Temperature gauge
12-03-2011, 03:42 PM
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Temperature gauge
Hello again people.can people tell me how there temp gauges sit on there cosworths.on mine driving around it sits on the o letter on my gauge.and in traffic it will go to the top of the n on the gauge.recently changed the temp sensor and it seems to be sitting higher .also the fans dont kick in til up near in the red.has had a fan rewire,82 thermo and msd switch.does my gauge sound incorrect?
Cheers lads
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12-03-2011, 07:19 PM
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If you had a pound for every correct reading temp gauge in a cossie you'd be a very poor man!!
Seriously they are notoriously inaccurate, my fans cut in at 95C, by the ecu, and this can vary wildly on the gauge from bottom of the M to half way through the N, but all the temp is the same!!
If the fans are cutting in and going off then I wouldn't worry, you have the std cossie feature a lying temp gauge!!
tabetha
Seriously they are notoriously inaccurate, my fans cut in at 95C, by the ecu, and this can vary wildly on the gauge from bottom of the M to half way through the N, but all the temp is the same!!
If the fans are cutting in and going off then I wouldn't worry, you have the std cossie feature a lying temp gauge!!
tabetha
12-03-2011, 07:50 PM
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Thankyou tabetha.its annoying when the gauge is high thinking its goin to overheat.i wonder back in the days when they first came out if they had the same problem.
12-03-2011, 08:11 PM
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As said although you can gauge a rough estimation from the gauge they are by no means accurate at the moment mine tends to hover around the R mark, the fans on mine come on at 88 degrees as I have the standard fan switch and off at 77 degrees, the switch you have is better as the fans come on later but for a much shorter cycle (Hence your gauge showing a high reading), in comparison the standard one brings the fans on to early and for far to long, this is what leads to melting fuses etc!
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13-03-2011, 05:11 PM
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Probs one of the best things I have purchased for the car.
The facked it tels u folts as they come up is fantastic. Mine is on a suction pod so don't have it in all the time but can be interchanged between cars when friends need it.
Allso this tells u what temps the ecu is getting from the sensor so u can check fans work corectaly
Not somthing 2 take ya eye off the road. Same as looking at the temp gadge on the clocks or anbout the same time u are looking in a mirror
The facked it tels u folts as they come up is fantastic. Mine is on a suction pod so don't have it in all the time but can be interchanged between cars when friends need it.
Allso this tells u what temps the ecu is getting from the sensor so u can check fans work corectaly
Not somthing 2 take ya eye off the road. Same as looking at the temp gadge on the clocks or anbout the same time u are looking in a mirror
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