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[Talk-torque]

My car has 2 auxilary gauges fitted - oil pressure, which I have just sorted, see my other thread, and charge coolant temperature, which I think could be more informative. The gauge is a Stack 40-120'C and the sensor is in the bottom of the charge coolant header tank. I have searched and read what I could find on here about what temperatures to expect for the header tank contents, so I'm not surprised that the gauge doesn't seem to move at all. Is there a better place to monitor charge cooler temperature, which would tell me more about what is happening? I see from my searches that there is, intentionally, a lot of heat capacity in the system, so that, certainly in the header tank, big temperature movements won't happen, unless things go badly wrong, but is there a better place in the system to monitor, which would indicate a developing problem, before it gets critical? As things are, the gauge seems a bit pointless.

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Header tank temps mean nothing What would be more informative is iat after laminovas and even after laminovas and before laminovas The temp of the water really tells you nothing other than the temp of the water So a tmap sensor and a other air temp sensor before laminovas would be more informative and also tell us how much the cc system is pulling taking out of the charged air temp

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I measure my intake temp via a tmap, using my cellphone and a bluetooth dongle.

On very hot days i peak at 95. Anything over that and i know something is wrong.

(When my charge cooler pump fuse blew, it hit 110 very quick)

 

 

[siztenboots]

I measure my intake temp via a tmap, using my cellphone and a bluetooth dongle. On very hot days i peak at 95. Anything over that and i know something is wrong. (When my charge cooler pump fuse blew, it hit 110 very quick)    

C or F

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C

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Yep 90-95 degrees C on harrop build are not unusual