12SEC SS

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I have a weird temperature sensor. I ordered the 3-wire sensor from a '98 F body, and got the STANDARD brand. All wired in, now when im idling for like 10-15 mins, temperature reading starts rapidly going up, highest i've seen so far is 254 and holding. With my laser temp gun, sensor body and the head are at 200deg, is this just a bad sensor? car doesnt boil over or overheat, both fans kick on since computer thinks its that hot...

12SEC SS

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anyone?

RE AND CHERYL

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Is it wired right? Does the gauge and the PCM read the same. I assume you got the 254 deg temp reading from scanning the PCM.

Re'

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I think its wired right, from searching the forum I got that top left is ground. Top right is pcm, middle is dash, this is looking at the sensor side of te plug. Both dash and pcm are reading same, dash pegs into overheat...

lt4malibu

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how do you have it wired up and what type of gauge are you running?? the Dark Green wire (ckt 135) should go to the gauge, the brown wire (ground) goes to PIN#25 in the blue PCM connector and the yellow goes to PIN#49 in the blue PCM connector.

12SEC SS

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I dont have the original pigtail, the replacement one from GM has all 3 white wires. The ground I grounded to the instrument cluster ground, not to the Pin#25 on the blue connector...does this make a difference?

btw, I just looked at the pcm pinouts, and its pin#74 for yellow wire, and #80 for brown ground wire?

lt4malibu

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what year is the engine out of?

12SEC SS

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Engine is a 2003 SilveradoSS, I wired the harness to a 2000 Camaro specs, it was much closer to what I needed with dual fans and manual TB, and 4L60E behind it. The PCM is 2000 Camaro as well.

Jrp1978

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did this happen after u changed to a new one? or did i miss that part?

12SEC SS

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You mean after I changed to the new sensor? I never ran it with the old factory sensor, so I dont know what that read...The only thing I can think of is ordering an ACDelco sensor...My steam pipe goes into the upper radiator hose, I installed a Moroso filler neck in the upper hose, and tapped it for a fitting for the steam pipe.

RE AND CHERYL

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This is the only thing I can think of. Get the engine up to temp and measure the resistance between the ground wire and the wire going to the PCM. Then get the temp with your laser gauge. The last partis the hard part. You need to get someone with a Helms manual to check and see what the resistance should be for the given temp. This will tell you if the sensor is bad. I'd use mine but I just sold them on Ebay.

You could also get a mechanical gauge and run the sensor head into the upper radiator hose and clamp the hose around the metal sensor lead. It's a crude way to get a temp reading.

Re'

lt4malibu

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302 °F
47 ohms

284 °F
60 ohms

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77 ohms

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100 ohms

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132 ohms

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177 ohms

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241 ohms

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332 ohms

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973 ohms

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77 °F
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21450 ohms

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52700 ohms

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