w123 230ce temp gauge

[christopher1981]

Can anyone help? isince owing my car the temperature gauge has never moved, thought it was time i took a look at it!!!!!!

any advice on where to start, what to look at, what possibly i should replace, i have checked all the fuses and thats it.

 

[nothantsw124]

hi i would suspect that there will be a engine temp sender somewhere in the engine block , i beleive that this sends a message to your guage so this could be faulty, you might also be able to send a trickle charge down the wires in order to check that the guage works first as this might be the problem, im sure that someone will have more techincal information for you specific to your W123 .

 

[christopher1981]

thanks, i'll give it a look.

 

[jaymanek]

Swith is by the water pump, single wire going to it...

 

[christopher1981]

Oh Dear Gearbox Problem

last week i was cruising down tha a12, i decided to overtake the granny doing 30! so pushed my foot down enough to engage the kick down, so it kicked down to third, passed the gran then let off and then it started to go wrong, it just wouldn't change back up to fourth! so there i was doing 50 in third, got to my junction, pulled up the slip road stopped at the lights all fine, they changed i pulled away and only got first gear!!!! not even second, so round the roundabout in rush hour i went at 10mph!!! until i could stop,

i rested the car for ten mins or so, checked the fluid level of the box, seemed a bit high, then tried again, but it still would not shift from 1st. reverse works and L S work but only in first!!!! help me pleasewhat could this be
is there anything i could try before taking it to a gearbox shop and being told i need a new box worth as much as the car!