Temp gauge on H perminently

[ron]

I had my truck running in the drive way to heat up after 30" of snow dropped on the Northeast .
When i jumped in the temp gauge was on H not the red part of the gauge but past it.
I shut the truck off thinking it was going to blow.
An hour later i turned to aux to see if it had cooled down and it was still on the H.

Anyone have this issue before.
I know I either have a faulty sender , gauge or wire.
Just curious if this was a common occurance.

thanks :eek:

[Mike Hippert]

Yep, the gauges go bad all the time.