installing a 'real' temp guage?

[waycar8]

. What's everyone else using?

Mines at 4.5, I know most people (who I know personally) have it set around this but all comes down to where you live, hills, condition of your coolant/system ect

[jaylee]

Got a Mason fitted meself... alerted me to stop when my top hose went back last year! (I would have never noticed the steam till it was way too late.)

That's interesting. I've often wondered if the Mason alarm would pick up a burst hose. Some people say that the de-pressurisation will cause the temperature to drop rather than rise or that the lack of coolant around the sensor will render it useless. No-one of course wants to experiment. So your misfortune has provided some useful information. Thanks.

It certainly let me know something was up!
It was just before one of the meets last October, It pipped slightly on my way home earlier that day ( i have no other alarm, i'm a kind of "use the force" kind of guy! )

Was going to look at it in the morning.. (no steam at the time) Then later decided to go out to the shop a few miles up the road & get supply's..
Anyway. I got a mile up the road the MA screamed & i stopped.. It was then i noticed steam coming out from under the drivers door.
I let it cool a while turned around & nursed it home.. Lucky it was all down hill!!

It was a top hose, no other harm done...
Been all over Europe since as far as North Italy.. All good!

[dobby]

Thanks guys, I'm settling on a cheeky 4 until it chirps

[daveblueozzie]

Mine is set to just a tad under 5 , but i do tow a small caravan every now and then, it does chirp on the odd occasion going up hills, but nothing to worry about.