eggy

hi all, i have fitted ,,water temp + turbo boost,, to my car , i have them lighting up but the temp gauge wont rise with the temp,,,

all the plugs are into the controler properly ,,,,,, the controler has 4 wires (red,white, black ,and i think orange ) just wondering if i have it wired properly ...

anyone know whats what ie, red live , black earth ect...... thanks

alcazar

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Red: permanent live.
Orange: Switched live, ie from ign or acc.
White: lighting.
Black: Earth.

Where have you put the temperature sender for the gauge, and is it wired correctly? Is IT'S plug firmly in place, not the one on the back of the gauge, the one in the engine bay?
Is the sender properly earthed? Try a wire fastened to battery earth, touched firmly to the sender body.

eggy

hi mate, the temp sender is in top rad hose, ill check the plug later, and try to check the wiring as i may only have power to light the guages,,,,thanks

dunx

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Is it plugged into the correct socket on the controller ?

Just asking.

dunx

alcazar

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Difficult to plug it into the wrong one, they don't all fit dunx

eggy

aye mate, as alcazar said you cant plug them into the wrong one ,as theyre all named and color coded,. i was going to look tonight but its -7, so stuff that ill check better tomorrow..

alcazar

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Wuss.....get out there and get it fixed

dunx

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But is colour coding enough to stop a three pin plug going into a three pin socket ?

I'd imagine it's an earthing issue, if the harness doesn't earth the sensor anyway.....

dunx

eggy

may have it sorted, orange wire was,nt getting power, but know i have ran out of petrol , car isnt on the road yet ,she,s on a ramp being built, so have to wait again ,lol

alcazar

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Make sure your battery keeps it's charge: Defis won't work below 9V, trust me

eggy

all sorted, doing a nice sweep now on startup,,, orange wire was,nt getting power,,,

thanks

alcazar

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Glad it's sorted.

TBH, I can't remember the last time I saw a post about problems with Defis that wasn't down to installation probs.
They are class.