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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by First Pooy View Post
    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Winnie View Post
    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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    on the right hand side of the speedo .......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tip12345 View Post
    on the right hand side of the speedo .......
    As per the pic Winnie put up?


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