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Wednesday, October 1, 2003, 1:16:33 PM, Wilbur wrote:
> I have been experiencing erratic temperatures on one of my
> Perkins SST6.3544M. The temp. goes from 175+ down to
> Zero and later back up but frequently stays a zero. My
> assumption was that the temp. sender was the problem.
> When attempting to remove the sender I noticed there are
> two senders on the foreword pump side of the engine.
> Can anyone explain to me the purpose of
> the two senders? Also any suggestions of the cause of my
> problem.
One sender may be analog, to drive the gauge, while the other is a
switch to drive an alarm buzzer.
For your problem, I would look for loose or corroded connections at
the gauge or sender. I'm assuming that when the gauge is reading, it
does follow the engine temperature.
--
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI Vancouver, B.C., Canada
GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver-webpages.com/van-ps
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