water temp gauge problem

[Flaco S14]

wats up everybody im having a little difficulty making my STRI water temp gauge work, i bought the greddy adapter to install the water sensor, one thing i noticed is that it does not have a ground stud on it. so i install everything and and i turn the car on for a while and the needle doesnt move at all. my stock sender reads the normal temp it use to read but the STRI gauge reads 0. so i try to ground the adapter but what happends next trips me out, the needle goes all the way to the top and stays there when i turn on the car. any advice on my situation would help me out thank you.

[Yellow4g63]

Power and ground going to the gauge?

[Flaco S14]

yeah there are 3wires that go to the gauge. red,black, and a green one that goes to the sensor, and all of them are connected

[samplesurf]

you most likely have to ground the sensor in the temp adapter since the sensor is not grounded because its in the rad hose and not the block, try running a ground wire from the sensor body to a ground and see if it works, that should be the problem, if not and everything else is correct then something is wrong with the gauge and/or sensor

[tr0n9h]

sell the stri, i heard they are crap and will eventually read inaccurate. especially using it to monitor something vital. i got the aem water temp gauge and it work like charm.

[Yellow4g63]

yeah there are 3wires that go to the gauge. red,black, and a green one that goes to the sensor, and all of them are connected

Well have you put a test light to the power wire to make sure power is going to the gauge.

[Flaco S14]

i have tried the testlight and the red wire has power and the ground has ground. the gauge lights up fine the same way all the other ones do it just wont read. i have tried grounding the sensor body but the needle on the gauge just goes all the way to the max and stays there.

[Yellow4g63]

Might just be a bad gauge did you buy it new?

[makulit054]

if your grounding the sensor body and your gauge needle pegs, your gauge is good. it doesn't have to have a ground stud on it. for example your stock temp sensor is one wire. because it grounds itself to the engine through the sensor body. you can trying plug your sensor into the water jackets.

[Mr.s13r]

Hey are you sure the black is ground? I have one of the stri water temp gauge too, but i thought the black wire goes with the sensor though. Well im not sure, i have to double check on that tomorrow since ill install it tomorrow. I'll let you know.

[Mr.s13r]

Well i just install the gauge today and the solution to your problem is to go back to the temp sender and find a better plug to screw it the black wire on right and it should give you the right signal, this is because i had the same problem. Hope that helps you

[S13RB25DETDRIFTER]

your flaco from riverside well if u are whats up mmm try to ground it on the engine not the body also check for resistance check it an volt meter and see how much volts are u getting with grounding it at the engine and then check how much your gettting with body ground

[Flaco S14]

alright everybody i got it to work i had to find the right spot on the sensor body to ground on to it. the gauge works good now, the car hauls ass and stays at a perfect temp, for everybody out there do not trust your stock temp gauge that shit sucks well atleast mine did. and yeah im Flaco from riverside.

[S13RB25DETDRIFTER]

hilario told me you were going to boost 18psi or something like that so your done with that S14

[Flaco S14]

not 18 im gonna boost 15. right now its only at 8psi and its pretty fast right now it definately gets the job done

[S13RB25DETDRIFTER]

thats kool im sill not done with mine
your going to the Drift event on the 22nd of this month at willow springs

[Flaco S14]

im gonna go the 7th and maybe the 6th to run HTM if i do im just gonna take the toy box and stay the night