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hey i bought an after market water temp gauge coz the one in my car is stuffed. the new gauges goes from 40to 120 deg celcius, when i fitted the guage and started my car the guage went way past 120, so i wanna know what the running temp of my 202 on gas should be roughly? and if this reading is incorect what could be causing the false reading on the gauge?
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Hi
your temp should be in the 85-95 area and in traffic it will creep to just over the 100 deg mark,was the radiator hot on upper and lower tanks if not may be a thermostat problem,if thermostat ok may be a stuffed gauge.
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under the bonnet was realy hot so i guess both tanks were hot, and the thermostat was recently replaced. and the guage is brand new.
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And the brand of the gauge is? Was the correct sender included in the package or have they put the wrong sender in there?
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the guage is an auto meter. the sender unit was a but smaller which required me to use a larger sleve over it which was recomended by the salesman at auto barn, i think i'll pop in 2morrow and see what they have to say.
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I thought it may have been one of the crappy capilliary ones that cost about $20...
You could run your car up to temp with the radiator cap off and use a good quality thermometer in the water in the top of the radiator to compare readings.
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yeah i'd rather take it back rather than stuff around with it i don't have alot of spare time in the near future.
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