Well im drivin to work this morning and i notice that a little bit of coolant is leaking on my manifold causeing some smoke. So i pull over and see that it is coming out or one of the hoses, very slowly. I proceed to drive to work and while i'm driving now, the temp needle starts to just go crazy and dance around. Almost as if when i got on the throttle it would respond to that. But by the time i got to work(about 30 minutes of driving) the needle stopped dancing around. My first guess would be the thermostat. The radiator is about 2 weeks old as well. Any ideas?
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97' T25 Accent, 11 psi, Sick Division Directors Cut Full Body Kit, custom turbo manifold, melpassi RRFPR, AVO Billet DV/BOV, walbro 255 lph fuel pump, Custom mounted FMIC, 2.5" exhaust w/ Magnaflow muffler, all new aluminum 2.25" intercooler piping(soon), Tib TB, Tib MAF, 24#Tib Injectors, SAFC(workin on makin it work)
coolant temp sensor maybe? i had a crazy electrical problem in the nissan a few months ago, and it caused my speedo and tach to jump around like crazy. so you could try to locate something like that as well.
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Now its normal again.......go figure... I think im still gonna change out the sensors though. Whats the scoop on the sensors that are higher temp or something like that? Are they worth it or should i just stick to stock?
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97' T25 Accent, 11 psi, Sick Division Directors Cut Full Body Kit, custom turbo manifold, melpassi RRFPR, AVO Billet DV/BOV, walbro 255 lph fuel pump, Custom mounted FMIC, 2.5" exhaust w/ Magnaflow muffler, all new aluminum 2.25" intercooler piping(soon), Tib TB, Tib MAF, 24#Tib Injectors, SAFC(workin on makin it work)
Not sure about the Accent...but the Tib has two coolant temp sensors, one with output to the ECU (2-wire connector) and one that outputs to the cluster gauge (single wire). They are right next to each other.
However...you said it started doing this when you noticed coolant leaking. I can't imagine that being a coincidence. Fix the leaking hose and bleed the system. Air bubbles passing by the sensor will cause those erratic readings.
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Temp gauge going crazy
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