I am looking for buying a Water temp gauge and I want a sender that has a warning light. How hot is too hot for a D16A6?

I have the choice of warnings (all in Fareinheiht):

230
217
205
195

What would you chose? I am leaning toward 217.

TIA

 

i'd say 230 but 217 is a safe bet too anything less is stupid

 

205 I'd be kind of worried! My thermostat is at 180 degrees. you can hit 217 and be "fine" I've done it once or twice. I have my fans on a switch because I had to ditch some stuff for the block. I turn the fans on at 160 usually.


Modified by Synth124 at 3:07 AM 1/24/2005

 

i'd say any thing over boiling; 212

 

its not gonna boil at 212 if there is coolant in the cooling system.

 

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Was about to say the same thing. Also pressure increases the boiling point.

I have an aftermarket temp gauge, and for the people that only are using the stock temp gauge you would be surprised on how much the temp actually changed but the stock gauge will not move.

Example
Basically the OEM temp gauge needle will stop at the 1/4 mark which is about 130 to 15 degrees, now if you have an aftermarket gauge you can actually watch it move from 130 all the way to 220 and the stock temp gauge will never move. 220 is not over heating either.