The other day my equinox over heated and a bunch of coolant dumped out. I let it cool down and refilled with water thinking it may be the water pump.
After letting it cool for a day I drove vechicle to my house but the temp gauge stopped working. I didn't drive very far. I changed the coolant temp sensor but still no dice. I noticed the fans were not kicking on. I checked the fuses. I wiggled the sensor cables and can get the fans to kick on. the connections look fried so I'm sure I have to replace. I can get fans to work as long as I position the connectors right but the temp gauge still won't move. I don't want to trouble shoot the water pump if I can't tell how hot the vehicle is getting. Does anyone have any ideas how I can get temp gauge to work?oh when I turn vehicle on the guage does move all the way up an down so I know its getting some kind of signal.

 

Turns out the fans weren't kickin on all the way which caused the overheat. The vehicle was stuck on engine hot/ac off even if I let the truck sit for days. I took it to a mech shop and had them clear the codes after I changed the temp sensor and the temp guage started to work again.

 

Hi hcamarillo,

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