ok well this is my first post here and this is for my girlfriend.....its a 95 contour 4 cyl automatic.....she got it a few weeks ago and has had a problem with the tempature gauge going close to the redline...its a pain becasue i dosent actually tell the tempature it just has a "normal" bracket and then cold and hot.....most of the time when she/we drive it the gauge is near the "L"....we've replaced the thermostat and that didnt seem to make a difference....we also flushed the coolant out 4 or 5 times and refilled it with clean water and antifreeze..this seemed to help a little bit, now its down near the "A"...the old coolant was relatively clean.....the outside of the radior is clean, no leaves or anything blocking airflow....here in massachusetts where we live it is pretty much open driving, there is very little time spent idling so it almost always has good natural airflow.....
i'm leaning towards the temp sensor giving a bad reading...is there only one sensor? i have the haynes manual but it only has very vague info....the only sensor i could find was the one right on the thermostat housing.....i had her start it and i wiggled the wires, nothing....i then unplugged it while it was running, the check engine light came on but the gauge on the dash didnt move.....the contacts seemed to be very coroded on the sensor so i took a couple q tips and some acetone and cleaned it all up real good......
anyone wanna take a guess as to whats wrong with it???? any advice is greatly appreciated....i'm a gm guy myself so i dont know a whole lot about fords but i'm learning quick haha.....thanks everyone...
i'm leaning towards the temp sensor giving a bad reading...is there only one sensor? i have the haynes manual but it only has very vague info....the only sensor i could find was the one right on the thermostat housing.....i had her start it and i wiggled the wires, nothing....i then unplugged it while it was running, the check engine light came on but the gauge on the dash didnt move.....the contacts seemed to be very coroded on the sensor so i took a couple q tips and some acetone and cleaned it all up real good......
anyone wanna take a guess as to whats wrong with it???? any advice is greatly appreciated....i'm a gm guy myself so i dont know a whole lot about fords but i'm learning quick haha.....thanks everyone...