real coolant temp gauge
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Originally Posted by defective
It's been a while since i've studied the gauge, but I don't remember anything on it indicating an actual number for the temperature, just "normal" range.
While I was typing that, the wife called while driving the truck so I asked what it looked like, "just a C at the bottom and an H at the top." Are there stock gauges that claim an actual number for the temp then?
While I was typing that, the wife called while driving the truck so I asked what it looked like, "just a C at the bottom and an H at the top." Are there stock gauges that claim an actual number for the temp then?
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From: Vienna, Georgia
Originally Posted by defective
My truck has the fake oil pressure gauge, but the temp gauge is real. It goes up slowly as the engine warms up, and a few months ago when i was really low on coolant, it rose to the high side of it. I've never acutally heard of a fake gauge for the water temp on a ford, all three of mine have had real gauges. Does this mean when you guys start your trucks the gauge reads 0 for a while, then jumps right up the the "operating" temperature when it's reached?
