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18th March 2018, 09:45 PM
#1
Expert
Were should my tempature gauge be sitting?
I have tried looking this up but found no specific info,I was drivng up a reasonabley steep hill in fifth gear foot flat to the floor with 10 psi on the dieal and the temp geage was reading a bit passed 12 o'clock at about 80-90 kph is this normal op temps for this?
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18th March 2018 09:45 PM
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18th March 2018, 10:09 PM
#2
Dribble Master
Originally Posted by
First Pooy
I have tried looking this up but found no specific info,I was drivng up a reasonabley steep hill in fifth gear foot flat to the floor with 10 psi on the dieal and the temp geage was reading a bit passed 12 o'clock at about 80-90 kph is this normal op temps for this?
Depends on what the temp reading says on the guage at the 12 o'clock position..... Presuming it's an aftet market gauge you're looking at.
If it were the factory gauge then you'd be well into the red and boiling the kettle nicely
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18th March 2018, 10:12 PM
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Expert Dingbat
Mine sits around half to 2/3rds when driving loaded in the hills...around town it sits at 1/3rd on the GQ stock dash temp gauge
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18th March 2018, 10:17 PM
#4
Legendary
If it's a stock gauge ouch that's head warping territory or close to it ,mine got there once due to a faulty thermostat that stuck shut and from memory that cost three grand but had some other issues mixed in .
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19th March 2018, 06:20 AM
#5
The 747
There is more than 1 GQ dash. If yours looks like this then 12 o'clock is absolutely normal operating range.
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19th March 2018, 06:52 AM
#6
Moderator
Sounds normal. I would recommend changing down to 4th though and get your revs into the low to mid 2000rpm range for a hill.climb. TD42 hate 2000rpm especially under load.
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19th March 2018, 12:31 PM
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Dribble Master
Originally Posted by
Winnie
There is more than 1 GQ dash. If yours looks like this then 12 o'clock is absolutely normal operating range.
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Forgot about those ones, would that ne a series 1 cluster though?
Last edited by Clunk; 19th March 2018 at 12:37 PM.
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19th March 2018, 02:56 PM
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on the right hand side of the speedo .......
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19th March 2018, 05:22 PM
#9
Dribble Master
Originally Posted by
Tip12345
on the right hand side of the speedo .......
As per the pic Winnie put up?
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26th March 2018, 08:16 AM
#10
What is the significance of the yellow band on the tacho between 1600 & 2600?
Graham
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