Still working to fix up my old tractor, fixed already so many things. Now from total crap it looks and drives much better.
Here is some picture of it in summer:
Still a lot of work to do, but at least it's not moving
So.
I have temperature sender:
https://vdo-webshop.nl/en/temperature-sensors/457-vdo-coolant-temperature-sender-120c-m14-4103590693433.html2 Temperature gauges, just 1 spare: VDO 40-120degree (C) with
3 pins (+ / - / G) G -> one that goes to sender)
Tested gauge with 24V power supply:
a) Add + / -
-> gauge stays on 40 //
OK[/li][/list]
b) Add + / - and G to - (0 resistance)
-> gauge moves to max 120
// OKc) Add + / - and G to sender, sender ground to - gauge pin // BAD - sender shows 80C degree when in room temperature (20C), expected to show 40
d) Testing sender resistance - shows ~230-280 it varies. But according to sender manufactured information:
https://vdo-webshop.nl/9575-large_default/vdo-coolant-temperature-sender-120c-m14.jpg[/li][/list]
including tolerance that should be fine when it's 280, it should show on gauges 40(C), but when connected it shows 80(C).
a,b,c, steps repeated with 2 gauges and same result.
Obviously same 80(C) shows when cold engine and when it warms it's max, which is obviously wrong.
1) Which part is faulty? Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
I thought that faulty is sender, but now I'm confused, cause not clear indication or I missed something?
2) I still kind of thing that sender is faulty. So as far as I understand resistance is important to pair those 2 together. So could I replace that sender with another which is in same 40-120(c) degree interval with 300-22 resistance accordingly?
Will that work? And maybe some tweaking can be done with resistors in the middle?
Can you guys please advice?