9000th01ss

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If your gauge reads accurate, how is it set up?

I have an Autometer water temp gauge with the recommended adapter and sensor installed in the back of the pass side cylinder head, as they recommend.
The sensor is describes an a cylinder head temperature sensor.
Using HP Tuners it reads about 15 degrees low.

I can see why, it doesn't actually touch coolant.
This is the adapter.
This is the sensor.
I also have the sensor that came with the gauge, I've searched here and read about people running the long sensor in a tee spliced into the TB coolant line.

Anyone have a gauge that reads accurate? How do you have it set up?
Anyone using the cylinder head temp sensor with good readings?
Thanks.

Shon Herron

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I have the stubby sensor and that adaptor in my passenger side head with autometer temp gauge, it reads pretty close to the HPT logs.

I had the long sensor in a T set up but it never worked right.

9000th01ss

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Thanks, I guess theres something wrong with my parts.
When you had that tee set up, did you ground it?

01ssreda4

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i have mine in the T as well. its a cyberdyne. my tuner told me it was only a couple degrees off HPTuners. and no i didnt ground mine because i pressumed the coolant would give it a ground path. i thought about it though.

9000th01ss

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I guess I could try that.
Since I have the long sensor sitting here, I could put it in a tee, install that in the tb hose, and swap the wire.

That cylinder head sensor is a pita to reach.

I did my trans temp sensor in a tee, before I put the fittings in the tee I soldered a ground wire to it, it reads close, if not exact to HP Tuners scanner.

Thanks.

JDM74

Just get a Interceptor gauge and read everything you can log with HPtuners.

01 BERGER CAMARO SS

iTrader: (77)

nice set up^^^^^

Weezzer

I've got the long sensor installed in the PS head. I found an extra long metric to NPT steel adapter. I had to drill out the center to allow the long end of the probe to protrude but that was the only modification that had to be made.

http://fittingsandadapters.stores.ya...mettofemp.html

NJ 2002 Z28

The Interceptor gauge will read exactly what HP software reads..
And requires nothing except plugging it in to the diagnostic port..
The new features allow you to manually turn on Hi and Low speed fans ect..
I use mine for a tranny temp gauge..

Soul TKR

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another option...

https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...lly-found.html