Coolant temp sensor not working Could this affect running temp

[GSTurbo1]

My coolant temp sensor went out (verified on tunerstudio), since it went out everytime I ride hard my temps start to rise quick. Will this effect the running temp? As in the megasquirt compensate for the high running temps and mess with the AFR, timing or anything of that matter to help it run cooler? Right now it's staying at a constant -40 degrees F. I bought a new sensor to replace it with, just curious if this could be a problem with overheating?

 

[glowryder]

Did you calibrate it in Tuner studio to what the actual sensor is....?

Your running temp will do what it wants, you just monitor it.

Yes this will effect your tune..
Where was it reading hot? in TS or on the dash?
what sensor are you using?

Its prety simple, try seeing what TS reports the temp as when the car is off and cool, it should be close to w.e the ambient temp is.. Not sure how you tested it since its a resistor. Usually when the go bad, they just dont work.

Also why i suggest to get an external Water temp guage..
I had an issue where TS reported Ok, but really i was runnign hot.. Miss calibration on the tuners part..

 

[TheBlueNinja89]

i know nothing about tuning but i can tell you the sensor tells the radiator fan to kick on and off. I reccomend running the A/C until you replace it. under 20 bucks 2 minute job.

 

[glowryder]

not if he is running standalone, theres a few ways it can be hooked up..

 

[GSTurbo1]

Well I tried to replace it with a new one and it did nothing... so I may need to calibrate TS to the sensor.

 

[glowryder]

Well , yes you have to calibrate it.. I dont think thats your problem. How did your tests turn out? did you even verify the sensor was ACTUALLY bad?

IMO, you have a larger issue causing this.

Verify your fans are even working..

 

[GSTurbo1]

I have my fans on a switch, so yea they work when I flip the switch.

sensor was not bad, but i'm going to return it.

 

[glowryder]

you could have proven that if you would have done what i said above...