temp gauge reading too high any suggestions?

[Charger-Bodie]

i was running my car today and the temp gauge runs at the top of the normal range  220 but i checked the area around the sending unit with a temp gun and it says 165 i even tried another sending unit any suggestions???

[hemi68charger]

First thing I would do is check the actual water temp. Dana, my C500, did that once...... It was reading high all the time after warm up.. So, I told a cooking thermometer with a scale up to about 500 degrees and verified my actual temperature versus my temp gauge reading via the radiator opening..... It showed my coolant was ok, but the reading false at the gauge...... I tried another sending unit from a local auto parts store and it did the same thing...... I eventually bought one from MaMopar and voila, fixed........ I don't think the calibration of the aftermarket units are any good......

[Charger-Bodie]

First thing I would do is check the actual water temp. Dana, my C500, did that once...... It was reading high all the time after warm up.. So, I told a cooking thermometer with a scale up to about 500 degrees and verified my actual temperature versus my temp gauge reading via the radiator opening..... It showed my coolant was ok, but the reading false at the gauge...... I tried another sending unit from a local auto parts store and it did the same thing...... I eventually bought one from MaMopar and voila, fixed........ I don't think the calibration of the aftermarket units are any good......

thanks i was thinking of trying a mopar unit ...it is a factory gauge thou

[Charger-Bodie]

the mopar sending unit reads correctly thanks for the help 

[hemi68charger]

the mopar sending unit reads correctly thanks for the help 

Cool,,, 

[Manfred318]

Whats the MoPar part number for the temp sender?

[Charger-Bodie]

Whats the MoPar part number for the temp sender?

here ya go 4504202

[Manfred318]

Thanks much 1hot68