Well the usuall setup needed is the temp gauge, electrical sender unit, and a coolant pipe sleave which holds the sensor and requires the Stock upper coolant hose to be split and the sleave fitted in it.

 

Well, If you go for the Autogauge water temp Gauges like the one below...

 

 

You only need the gauge. We tested it by running a wire from the Stock Temp gauge sender unit (located on upper alloy pipe - right hand side) and put the original Connector back on over it

 

 

the gauge works perfectly with this, and we used datascan to ensure this. Both datascan Temps and the autogauge temps were accurate to around +3/ -3 degrees of each other - due to the analog needle reading though.

 

This should make an install more straight forward and a little less expensive. :cool:

 

Now to find a cheap compatable oil sender unit.....

 

Marty

In degrees Celsius too,bonus! :)

sounds good :)

 

you buy that from 'momoitaly' ?

i've got 7 of the autoguages in mine. all easy to wire up and are really accurate and look the business when ignition is off and they go black like the expensive defi's.

i've also kept my stock guages working too.

Autogauge are top quality gauges, had some digital 1's in my last car, looked the *****x :)

sounds good :)

 

you buy that from 'momoitaly' ?

 

No Clarkey, had a few spare ones left over which we got of a seller in HK. Couldnt find the temp sleave i had spare so just tried it to see if the stock sender calibration was the same - Result!

 

Have found an unused autogauge oil pressure sensor tonight, wondering whats the chances of a 2 nil victory here lol

I got the top pipe modded to take another sender , at least if one temp guage goes t1ts up i,ve still got another to keep an eye on :dance:

Does this mean all this talk about inacurate temp readings is because of the stock temp gauge and not the engine temp sensor?

 

I'm installing mine tommorow and the easier the better, but I'd prefer more acurate results if it ment using the supplied temp sensor.

All i know is mine lost most of it,s water when the rad went , didn,t know nothing till i pulled up on the drive and could hear the water boiling in the engine :headvswal

The stock guage hadn,t moved at all :rant: :rant:

Luckily there was no engine damage :dance: :dance:

Hi,

 

i have the same gauges and would like to use the existing sensor - but do you connect the gauge wire to the wires at the back of instrument cluster or clip the connector under the bonnet and connect there - if behind the cluster is it an easy enough job (which wires are they)

 

Cheers

No Clarkey, had a few spare ones left over which we got of a seller in HK. Couldnt find the temp sleave i had spare so just tried it to see if the stock sender calibration was the same - Result!

 

Have found an unused autogauge oil pressure sensor tonight, wondering whats the chances of a 2 nil victory here lol

 

 

how did ya get on with this Andy?

 

Mark