TEMP GAUGE!!! wrong

[blue93cb]

Wanted to know what would cause a temp gauge to read HOT apprx. 5 minutes after driving. I change thermostat, radiator hoses, water pump and radiator only to realize that my problem was the gauge itself. Trust me it's not the gauge. I have driven the car well over 400+ miles since the H22 swap and it's not overheating.
I originally bought the car because the crank pulley came off of the original motor, so I never had a chance to see what the gauge did before the swap. Here is what I know:
1.Orginal wiring harness for the car had one of the fan switches cut and looks like it was bypassed.
2. I found some old repair records and it looks like the car may have had an overheating problem...well it could have been the gauge again. The previous owner had someone put a thermostat gasket on a the paper work said bypass radiator fan, so that is the reason for the wiring hack.

I bought a temp gauge sensor this past weekend but haven't installed. I started thinking what are the chances that the temp gauge sensor is bad on the H22 and was also bad on the ole F22...not that probable.
So I said all of the above to say has anyone ever replaced the fan timer under the dash. I have never known these to go bad.
BTW...H22 is nice!!!

[blue93cb]

anybody

[eriemoto.]

check your coolant temp sensors, i believe you have 2

[blue93cb]

I think the H22 only has one and two fan switches. Gonna try and change this weekend.

[AccordReborn]

the temp gauge is the plug with the single red wire located under the dizzy. It directly controls the gauge. the other 2 effect fan switches and stuff

[oranger]

Those fan switchs fail pretty commonly actually, but usually the other way. They power the fans when the car is off. Its pretty common on all the F series cars (Accords, 1st gen oddessy, etc)