Idiot Gauge Water Temp - Whats normal running position

rambos_ride
rambos_ride Senior Contributor
edited June 2013 in HUDSON
My temp gauge has 4 marks seems to be running consistently at the 3rd mark - don't have a manual temp guage at the moment, so wondering if this is normal range when warm?

Thanks!

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I would not worry too much on precisely where the needle is . They are not known to be real accurate to begin with . Does it boil out any coolant from the over flow ? If you are real concerned you can find someone with a laser beam temp shooter and use it to take the temp while its running.
    Roger
  • PAULARGETYPE
    PAULARGETYPE Senior Contributor
    edited June 2013
    WHAT I DID WAS GO TO HABOR FRIGHT AND BOUGHT MYSELF A TEMP GAUGE THAT YOU POINT (A INFRARED TEMP GAUGE) AND IT GIVES YOU THE TEMP THEN I STARTED MY CAR PUT A CHUNK OF CARD BOARD IN FRONT OF THE RAD. I THEN KEPT CHECKING THE RAD WITH THE GAUGE I THEN MARKED MY GAUGE IN THE CAR WITH A BIT OF NAIL POLISH IN 4 DIFFERENT PLACES AS PER THE NEW GAUGE I NOW KNOW WHERE 180 IS 200 IS AND SO FORTH I RUN A 160 THERMASTAT I ALSO TAKE IT ON OUR TRIPS WHEN WE STOP I JUST SHOOT EVERY ONES RAD AND KNOW WHO IS RUNNING CLOSE TO HOT I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS IT WORKS!!! ;)
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Dan, that car has been converted to 12V. If you don't put a resistor before that gauge, it won't read right. Mine reads very accurate. Marks are: first one, is 140, halfway is 160, 3/4 of the way is 180 and mark on right is 200.

    Paul's got the right idea. The handheld infrared temp gauges are a snap.
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