Is there ANY way to make our stock water temp gauge work?
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...just as the title says.
Is there a way? That'd free up my A-pillar for another gauge when I start putting them in.
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Is there a way? That'd free up my A-pillar for another gauge when I start putting them in.
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maybe you could hook the stock guage w. to an aftermarket sender...? or you could swap a TA dash into you Z, and put some gauges in the airvents.
what other gauges do you have in you a pillar?
what other gauges do you have in you a pillar?
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On a serious note. I'm not sure if the stuff is actually in the pcm or of it's the gauge itself. You could swap gauges, or get a granetellie 200mph
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i think it could be the sender and the gauge. i put a new gauge in the car and its reading lower than the computer is by a few deg. i like to have it cause then if im driving i donthave to have the computer hooked up to get a true reading, or better than that gauge at least
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I've heard all the storys about how these gauges are in-accurate. Finally I installed a mechanical Autometer gauge set including a water temp gauge. I decided to leave the factory gauge hooked up as well and you wanna know what I found out ? That the factory gauge works just fine. I can tell exactly what my mechanical gauge is going to read by looking at the factory gauge every time. I don't know who started the rumor that they don't work, but they DO.
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Originally Posted by Racehead
I've heard all the storys about how these gauges are in-accurate. Finally I installed a mechanical Autometer gauge set including a water temp gauge. I decided to leave the factory gauge hooked up as well and you wanna know what I found out ? That the factory gauge works just fine. I can tell exactly what my mechanical gauge is going to read by looking at the factory gauge every time. I don't know who started the rumor that they don't work, but they DO.
AHHHHH!!!!
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Hey, maybe you're right, but Shhhhhhh
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well, all i know is that my 98 water temp guage reads low. According to my hptuners my car is usaully around 192, but my stock guage always show no more than like 185 or so. But, oh well, i know how to read it!
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Originally Posted by FBDYLVR
So you're saying your car runs at 210 all the time?
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I got a question about the stock guage, on my '00 ws6 as soon as I put my car on the temp goes right in between 210 and the bottom number, and it doesnt move at all and it goes there even if the car hasnt been on for hours, does the guage acutally work, cuz I would like to know what temp my car runs at.
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Well when I put the 160* thermostat in my pewter car, 01 model, and changed the fan settings the needle did the same thing, didn't read ANY lower than before, but the TECHII said it was running 182* in town on the highway, whereever. So I am with the guys that say it works as it warms up, but goes to a preset spot, which seems to be a bit before 210, and unless it starts to get hott it doesn't change. I was expecting my gauge to read lower with the new thermosat but it didn't. At least it ran cooler.
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well I was saying my gauge doesn't move at all, it stays in the middle line between the bottom number and 210, if my car sits all night and I start it in the morning the guage is in the same exact spot and doesnt move, I have yet to see the needle move at all, is the temp sender bad?
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Originally Posted by quiksilver9531
well I was saying my gauge doesn't move at all, it stays in the middle line between the bottom number and 210, if my car sits all night and I start it in the morning the guage is in the same exact spot and doesnt move, I have yet to see the needle move at all, is the temp sender bad?
Does anyone know if the stock sending unit can be unpluged without any problems or trouble lights on the 99 and newer cars? I want to put a new sender in the stock location and then mount a small 3/4" x 1" digital readout over the top of the factory gauge.