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Originally posted by Dave_Darling:

I hear that you can use an oil temperature gauge hooked to the stock head temp sender--but obviously the markings will be all wrong. But at least it can tell you "hotter" or "colder"... I'm not sure what the range of the stock sender is on the gauge; it might only use the first 1/10th of the gauge's available movement, or it might try to use 10x what the gauge can show.
Dave, are you talking about tapping into the existing head temperature sensor or adding a second sensor? If it's tapping in, I would wonder if the presence (impedance) of the meter would affect the ECU's interpretation of the sensor's resistance. Might cause some mixture problems.

Brad Anders

Old 07-18-2001, 01:15 PM
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