dacanadaguy

i haven't had it up to operating tempurature since i bought it, but i'm told it reads around 1/4 to 1/3 of the way, and if it's anything like the 4.0L i would imagine it should be reading slightly over half way at normal operating temp? i'll probably give the thing a boost tomorrow and let it run for a while so i can see for myself what it reads

Hey everyone, I just picked up an '86 MJ longbed with a 2.5 4cyl (not the original motor but i'm sure it's still a renix) anyways i have a quick question, the previous owner swapped out the original "idiot light" cluster for a cluster with actual gauges from a 4.0L XJ (i believe) and he mentioned that the temp gauge doesn't display correctly, saying that it reads much lower than it should, he also said that it might just be a simple sensor swap, something like running the temp sensor from a 4.0L vs the sensor from the 2.5L? (it would make sense to me, i imagine the sensors would have different voltage readouts) does anyone have any input on this? would switching out the sensor make it read correctly? or is there another way to rectify that? because i don't want to have the gauge reading normal temp if it's actually about to warp the head thanks in advance guys.