additional water temp gauge

[geezer]

[quote name=ktm;

I love this site' date=' but at times the nitpicking is unbearable.

I was done with this exchange, willing to contain my opinions, as I saw no benefit to the original poster (that we may have scared away) right up to this last sentence.

I believe I quantified my post as my opinion, that we are all entitled to, and covered my arse by using the word “accurate”. YOU chose to nitpick instead of just stating your opinion, which you seem to value more than anything anyone else has to say. But that’s OK because nothing you have said has changed my opinion either. The difference is, I won’t whine about unbearable nitpicking, even if you did take the first shot.

Stephen merely mentioned he had compared his laser thermometer reading with a stock gauge and noted that, in his opinion, the stock gauge was sufficient for monitoring purposes. The laser thermometer is just another tool in Steven’s arsenal, not an onboard diagnostic feature.

The problems you say you had with your fans running on, were not solved by having a more accurate gauge or better diagnostics. The problem can be solved easily though through staggered value thermostatic switches properly positioned (the same advise I gave Troutman) and of course in your case replacing the thermostat.

No, you didn’t say anything about measuring the temperature to the tenth decimal. Pardon my assumption that your Wolf EMS was capable of that.

Finally, nobody asked Troutman to justify his need of a more accurate gauge without a good reason. A little information describing his plans or problems would go a long way for anyone giving advice.

Don’t take this as flaming or nitpicking, but just my response to your last post, and my last to this thread.

[sblake01]

[Troutman]

im not trying to add a 2nd gauge just for the sake of having a gauge under my hood. i have invested thousands of dollars and hours into this car and i am beyond paranoid, anal, and OCD about it. (basically my house sits in someone else's garage).

the reason i wanted the 2nd guage under the hood is so i can visually monitor a more accurate engine temp under the hood, instead of relying on a 35 year old gauge where "good" is "somewhere in the middle".

to sum it up, it will help me sleep at night having the reassurance of knowing at exactly what temp my fans kick on and off. i am a nut-job, its my handicap and i have to live with it.

im not trying to start a flame war between people on here, i just wanted to know if i could tap into the signal coming out of the sending unit that is used by the stock gauge inside the greenhouse without getting false readings on both this and the new gauge under the hood. im by no means and electrical genius, so i didnt know if this would even work, and if it did, would the 2 gauges be able to share the same signal and both be accurate

[ktm]

I am the only one in this whole thread that understands where you are coming from. Yes, you can share the same wire and the underhood gauge should be accurate.

Another way would be to install a mechanical temperature gauge in the upper radiator hose.

[Nissanman]

Another way would be to install a mechanical temperature gauge in the upper radiator hose.

In my experience, this would be the only way to get the accurate reading you are wanting.

Any electrical gauge is, by nature, somewhat vague.

A mechanical gauge will read temperature all the time so you can monitor heat soak after shutdown etc.

Upper radiator hose is good or if you can, mount the sensor in the thermostat housing.

The thermostats for the fans work on the same principal usually, an alcohol filled sensor and capillary tube.

Personally, I wouldn't get another electrical gauge.

I don't think the accuracy is any where near that of a good quality mechanical gauge.