Hello. I recently changed the tstat housing on my 01' Ranger 4.0 sohc and had a few questions about the coolant temp sensor since im getting a bad reading. My truck has a build date of 9/00 and my factory housing uses the push-in, clip lock sensors but I opted for the screw-on version like the one pictured above as everything looked the same and I figured the screw-on type was less prone to leaking fluid since it seemed as mine was seeping coolant thru 1 of the sensors. The issue im having now is that the Coolant Temp on the gauge reads at half way when the car is off or cold and goes from there. Basically it goes up 1/4 more from there at normal operating temp reading approximately 3/4 on the cluster gauge. Has anyone else had this issue and do you guys think the voltage/resistance, etc is different on the screw-on type sensor from the push-in sensor that came from factory? My old sensor read at the C when Cold or truck off and went up approximately 1/4 of the way once car was at normal operating temp n 1/2 way with a/c ON or whenever I pull my 12x6 trailer for work. I will add that I live in Miami,FL where its 90-100 degrees any given day but I had never had issues with my temp gauge on my cluster until now that I replaced my tstat housing and used a BWD coolant temp sensor from Advance AP. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
