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Old Sep 3, 2020 | 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Co_94_PU
Oh the block drain, that makes my thermocouple line plenty long enough to use.. I have a three guage setup ...
Originally Posted by MaK92-4RnR
... It tells me the exact water temperature at any given time and even flashes red when it gets over 210..
There you go! Exactly what I want - a more visible alert I could probably hook-up to a beeper, too.
Guys, care to share what system you have and where your sender / thermocouple is mounted?
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Old Sep 3, 2020 | 02:44 PM
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Mine started to do the same on my SR5 instrument cluster. I read to clean the gauge backside contacts. I removed the cluster and backing (easy to do) then spray the water temp (I did all of them) with electrical contact cleaner. Had a small artist paint brush with long soft bristles I soak with cleaner to get into all the tight spots. It fixed the low reading. Might not work on yours, but at least you'll have clean contacts now.
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Old Sep 3, 2020 | 03:37 PM
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I'm just paranoid about the temp reading because my old truck's temp, a 1992, would read 1/4 on the dash. It was my first vehicle and I didn't know much. Still don't but not afraid to learn. Anyway, that truck had a bad fan clutch and I didn't figure that was causing my intermittent overheating issues until it was too late. Ended up have a spark plug frozen. I put a sleeve in there but I wasn't happy and questioned the truck being reliable at that point.
That being said, I would like my temp gauge to read accurately! Maybe I'll have to do some aftermarket gauges too.
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