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Phews, thanks guys. Mine over heated once and its' cos' of the " sender " sit in the radiator screwed itself once, didn't trigger the thermal fan to work ( this was in a heavy traffic with dirty coolant and on a Melb HOT day, funny enough my old mechanic change my water pump and didn't give me new coolant not to consider a freaking flush ) so yeah. A new unit is on the way from Japan mean while i'm using one off YLWGTR ( Troy the man ).

As for the oil pressure gauge, mine always sit low but for peace of mind i had it tested out with a Mechanical gauge and it read alright.

The factory gauges suck. The water temp will sit on 1/2 until its too late. And dont even get me started about the oil pressure gauge :cheers:

I put a new oil pressure sender from Nissan in the car 20,000kms ago (2003) and its f*cked again already.

mine sits at half too...I know it's working cause it rose a couple of mm's the other day, I didn't want to take any chances so i immediately checked the engine and whadda know.. there was a leak in the radiator hose... I would've saved a heap right there, so what your reading sounds right but if it moves just a little then I'd worry

Mine never moves more than half a needle width, basically you can't see the guage moving.

Really really cold mornings/nights it will sit pretty much dead on half, its hard to tell exactly where it is sitting due to the guage which is decieving.

When the car is sitting in 40degree peak hour traffic where the AMB button reports 50degree's the needle sits 1/2 a needle width higher.

BUT it still doesn't go over ~90degree's, well it never triggers the engine overheat fan which apparently triggers at 90degree's.

The reason why the Skylines raise temp so fast (within 2km's) is the ecu retards ignition timing (can generally felt as a ever so slight flat spot on light throttle cruise and the turbo appears to spool a little quicker) + a few other little bits to get the car up to operating temp ASAP, this reduces emmisions and improves fuel economy.

Once you hit 100degree's the temp guage begins heading to 3/4.

If the needle begins to move around and you notice the engine overheat fan triggers check out the usual clutch fan and radiator blockages.

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