In brief.... yes you can sacrifice the OEM gauge sender and place your aftermarket temp gauge sender in that location.Merlin wrote:PerformanceAutoworks wrote:Coolant temp - Not a fan of in line hose connectors as a sensor mount. They are too easily affected by outside factors (manifold, cool air rushing over them etc). Best bet is remove thermostat housing, drill and tap the bleed screw location to accept your temp sender and fit it there. Neat, tidy and accurate.
Bleeding the coolant on these engines is not the rocket science probematic experiance that people seem to think. If the bleed screw location is used for temp sensor then all you need to do when filling with coolant is to remove the small bore IACV coolant hose from it's outlet right next to the bleed screw. This will do exactly the same job as the bleed screw and is no more difficult to achieve.
Sorry to have to tag you again, I know you are always busy@PerformanceAutoworks But I could really use clarification on this.
What about using the place for the OEM water gauge sensor? Can I just pull out that sensor, install my own one and run it to my aftermartket water temp gauge? I assume the ECU gets all its info from the engine coolant temp sensor directly next to it, leaving the gauge sensor to only send info to the OEM gauge?
It will have zero effect on how the car runs as all it does is the OEM dash temp gauge.
I don't usually suggest it as most people like to keep the OEM gauge working.
The thread is even the same as most aftermarket temp senders but obviously do make sure before simply winding it in
