i am looking for some help with installing a Autometer mechanical water temp. gauge. Can I use the probe that came with the gauge and if so where can I use it at. Thanks

did not find much searching and I hope this can be posted in FI

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by alexb16hb &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i am looking for some help with installing a Autometer mechanical water temp. gauge. Can I use the probe that came with the gauge and if so where can I use it at. Thanks

did not find much searching and I hope this can be posted in FI </TD></TR></TABLE>

you need the sleeve that you "splice" into the radiator hose. Yes you will use the probe that came w/ the gauge, if not it will not work.

 

it will work with your stock water sender also, I am using it and it acurate

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rudebwoy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it will work with your stock water sender also, I am using it and it acurate</TD></TR></TABLE>

How do you know it is accurate? Have you compared voltage/temp curves of both sensors?

 

I cut my heater hose and use one t frome one of my plumbing tools (coper pipe) and put it there ... works great so far

 

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How do you know it is accurate? Have you compared voltage/temp curves of both sensors?</TD></TR></TABLE>
nope! but I had both of the sensors hooked up to 2 different autometer gauge, to test it and they both read the same, but I damage the sensor when I pulled the motor ,and I decided to splice it inline with my stock sensor, at full operating temp on a long drive it reads 210*F and 180*F at normal.

 

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Whats the point of having the gauge when you're wired up to the stock sensor? it'll read the same on your instrument cluster.

Also he's running a mechanical gauge, so it comes w/ its own probe.

 

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Whats the point of having the gauge when you're wired up to the stock sensor? it'll read the same on your instrument cluster.

Also he's running a mechanical gauge, so it comes w/ its own probe.</TD></TR></TABLE>
does your instrument cluster read out in digits? no! I do it because I want to see the exact temperature I am running at normal/hot/and overheating, your intrument cluster dont tell you anything until the car is boiling over.

 

Does anyone make a part that you put in a heater hose or radiator hose that my sensor can thread into?

 

I know greddy make em

 

just weld a bung in the water neck or thermostat housing or something...looks way better

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Turbo-charged &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just weld a bung in the water neck or thermostat housing or something...looks way better</TD></TR></TABLE>

Does anyone have any pictures of doing it this way?
Thanks

 

get a brass "t" with 3/8" barbed fittings and splice it in the throttle body coolant line, just make sure you ground it right though....

 

not the best picture in the world...but a bung on the thermostat housing

 

thanks for the pic man. I think i might give that a try!!!

 

i finally got around to putting this in. I went with what he said and:

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my problem is that it doesnt work. what do you mean by "ground it right though..." I have a wire going from the the probe (wire is in between the 2 nuts at the end of the probe) to the gauage. I have a wire from the gauge grounded and I have a wire from the gauge going to its 12v ign. and it dosent work.

damn I feel dumb that i cant get a gauge to work!!!!!!!!

Thanks

 

dude if its an auto meter gauge then the sender for the gauge will thread right into the stock location just ditch the factory one and install the sender in its new home

 

i didnt realize that. Since it is already mounted and in place it will prob stay there, but I still have to figure out why it dosent work.

Thanks though for that info!!

 

well do you have them in the proper locations like where it says s thats where the wire from the gauge goes and g is ground and i is ignition

 

ign is to 12v(key) g to ground and s to the probe, so those are all correct

 

yes thats how it goes

 

any one else have any ideas for this!!

 

pm'd

 

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My Autometer sender won't thread into the stock sensor's hole, the thread look the same but it won't go. I have a LS motor, so maybe its different? Got a pic so I can make sure I'm trying the right hole?

Bump for some answers!

 

i tapped the sensor into my tb line and my autometer reads at 171-180 but on my hondalogger the stock sensor was reading 193-195. which is right? is the coolant coming from the tb to the radiator? same temp as the water coming from the head.