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Old 04-22-2010, 08:19 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
...most of the current 'digitally-driven analog-pointer' temperature gauges are really nothing more than go/no-go gauges, because all they show you is: too cold, OK, too hot...and, basically, nothing inbetween.
I don't know what that is based on. It may seem like that because of the thermostat and/or the position of the sensor in the system, but mine are all analogue enough for my purposes. I can see it heating up smoothly, and reach the thermostat temperature, or exceed it under duress.

I even troubleshot my obd with the temp gauge. It wasn't getting quite warm enough to run all the readiness monitors, replaced the thermostat, saw the temp peak go up half a needles width, and got the all-clear from the computer.

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