well, replaced the temp sender..the one with the male plug on the
thermostat housing and did get the gage to work.
but, when removing the sender i had to use a lot of elbow grease to
get it out of the housing ... i drained the coolant just below the upper
hose, but when i removed the thermostat a lot of coolant spilled over
and on the intake manifold. cleaned it off. replace everything back.
started the z and white smoke everywhere and i noticed a tapping
sound around the thermostat housing or injector 1 or 2..tap tap tap
louder than the rocker arms themselves.
eventually the smoke when away but the tapping sound still there
with a big loss of power..fixed a problem just to create a problem..
what an idiot..
before all that the z was running real nice and crispy.
please help..what have i done?