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#1 madaboutcherry

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Posted 31 July 2020 - 11:03 AM

i,ve nearly finished my specialist components injection engine and come across a small problem. they've used the thermostat housing for the ecu water temp sender so i'm left with nowhere to fit a sender for a temp gauge. i'm not going to drill a tap a ÂŁ1000 cylinder head so i wondered if a sender would work fitted to the top or bottom hose and would it be accurate?



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Posted 31 July 2020 - 11:05 AM

like this

https://www.onbuy.co...wE&gclsrc=aw.ds



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Posted 31 July 2020 - 11:24 AM

In the top hose would be OK.

 

If you are thinking of using an adaptor like that ebay one, I'm not sure you'd have the space to fit it and you'll want a 25 mm one.

 

You could also have a fitting soldered in to the top tank of the radiator.



#4 humph

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Posted 31 July 2020 - 11:32 AM

https://www.racing-p...wE#.XyQAyyhKjDc



#5 gazza82

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Posted 31 July 2020 - 01:32 PM

The thread for the sensor is likely to be wrong too .. metric usually in those adaptors .. and the one that comes with it will not work with the Mini gauge I bet.


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#6 I hate Brian

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Posted 31 July 2020 - 06:17 PM

I bought one from DSN with the 5/8ths adapter which screws in to the metric thread, just need to work out how to earth it for Smiths original temp gauge



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Posted 01 August 2020 - 09:27 AM

thanks folks, 



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Posted 01 August 2020 - 12:17 PM

Have a look at http://www.dsnclassics.co.uk/ or https://www.speciali...mponents.co.uk/



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Posted 01 August 2020 - 01:58 PM

In case this hadn't occurred to you: If you have your temperature gauge plumbed into the top hose, it's not going to give you an accurate temperature indication until the thermostat has opened and not going to give you the warning you need, if the thermostat doesn't open.

Just sayin'.



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Posted 01 August 2020 - 08:01 PM

Only yesterday I made a spacer block for the thermostat cover and incorporated a separate sender in that. If I remember today, I'll snap off a couple of photos.



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Posted 02 August 2020 - 10:07 AM

In case this hadn't occurred to you: If you have your temperature gauge plumbed into the top hose, it's not going to give you an accurate temperature indication until the thermostat has opened and not going to give you the warning you need, if the thermostat doesn't open.

Just sayin'.

how about the bottom hose?



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Posted 02 August 2020 - 10:18 AM

 

In case this hadn't occurred to you: If you have your temperature gauge plumbed into the top hose, it's not going to give you an accurate temperature indication until the thermostat has opened and not going to give you the warning you need, if the thermostat doesn't open.

Just sayin'.

how about the bottom hose?

 

Same issue no. No flow until thermostat opens and then it is measuring the cooled water.



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Posted 02 August 2020 - 01:49 PM

I am using one of these:

https://usa.minispor...r-take-off.html

I had a shop put a port & polished aftermarket head on that had no port for the sensor.

This makes the sensor read a little cool, but still works to monitor overheating. Will only work if you don’t have a heater.

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Posted 02 August 2020 - 10:56 PM

Only yesterday I made a spacer block for the thermostat cover and incorporated a separate sender in that. If I remember today, I'll snap off a couple of photos.

 

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Posted 03 August 2020 - 12:51 AM

i used an mpi thermostat sandwich plate which has the hole and thread that matches the sc supplied sensor.

Good luck with the sc kit.






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