Subject	You know better than to ask this here, but here is help
Posted by	BCs300z on August 12, 2002 at 2:12 PM
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In Reply To	How do I install an electronic water temp guage? posted by Jackie Chan (Boosted) on August 12, 2002 at 01:40 PM
Message	You can't use the stock sender. You "could" in theory, but it will not give you the correct reading. Reason being, that that electronic gauges normally work on resistance. The Autometer sender and the OEM sender do not produce the same amount of resistance. Also, this answers the "why" of why not Halo's install would not work. By having one signal go two different directions, you are lessening the resistance to each one of the two lines. The siganl is able to dispirse itself to the two lines, thereby giving a bad reading. What I did, as a temporary install, was to take out the air releif cap in the radiator. The little screw on the top near the upper hose. I put the sender there. It works, but sometimes it will not get a reading untill the car hits WOT, due to the fact that the water level is not normally that high, untill it comes rushing out of the engine. I just recently installed the sender into the end tank of my radiator, and JB welded it, so it won't leak. There are all kinds of places that you can put it, but I think the best is either in the return pipe or the end tank of the rad.
Follow Ups	How do I install an electronic water temp guage? - Jackie Chan (Boosted) 13:40:17 08/12/02 im wireing mine in on the engine to heater core line - Halo Z 13:43:14 08/12/02 HA! Looky here what SEARCH pulled up - Guapo 13:47:51 08/12/02 bahhh i don't think that will work right. - Halo Z 13:54:53 08/12/02 yeah, but you said "dude" (n/m) - Guapo 13:57:18 08/12/02 i say "dude" all the time. dude. - Halo Z 14:01:49 08/12/02 HA! See, good thing I asked. (n/m) - Jackie Chan (Boosted) 14:01:51 08/12/02 thats was a cool sig you had - sbsTT(MD) 14:09:17 08/12/02 hmmm - Halo Z 14:29:42 08/12/02 You know better than to ask this here, but here is help - BCs300z 14:12:04 08/12/02 yeha thats why i said.... - Halo Z 15:47:00 08/12/02 I know, but I was thinking he might not have so I explained (n/m) - BCs300z 19:58:55 08/12/02 I have the autometer water temp. It comes with it's - MikeH(Twin GT35BB Incon Z) 14:18:53 08/12/02
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