Is there a water temp gauge that's not ground senstive and accurate?
#31
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Agreed. No wiring, no shorts, it will tell you the temperature without having to turn the key on
, no sending unit to fail. Just make sure you don't put too sharp of bends in it, it will break the core. The only electric gauge I have is my wideband. Better watch out for those mechanical lines though, they might EXPLODE ![CRX](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/pissed.gif)
And mechanical gauges can be had for cheap anywhere from O'Riellys, Autozone, PepBoys, Summit and they are usually going to be very accurate.
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And mechanical gauges can be had for cheap anywhere from O'Riellys, Autozone, PepBoys, Summit and they are usually going to be very accurate.
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Yeah I think I'm going to be switching to all mechanical gauges (besides oil pressure). I used to be all gungho electrical but my electrical boost gauge is starting to not work all the time and **** and its pissing me off. The mechanical VDO in the subie is stone reliable and moves faster than the electric one.
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Mechanical temp gauges generally use a bourdon tube, which is large and kink-sensitive (the tube has to be routed carefully with a min bend radius and if you split the tube you throw the whole shebang away and buy a new one). The bulb at the business end is also large/bulky. They're accurate but sort of a pain in the ***.
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