Thread: Monitoring engine?

What I read here suggests that two gauges will work, or guy did two loops of his test circuit

Ultra-Gauge beats ScanGauge at ~1/3 the price - Gas Savers - Fuel Efficiency Forum

Ok ultra gauge is now fitted and doing it's thing.

Do Puma owners put in a low coolant gauge in as well?

as a heads up...

CHT should be very nearly the same as the coolant temp.... due to some white man magic and potential coolant system failures this isnt the case.

IF you have a choice of accurately measuring the head temp VS the coolant, measure the head temp.

Thanks black knight. Anything else that you'd be monitoring? Respect your advice..... I'm more familiar with monitoring living things....

Originally Posted by Lorryman100

What i did was to plug in the scangauge/ultragauge etc and then undo the OBDII brackets fixing screw and gently push the whole ensemble back into the fuse box.
HTH Brian.

Thanks for the heads up re the Ultragauge - mine turned up the other day and seems to be operating well - although I've read that it can be rather flaky when reporting correct fuel consumption for the Defender. I'll have a better idea once I've run a few tanks through and calibrated it properly.

BTW, I didn't need to remove the screw to get the OBDII plug pushed back - just used a small flat screw driver to push the clip on the socket and it slipped back.

The gauge fits nicely on top of the steering wheel infront of the instruments.

Originally Posted by iClick

BTW, I didn't need to remove the screw to get the OBDII plug pushed back - just used a small flat screw driver to push the clip on the socket and it slipped back.

Ahhh, it sounds like you have removed the plastic OBDII socket from the metal retaining bracket which in turn is held in place by the screw in the fuse box. Result either way though. I bought the ultragauge originally just to monitor the EMS outputs and have never used the fuel consumption options so can't offer any comment on that particular function.

I'm about to order my ultra gauge. How are you guys liking yours? and probably already covered but whats the most important to monitor??

Originally Posted by LoveB

I'm about to order my ultra gauge. How are you guys liking yours? and probably already covered but whats the most important to monitor??

Works a treat, very happy with it. Plenty of good advice here on mounting and plugging it in helped setting it up too. I think one thing not mentioned is you're better off leaving it plugged in permanently. Each time you unplug it it needs to go through the "scanning gauges" step when you plug it back in and turn ignition, no biggie, and only takes 10-15 seconds. However, if you drive off without waiting for it to finish... cue random flashing dash lights. I managed to get battery, TC and several others flashing at me at 100kph heading up the highway to Ballarat, freaked me out until I twigged what it was. Moral: plug it in and leave it set up. Downside is light fingered types might think it is worth stealing I suppose.

Haven't had a chance to really configure any specific gauges yet (detected 57) so most useful so far is just ambient temp!