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Hi just curious what sort of values you guys are getting with aftermarket water temperature gauges, just fitted mine and there is a huge variance compared to the factory sensor/power fc. Could you let me know

1.what gauge have you fitted

2.where is the sensor located

3.what temperature range it reaches normal driving

Cheers

Pat

What car would you like these results from?

I have a Race Tech Water Temp Gauge and sensor in my modified RB30 an cruising on a cool/cold tasi day i'll see temps between 60-70 degrees and on a hot day as high as 80 degrees whilst driving aloing. The highest it's ever been is about 85 in traffic on a hot day. The sensor is located in the standard position. Hope this helps.

And how do you know there is a varience between the factory and aftermarket? As far as i know most factory gauges don't have exact points only a scale from cold to hot.

Kurt.

There are two factory sensors one is for the actual factory gauge in the dash which pretty much has a cold medium and hot. The one I'm referring to is the one connecting to the ecu. My aftermarket sensor is sitting in the upper radiator pipe and is reading a lot hotter which doesn't make sense.

1.what gauge have you fitted

2.where is the sensor located

3.what temperature range it reaches normal driving

1) AutoGauge stepper motor one

2) Top radiator hose

3) Ranges I've seen from 72 deg C to 95 deg C depending on outside temperature (had a couple of 40+ deg C days), how much air flow radiator is getting (ie not getting stuck in traffic or behind some snail in a Getz driving <40km/h) & weather I'm using A/C or not (I found that using it tend to increase the temperature while the car is idling/stationary by up to 5 deg C).

EDIT: Also I'm using the stock cooling gear, the radiator has recently being cleaned (& reported to have 0% blockage) & had the top plastic tank & seal replaced.

Edited by Mayuri Krab

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