do us a favor if you can...
1 hook uo the autometer sender to stock gauge and take readings
2 then hoook up auto meter gauge quickly and see readings

compare the 2 and tell us if the stocker is accurate.......

ps: you dont have to install the gauge just run some wires to a battery and ground in your engine bay temporally then switch off to the factory wire near where it plugs into the sender ....(easiest way i can think of)

this would solve this issue for good.. im going to go ahead and buy an autometer sender and see what happens..

 

o yea when you remove the old sensor will coolant drain out or can you just pop it in without any fluids leaking

 

JPR, it is the sender that came with the Sport Comp 0-250 electric sweep gauge.[/QUOTE]

short sweep or long (full 180 deg. sweep)?

 

Why dont someone do this , and at the same time have an aftermarket guage hooked up to see if it is accurate.......

 

i already have the gauge installed so its not an issue.. the fact that my car is in pieces is... plus the goddamn adapter for the aftermarket temp sensor snapped off inside my head after about 4ft/lbs. .... when i get the new adapter and have my car runnning again then i can experiment

 

u gotta be careful those senders dont take much to break

 

hey cueball has found a fix for the problem... heres his solution...

hay man whats up, sorry about that.
i did infact fix the problem.
its kinda involved, but not too hard.

i have to find the pics, and info on how to do it.
but i can tell you a little right now.

you have to buy a temp sensor from a 98 camaro/trans am, and replace the old sensor with the new, because you need a three terminal sensor and 99 and newer only have two terminals.
you hook the two stock wires to the same terminal, and hook up a pice of same guage wire about ten feet long to the remaining terminal.
now run that wire through the engine harnis and get the wire to the gauge cluster some how.
the rest i have to look up in my notes.

 

the adapter was screwed up cuz with the screw extractor it was only in there no more than 4ft/lbs.. so you gonna try the 98 sensor?

 

yea this guy is pritty smart with this **** and he said he did a year ago and all is good hes suppose to end me an e-mail with the full install ie. which wire to hook the 3rd sender wire to in the gauge cluster when he does ill post it up here and when i do the insatll im gonna take pics and get this written up so every one else can not have o spend a year or 2 finding out this simple simple solution

BTW: i just checked gm parts direct and the 98 and 99 sensors have different part numbers

the 1998 coolant sensor part number is 15326386 and sells for like $20 shipped form gm parts direct!!!