Thread: Summer High temperatures, Td5 temp gauge never moves?

Originally Posted by northiam

118 c What was your factory temp guage indicating at the time?

Factory temp doesn't seem to move from 70-118c in my case. Just sits in the middle.
Hit 114-115 a couple of times. And was a constant 108 for a long time and the factory gauge didn't move.

How does the TM2 compare with monitors like those that use the ODB2 connection?

Bigger it. Just ordered a ScangaugeII.

Just ordered one from David Jones today.

Big trip to the centre in winter, with 6 people, towing a caravan, i used the nanocom to monitor temps for a bit. Cycled from 88 up to 92 and then back down again almost religiously. Cam down from Prossy to Brisbane last week, towing a full trailer, 6 people, summer heat, thought I'd test it again. 88 to 93 and back down again, roughly every 5-10 mins.

I've also got one of the water level sensors advertised on this forum. Saves the engine once, so a good investment.

Driving back from Coffs to Narrabri today. Heavily loaded TD5 manual (99).

Up the range near Dorrigo - outside temp 36C, in third gear working hard went up to 112C on TM2 (had to keep upping the alarm limit so it would stop!).

Then up the range just past Bingara at 39C outside, again working hard in 3rd, hit 111C.

Driving on the flat at 44C outside, 5th gear, 105 km/h the temp fluctuated from about 98-102C.

The dash temp guage did not move at any time.

I'm assuming this means the temps of up to 112C are ok as others suggest.

But given this is a fair bit hotter than some others report maybe my radiator, intercooler, A/C Condenser need a clean to get a bit better flow thru?

I'm running Nulon red longlife OAT.

any comments appreciated

Willis

Without getting real anal about watching temps, heard of guys fitting Nanocoms to monitor temp as they drive. I plugged it in and thought it takes the eye of the road too much , worrying about what the nancom reads.
If some one could make a temp sensor that has a display projected onto the bottom of the windscreen in drivers view ( just like some of those high tech speedo that project speed onto the windscreen) I reckon it would be a big seller .

I stuck the scanguage onto the steering column just in front of the binnacle. It works great as the scan gauge just becomes part of the dashboard and doesn't take eyes away from road. I run the scan gauge as a 4 gauge system with water temp, voltage, speed and average fuel economy.

I was also driving back from Eden yesterday towing a 2.5T van in 40 deg heat. Temp stayed between 94-97 the entire trip which was pleasing.