Temperature gauge

[curlew]

I have read posts on several threads recently suggesting that the Bongo temperature gauge is too insensitive to be much use, and that you can't rely on the fact that it is sitting happily on 11.00 to indicate that all is well, and that the engine could be badly overheated before the gauge shifts. Have people had any experience of this? Is is fact or speculation?

[bigdaddycain]

On occasion, certain bongo engines have over heated very quickly through head gasket failure, or a sudden leak in a hose... The temp gauge can sometimes just read the temp of the hot air,meaning that a overheating engine can go unnoticed till it's to late.

There is a considerable suppressor fitted to the standard bongo gauge, that is slow in reacting to a "real time" overheating episode. I have a mason alarm fitted to overcome this, with a mason, you get a virtual instant indication in fluctuations of the water temperature,including the variations of the temp due to different driving situations.

The mason alarm is adjustable too, which means it can be "tuned" to suit your bongo engine,and fluctuating driving conditions.