Drivetrain Post Your Gauge Readings
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From: Westerly, RI
Post Your Gauge Readings
I just installed Autometer water temp and oil pressure gauges, you can see them here...
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=86989
I would like to know what readings are normal.
If you have water temp and oil press gauges please post what your gauges read. Thanks.
This is what mine read on the highway cruising at 75mph in 6th ambient temp was about 48 degrees...
water temp=155 degrees
oil press=50psi
and my fan kicks on at 220 degrees when idling.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=86989
I would like to know what readings are normal.
If you have water temp and oil press gauges please post what your gauges read. Thanks.
This is what mine read on the highway cruising at 75mph in 6th ambient temp was about 48 degrees...
water temp=155 degrees
oil press=50psi
and my fan kicks on at 220 degrees when idling.
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Mine shows about 195-197 cruising in cooler ambient temps (40 degrees or so), 200-205 in summer highway cruising using a/c. Fan comes on about 218ish.
If you mount the sender using a 'tee'. this will reduce the readings considerably. If there are no other ways to mount, make sure to mount everything as close as possible and wrap insulation around the tee and senders. The reason for the cooler readings is the sender(s) are no longer in the direct flow of hot coolant, but in a stagnant area outside this flow. Some coolant will flow in and out of the tee from turbulence, but the tee and sender bodies act as heatsinks and radiate the heat and cool down. Closed-cell pipe insulation like that sold for hot water pipes works decent, cut and fit approriate sized pieces over the assembly and wrap well with electrical tape.
If you have teed in where the stock water temp sender is, on the side of the head, there is considerable cold airflow in this area via the hoodscoop/intercooler. You need something to block the airflow around the senders.
If you mount the sender using a 'tee'. this will reduce the readings considerably. If there are no other ways to mount, make sure to mount everything as close as possible and wrap insulation around the tee and senders. The reason for the cooler readings is the sender(s) are no longer in the direct flow of hot coolant, but in a stagnant area outside this flow. Some coolant will flow in and out of the tee from turbulence, but the tee and sender bodies act as heatsinks and radiate the heat and cool down. Closed-cell pipe insulation like that sold for hot water pipes works decent, cut and fit approriate sized pieces over the assembly and wrap well with electrical tape.
If you have teed in where the stock water temp sender is, on the side of the head, there is considerable cold airflow in this area via the hoodscoop/intercooler. You need something to block the airflow around the senders.
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 3,989
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From: Westerly, RI
Mine shows about 195-197 cruising in cooler ambient temps (40 degrees or so), 200-205 in summer highway cruising using a/c. Fan comes on about 218ish.
If you mount the sender using a 'tee'. this will reduce the readings considerably. If there are no other ways to mount, make sure to mount everything as close as possible and wrap insulation around the tee and senders. The reason for the cooler readings is the sender(s) are no longer in the direct flow of hot coolant, but in a stagnant area outside this flow. Some coolant will flow in and out of the tee from turbulence, but the tee and sender bodies act as heatsinks and radiate the heat and cool down. Closed-cell pipe insulation like that sold for hot water pipes works decent, cut and fit approriate sized pieces over the assembly and wrap well with electrical tape.
If you have teed in where the stock water temp sender is, on the side of the head, there is considerable cold airflow in this area via the hoodscoop/intercooler. You need something to block the airflow around the senders.
If you mount the sender using a 'tee'. this will reduce the readings considerably. If there are no other ways to mount, make sure to mount everything as close as possible and wrap insulation around the tee and senders. The reason for the cooler readings is the sender(s) are no longer in the direct flow of hot coolant, but in a stagnant area outside this flow. Some coolant will flow in and out of the tee from turbulence, but the tee and sender bodies act as heatsinks and radiate the heat and cool down. Closed-cell pipe insulation like that sold for hot water pipes works decent, cut and fit approriate sized pieces over the assembly and wrap well with electrical tape.
If you have teed in where the stock water temp sender is, on the side of the head, there is considerable cold airflow in this area via the hoodscoop/intercooler. You need something to block the airflow around the senders.
How about if I put a hose nipple in my apparatus and tee it into the line that goes into the top of the expansion tank? So that there is flow past the senders.
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