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fitting aftermarket temp guage and sender...
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:44 pm
by Jay18
im planning on fitting a new temp guage and sender, i have wound the kit that connects into the rad hose, but which hose should i fit it into?
bottom or top hose? i want a true reading of what the temp of the engine is not after the rad as that wont tell me the true engine temperature...
any help is appreciated...
Re: fitting aftermarket temp guage and sender...
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:55 pm
by Darrell
Top hose it is then
Re: fitting aftermarket temp guage and sender...
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:08 pm
by turbo-tom
goes in the top hose fella
i run two , ones water temper and the other is electric fans
Re: fitting aftermarket temp guage and sender...
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:12 pm
by Jay18
thanks mate, do you by any chance know what size fitting i will need to fit in the hose?
this is what im planning on getting...
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and one of these..
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dont completely trust the suzuki temp guage as my engine still seems very hot when it reads just under halfway...
Re: fitting aftermarket temp guage and sender...
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:13 pm
by Jay18
tom, i know yours is TD but i really do like the silicone hoses and really want some on my 410 and i want to get the electric fan mod done, might gain a bit of power....
Re: fitting aftermarket temp guage and sender...
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:18 pm
by turbo-tom
td?
its a 1.6 vit engine
yeah im going electric fans eventually just money at the moment! ive got the bigger rad and metal to do it just the fans i need
the inside diameter is 28mm i think fella
Re: fitting aftermarket temp guage and sender...
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:21 pm
by Jay18
ohh i thought you had the 1.9 td conversion lol it did look like a 1.6 vit engine in the pic lol and thanks for that i will get my kit soon hehe, just need two more guages to fit as i want three on the dash
and i really have to get some sort of silicone hose kit for my zuk lol...
Re: fitting aftermarket temp guage and sender...
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:25 pm
by Darrell
Just make sure the gauge and sender are compatible. When you buy a gauge you often get the correct sender with it.
Re: fitting aftermarket temp guage and sender...
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:26 pm
by turbo-tom
Jay18 wrote:ohh i thought you had the 1.9 td conversion lol it did look like a 1.6 vit engine in the pic lol and thanks for that i will get my kit soon hehe, just need two more guages to fit as i want three on the dash
and i really have to get some sort of silicone hose kit for my zuk lol...
yeah i did have the 1.9 and i blew that up
got the vitara engine in it and she goes bloody quick
ah i started to get three guages then got carried away hahaha
i only change the hoses to silicone if they split otherwise i dont bother haha
Re: fitting aftermarket temp guage and sender...
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:30 pm
by Jay18
yer ive seen the guages with the senders..
and i thought you had a td at some point lol, and i think i will try to make a kit up myself from a silicone hose website..
i found a kit on ebay for fitting a fan to a sj410 but it says the hose is 25mm?
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only thing is the fan is £70, is it really worth it? or can i get a fan cheaper somewhere else?
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and i can only find the adapters for the temp sender at 28mm..