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temperature gauge on klr 650 always reads hot!
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:20 pm
by gil_folsom
I recently purchased a 90 Klr 650 with 5900 miles on it. One of the
things not working on it when I bought it was the temperature gauge.
It was suggested that the wire from the sending unit on top of the
cylinder was disconnected. Sure enough, after pulling the tank off it
was indeed disconnected. So I reconnected it and it now reads hot,
from the moment the bike is started. The fan's working, there's
coolant,etc. Anybody have any ideas? Could it be a bad sending unit?
temperature gauge on klr 650 always reads hot!
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:04 am
by Moose
Sounds like the sending unit is bad. Better to fail and read hot then to read cold. Also check the ground and crossed wires.
Moose
gil_folsom wrote: I recently purchased a 90 Klr 650 with 5900 miles on it. One of the
things not working on it when I bought it was the temperature gauge.
It was suggested that the wire from the sending unit on top of the
cylinder was disconnected. Sure enough, after pulling the tank off it
was indeed disconnected. So I reconnected it and it now reads hot,
from the moment the bike is started. The fan's working, there's
coolant,etc. Anybody have any ideas? Could it be a bad sending unit?
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temperature gauge on klr 650 always reads hot!
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:32 pm
by Blake Sobiloff
On Mar 31, 2007, at 9:19 PM, gil_folsom wrote:
> I recently purchased a 90 Klr 650 with 5900 miles on it. One of the
> things not working on it when I bought it was the temperature gauge.
...and now you know why someone disconnected it!
Make sure your
radiator is getting evenly hot. If so, and the bike isn't acting
poorly otherwise, I'd say it's the sensor or the gauge. Someone on
the list went through half a dozen gauges trying to find one that
read accurately, so let's hope that it's your sender instead.
(Although, off-hand I don't know what's involved in replacing the
sender, so I hope I'm not wishing you ill!)
--
Blake Sobiloff
http://sobiloff.typepad.com/blakeblog/>
http://sobiloff.typepad.com/klr_adventure/>
San Jose, CA (USA)
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temperature gauge on klr 650 always reads hot!
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:53 am
by blckjck
Use a voltmeter set on DC. Connect the black lead to ground and the
red to positive. Start with a cold bike and warm up the bike. The
voltage reading should change linearly. I will test my bike withing
the next couple of days and post something for you to compare to.
Maybe someone already hase the info.
Max - A5
--- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Blake Sobiloff
wrote:
>
> On Mar 31, 2007, at 9:19 PM, gil_folsom wrote:
> > I recently purchased a 90 Klr 650 with 5900 miles on it. One of
the
> > things not working on it when I bought it was the temperature
gauge.
>
> ...and now you know why someone disconnected it!
Make sure
your
> radiator is getting evenly hot. If so, and the bike isn't acting
> poorly otherwise, I'd say it's the sensor or the gauge. Someone
on
> the list went through half a dozen gauges trying to find one that
> read accurately, so let's hope that it's your sender instead.
> (Although, off-hand I don't know what's involved in replacing the
> sender, so I hope I'm not wishing you ill!)
> --
> Blake Sobiloff
> http://sobiloff.typepad.com/blakeblog/>
> http://sobiloff.typepad.com/klr_adventure/>
> San Jose, CA (USA)
>
>
>
>
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>
799 miles this weekend...savannah to p'cola...
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:03 pm
by usa1911a1
Got the perfect bass pond for you Jeff and it almost 400 miles long. It's called the Connecticut River and is only now being discovered by those "good old boys" with 90 MPH bass boats and trailers that glow in the dark. The river turns brackish (salty) about five miles from it's mouth in Long Island Sound, and salt water varieties begin to show up. Stripper bass, harbor blues, salmon, sturgeon and lots and lots of perch live happily side by side. It is a fabulously alive river which about 100 years ago was described as "the best landscaped sewer in the world". Today we swim in it and drink it's water. I've got that little 16 ft. boat you need with a little 28hp. motor. It goes all day on six gallons of gas and no radios, cell phones or time schedules allowed.
"Welcome aboard!"
Capt. Bob in Durham, CT. USA
http://www.essexsteamtrain.com/
http://seniorbiker.blogspot.com
2006 A6F KLR Green
Tires: Mefo 99 Explorers
Country roads (20% dirt), dual tracks. NY State and Northern New England
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Saline
To: motofreaky@...
Cc:
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] 799 miles this weekend...Savannah to P'cola...
On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:44:31 -0400 Austin writes:
> This weekend was a pretty nice ride! Saturday morning, I left
> Savannah
> headed to Holt, Florida (near Pensacola). It was a great ride there
> and
> back. I rode 799 miles in two days of riding. Big time Monkey Butt!
>
> But it was worth it.
>
> Read about it here:
>
> Savannah to Pensacola http://motofreaky.blogspot.com/>
>
> Austin in Savannah
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Austin,
Thanks for sharing your ride. Sounds like a fun time exploring and
relaxing too. I was thinking about how I'd like to find a good bass pond
with some lilies on it and maybe an old row boat. I could use a day or
two or three or... just hanging out relaxing with a fishing pole. I was
on a job in AL 9 years ago and really enjoyed the BBQ there. And I have
a friend in Panama City and have done just a bit of riding there and
along the gulf coast. I had a really nice ride and stay to Cedar Key in
April 2000. Lots of fairly straight roads but fun riding non the less.
Best,
Jeff Saline
ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal
Airheads Beemer Club
www.airheads.org
The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota
75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT
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