temp gauge

[Polish]

http://www.dunereview.com/mods.htm

 

well boys i tried it............this temp gauge do - it - yourself dealio.........for 1 it is a pretty easy install.........but GD it leaks.......WTF.............tightened the hose clamps to hell......and it still leaks out the top of the gauge....... i even put a smaller tube inside the the 3/8 tube so the thermo would fit snug .......im switchen back and putting the hose back on.........F--K .........then my dog started to lick the coolant on the ground like it was candy.........Ill be pissed if im at the Vet tonight..........$20.00 bucks down the Rips Idea was good..........on his gauge...........and there is another gauge from ESR that is pretty trick

 

while i had it hooked up i wanted to see if the thermo worked anyways.........and it did........but the GD needle vibrated to hell at Idle.........

[Wicked98Shee]

dam that sucks ... i was goin to get the stuff to do it up this weekend. ummm thinl ill wait till i can get one from esr i guess

[Polish]

dam that sucks ... i was goin to get the stuff to do it up this weekend. ummm thinl ill wait till i can get one from esr i guess     

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mee too.........that one seams to be one of the better ones

[Wallrat]

Mine leaked when I first installed it. Just a little pisser and the leak stopped after the first ride. You could always try a dab of RTV. The needle does vibrate like hell, but its very predictable so its easy to figure out your temp. I.E. it vibrates between 160-170 so your temp is 165.

[Polish]

Mine leaked when I first installed it.  Just a little pisser and the leak stopped after the first ride.  You could always try a dab of RTV.  The needle does vibrate like hell, but its very predictable so its easy to figure out your temp.  I.E. it vibrates between 160-170 so your temp is 165.

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Does it give an somewhat accurate reading give - or - take 5 degrees..........I have it all installed and im debating on tearing it out........or just trying some RTV........thanks for the adv.

[Wallrat]

Far as I can tell. When I first installed mine several years ago I double checked it w/ a heat gun aimed at the head. I think it was around 4 or 5 degrees difference. The bouncing needle isn't really an issue, you just look at the middle point of where its bouncing. And really, the only important temps are 90-ish for warm up, and 200 for shutting her down. Inbetween there I don't need to have the EXACT temp. I picked up a digital gauge a couple months ago, but haven't bothered to swap it out yet.

[macgillivary]

the way i did mine was i got an automotice gauge from walmart, went to a plumbing shop and got a 3/4inch iron T, think that was the size, the gauge from walmart came with pieces to screw into the T, did thatwrapped a bit of electrical tape around it to prevent leaks , sliced the line coming from the head strapped each end onto the T, clamped er down and never had any leaking problems

[Polish]

I bought the type of T from an auto parts store................it is a plastic fuel T........could plastic melt at 200 degrees...........that was my concern

[Wicked98Shee]

that depends on if it's a heater hose T. almost all the newer vehicles have the plastic crap in the heater system, so i would think its all good cause these new cars run hot enough a shee would be fried i would think

[J-Madd]

My ESR gauge leaked on my YFZ. I unscrewed the gauge and put more teflon tape on it. Fixed it right up.