Looks clever, I once hired a very old transit van (diesel) 160000+ miles for
the weekend. Drove to Cambridge from Stoke and got a far back as Birmingham
when the temp gauge shot up to just near the red as I came up the M6,
thought about pulling over but by the time I got to a junction the gauge was
going down again and traffic was moving better. Just before the Stafford
junction (20 miles), lost all power, temp gauge OK, pulled over, switched
off engine, opened bonett and it was hot in there, no water in the radiator!
Called AA and while I waited tried to turn it over to see if the engine had
seized, it has. AA man arrived and engine was alot cooler so we put some
water in, stated up! Checked for blown head gasket and drove on to Berwick
upon Tweed (200+ miles) and back, adding 1 litre of water ever 100 miles.
Smoked more before in the morning but otherwise same as before!
Problem is once the coolant is gone the end of the temp sender is not in the
coolant and actually cools down, perhaps because it was mounted in the ally
stat housing not directly into the block!
Tomaz, If you go for these I might ask if you can add a spare temp sender
for use with something else, I have sent them an email to see what the
output is and it is suitable for my purpose.
Malcolm Bagley
Stafford UK
FJ45 '75 & FJ45 '76
I googled a bit and I found an australian supplier of "ENGINE WATCHDOG
TM2" which looks quite ok:
http://www.sig.itel.net/#HOW TO FIT THE EASY FITHEAT SENSOR
Has anybody any experience with auxiliary temperature gauges ? Are there
any other other solutions available ?
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