Stumped on hot temp gauge reading

[dhutton]

Originally Posted by spacepirate

Any chance you have part numbers to make it work on the block? I tried searching but get overwhelmed with all the different answers. I found the correct M12- 1.5 thread with 1/8th NPT but when I screw in the sensor it doesn't come all the way out the other side which I assume means it wouldn't get a good reading?

It will read fine. Certainly better than in the radiator. But if it is reading 250 in the radiator then simply moving it will not fix that. Something else is wrong imho.

You should get a code reader for the bus and see what the ECM is reading for temperature as suggested earlier.

Don