Temp gauge trouble shooting
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Mine seems to work fine when tested, and very linear in movement, when compared to the one in the instrument.
They seem to follow each other fine.
For me, its well worth the few bucks.Test the gauge in the frigde/freezer, or in boiling water.
@jens-eskildsen I don't have one yet to test or I would out of curiosity I will anyway when I get one lol
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Okay, will chill mine today.
Just to clarify, the item seems to work flawlessly, and follows the needle in the dash.
Its not important what it reads when the bike is cold and is shut of, but will test just to see
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Just tested in my frigde, it shows 11C, acutal temp is 5C.
In the shed it showed 30C, which was just about the actual temp as the sun was shining.So yeah, perhaps theres something about a slightly wrong reading (reading higher than it actually is) when cold. As I said, i didnt even notice, so nothing to worry about, I still think its nice to see actual temps in degrees, instead of just the needle.
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Just tested in my frigde, it shows 11C, acutal temp is 5C.
In the shed it showed 30C, which was just about the actual temp as the sun was shining.So yeah, perhaps theres something about a slightly wrong reading (reading higher than it actually is) when cold. As I said, i didnt even notice, so nothing to worry about, I still think its nice to see actual temps in degrees, instead of just the needle.
@jens-eskildsen cool for doing the test man it's not like that amount of miss reading is an issue anyway and for £5 what can we expect there cool looking and informative if you have the patients do a hot test to if not il do one when I get mine
"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone" Alan Watts
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@jens-eskildsen cool for doing the test man it's not like that amount of miss reading is an issue anyway and for £5 what can we expect there cool looking and informative if you have the patients do a hot test to if not il do one when I get mine
@terry-tz I payed 11 lol and @Jens-Eskildsen was yours on 20 when sitting idle like mine does?idle as in not running
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Around 20C just sitting, yeah... But again, thats not far from what it should be, as the actual temp is just in that neighbourhood
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Around 20C just sitting, yeah... But again, thats not far from what it should be, as the actual temp is just in that neighbourhood
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@jens-eskildsen I got it up to about 85 today
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Around 20C just sitting, yeah... But again, thats not far from what it should be, as the actual temp is just in that neighbourhood
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@jens-eskildsen I'm running a test on mine on a hot day it said I was on 95 when I got back that's too hot so I'm gonna boil it and see if it off and also in cold water it still reads 20
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@declan so I got about 111.c for boiling point is it possible that it was reading the bottom of the pan not the actual water or does it not matter? I was expecting it to get to 120 as I believe the calibration is off
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@declan so I re tested it with just theboiling water as a contact point and it still read 110 so I guess it's off by 10 degrees so let's say if I look down and it's reading 90 I'm actually running on 80
@declan 95 is not too hot in my opinion I don't really know what other people will say but everyone will say different on this matter I would say 120 is hot but I may say something else if I was on the bike as you can feel a difference when riding
also, 110c probably correct reading as 100c is for water tap water or any other water for that matter is not just water so I could be wrong but it might be a bit higher like 110c no point in mentioning pressure's ect so because temperature can and will go above 100c and will be a different number every day the test would have to have a thermometer so the cap is a
ok so now that's said don't worry about 100c in your radiator pressure alone will raise this but you should have some antifreeze in your coolant anyway so unless you were like plodding along at about 60 / 6th gear or some thing you engine is not too hot hope all this makes sense
everything above is my opinion
"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone" Alan Watts
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@declan 95 is not too hot in my opinion I don't really know what other people will say but everyone will say different on this matter I would say 120 is hot but I may say something else if I was on the bike as you can feel a difference when riding
also, 110c probably correct reading as 100c is for water tap water or any other water for that matter is not just water so I could be wrong but it might be a bit higher like 110c no point in mentioning pressure's ect so because temperature can and will go above 100c and will be a different number every day the test would have to have a thermometer so the cap is a
ok so now that's said don't worry about 100c in your radiator pressure alone will raise this but you should have some antifreeze in your coolant anyway so unless you were like plodding along at about 60 / 6th gear or some thing you engine is not too hot hope all this makes sense
everything above is my opinion
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@declan I have pre mixed anti freeze in there does anyone know why the dt has a coolant expansion chamber my am6 doesent and I prefer it that way?
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I don't know I mean really it depends on what you put in it and the temps to whether you need it I'm finding this funny this seems to be a hot topic at the moment with YouTubers as their all a bunch of b!tchy girls on cam
but if I was gonna move one I would just make a smaller one and put it somewhere else but I wouldn't get rid of it I mean considering radiator caps are normally in front of you I don't fancy testing the safety feature I don't think it's that safe on a bike
"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone" Alan Watts
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I don't know I mean really it depends on what you put in it and the temps to whether you need it I'm finding this funny this seems to be a hot topic at the moment with YouTubers as their all a bunch of b!tchy girls on cam
but if I was gonna move one I would just make a smaller one and put it somewhere else but I wouldn't get rid of it I mean considering radiator caps are normally in front of you I don't fancy testing the safety feature I don't think it's that safe on a bike
@terry-tz said in Temp gauge trouble shooting:
I don't know I mean really it depends on what you put in it and the temps to whether you need it I'm finding this funny this seems to be a hot topic at the moment with YouTubers as their all a bunch of b!tchy girls on cam
what?!?
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You want an expansion bottle.
If you run evans waterless coolant, the coolant won't expand so they become unnecessary.
But I would still have one.
@calum this is not true if you heat something it will expand simple Evan's is not magic and I was definitely not insinuating to use it neither lol and I would definitely not wont to test a cap with Evan's in my radiator hot chemicals on your skin can't be comfy not calling you on this just think it's best we stay away lol
