Hello all:
I'm new to the A4, and to this forum. I have an old A4, in a 1960 Pearson Triton. It seems to run fine, but it makes me nervous that there is no temperature gauge, and as far as I can tell, no sensor at all. I was thinking of installing one, but there's no obvious place that I can find where it should go. So...
1. Is this necessary, or should I just relax and find a manual way to check the temperature from time to time? Browsing here, I see people using laser thermometers and even an oven thermometer laid on top of the head. Can that be adequate if all I really want to do is to make sure that I've recommissioned it properly after the winter? What temps should I expect if I'm measuring it that way?
2. If I do want to install one, which of the available sending units do I use and where does it go? I couldn't find a picture or diagram that laid it out, maybe someone can point me to one? There's a water pipe that sort of loops over the front of the engine head, is there an alternate version of this with a sending unit incorporated?
Many thanks in advance,
-Tom
I'm new to the A4, and to this forum. I have an old A4, in a 1960 Pearson Triton. It seems to run fine, but it makes me nervous that there is no temperature gauge, and as far as I can tell, no sensor at all. I was thinking of installing one, but there's no obvious place that I can find where it should go. So...
1. Is this necessary, or should I just relax and find a manual way to check the temperature from time to time? Browsing here, I see people using laser thermometers and even an oven thermometer laid on top of the head. Can that be adequate if all I really want to do is to make sure that I've recommissioned it properly after the winter? What temps should I expect if I'm measuring it that way?
2. If I do want to install one, which of the available sending units do I use and where does it go? I couldn't find a picture or diagram that laid it out, maybe someone can point me to one? There's a water pipe that sort of loops over the front of the engine head, is there an alternate version of this with a sending unit incorporated?
Many thanks in advance,
-Tom
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