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 Blue65
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| posted on January 24th, 2004 at 02:33 PM |
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Temperature Gauge
Hey there,
Whats the best temperature gauge to stick into my engine?
And how do I go about doing it?
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Astro Boy
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| posted on January 24th, 2004 at 06:12 PM |
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go for VDO and get an electric oil sender and gauge. make sure it is not for water.
not sure what vw you have but for bus get someone to drill and tap a hole in sump plate (circle plate about 100mm in diameter.
Save water, drive an air cooled Volkswagen.
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68AutoBug
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 posted on January 24th, 2004 at 08:11 PM |
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sump plug sender or dipstick sender
I have a sender that screws into the oil drain hole in the sump plate...
I haven't used it yet... but seems like a good idea... others say the dipstick temp sender was the best...
Lee All VDO...
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kombi69
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| posted on January 25th, 2004 at 10:49 AM |
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I've also heard the dipstick senders are better because -
- the temp at dipstick sensor is hotter
- sender that screws into the oil drain hole in the sump plate is susceptible to being damaged
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Astro Boy
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| posted on January 25th, 2004 at 11:32 AM |
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the position ewhere they both test the temp is exactly the sme in 2ltr bus engine, not sure about beetle or others. if the sender on the bottom gets
damaged then you have probably lowered your vw too much.
i just didnt realy want wires hanging down for the dipstick sender and it was 3-4 times the price of the sump plate sender.
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| posted on January 29th, 2004 at 11:38 AM |
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Dipstick gauge not as accurate
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| posted on January 30th, 2004 at 11:40 PM |
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brucey did you get your temp gauge fitted. how does it work? so it looks like you are going to keep all your vw's did you get the golf.
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