Water Temp Guage Help

[CChris704]

Alright well my lazy ass is going to be home soon so I was going to need some help on installing a water-temp guage. Its an autometer guage and I just have no idea where I should mount the probe? Below is an attachment where I think the probe goes but if I'm wrong correct me. Also, for those who installed it, did you put any lock-tite or anything on the threads to ensure nothing leaked or came loose?

Thanks,
Chris

note: not my engine bay but first one i found (shrug)

 

[CChris704]

uhhh go higher!

 

[xelderx]

Follow that hose down to where it connects to the head. The aluminum peice that the hose goes into also houses the stock water temp sensor. Tap directly into that aluminum piece and you should be good to go. I would take the piece off the car first, though. Just make sure that you put the sensor in it so that it doesn't block your access to any of the 4 screws that is used to hold it on.

 

[CChris704]

would something like this work if i put it in the middle of the radiator hose?

and would any of the ones at the bottom of this site work or what size is our hose?

http://www.racerwheel.com/accessories-gauges---meters-meters-greddy-accessory.html

 

[twizyours]

Yes, but you would have to ground that piece as the sensor takes the ground from the cylinder head. If you tap from the water housing.

 

[mazpro]

interested in this, I also got a water temp gauge and don't know where to install the sensor.

 

[CChris704]

Yes, but you would have to ground that piece as the sensor takes the ground from the cylinder head. If you tap from the water housing.

hmm can you elaborate more... got kinda confused (braindead.


thanks for help so far though.

 

[twizyours]

For normal installation of the guage from the manufacturer, they expect the guage to be installed somewhere on the engine itself so it would take the ground from the engine itself. With that piece it is between the radiator hose which is rubber and doesnt conduct electricity. Now all aftermarket guages to my knowledge have one wire which is the signal hence no ground to it. So you would have to find a way to get ground to that piece (that you want to use for the the sensor) between the radiator hose.

 

[iluvmacs]

I'm more interested in the direction of coolant flow. Do you want the temp sensor to monitor engine coolant temp, or radiator coolant temp? If you had two coolant sensors (1 before and 1 after the radiator) you could test your radiator efficiency.

I think I'd be more interested in coolant temp before the radiator. Can someone explain the direction of flow? There are tubes running behind the manifold and it's not obvious what those are for.

Thanks.