% flush) and it still does it!
Pit Crew
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From: Ontario
I have the same problem on my cluster. There are two sensors that drive the temp gauge. The ECT (engine coolant temperature) sensor...which is the sender, then there's the temperature gauge receiver...which is in the cluster itself. If you don't have any other cluster issues (e.g. rpm and speed sticky needle issue), you can replace the receiver but if you have other issues as well such as the sticky needles...you may want to send it for repair as stated above.
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