Mike Schofield
True Classic
Lol, well. At least someone can learn from my experience....
Could it possibly be a bad temperature gauge sending unit? That pretty much all that’s left. Lol
Where would I check the temperature with the gun???
IR thermometers usually assume an emissivity of .95. If you are measuring on bare metal, it could be off, and if it is shiny metal (like a clean aluminum head), if could be way off. A good way to improve measurement accuracy is to blacken the area you are measuring with flat paint or I suppose dirt or grease.Ok, had her out today and the gauge while driving hovered between the 2 and three ocklock mark. Usually closer to 190. As a side note, maybe I’m stupid but what are the increments for the gauge?! My thoughts were by 5s but that didn’t quite fit....
Anyway, when I got her home I took my ir temp gun and measured right around where the sending sensor is. The numbers (while idling) were staying between 200 and 210 degrees. Sometimes swinging up to 220 depending on where the laser was. All the while the dash gauge was reading 3 ocklock. The if temps seem pretty normal to me as the fans kick in at about 200.....
Mr Tony K has generously lent me a sensor and instrument cluster to try and I will do so when I can pick them up. But until then, any thoughts??
Ok, here’s one for you...was out today in 5-6 degree weather (40-42 Fahrenheit) and couldn’t get warm air out of the vents closest to the door/window. Had warm air out of the middle vents and could get warm air out of the defrost vent....could this be contributing to my somewhat higher running temp?(210-215) what am I missing?