Temperature guage Options

[Montreal914]

Hello everyone, after being on the 914 club for almost a year, I finally decided to join the 914 world. I don't know what the story is but there has to be something in common here, other than the main topic of course... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

Now to the main subject. I was driving on the highway at about 70-75mph for about a half hour yesterday and this is what my temperature gauge was showing. The outside temperature was about 80-85 SoCal.
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As a matter of fact, the guage takes the longest time to get up. So, I guess there is only two things that can be wrong, the guage or the sensor in the taco plate. Is there a simple way to verify them? Is there some measurement that I can do with a standard voltmeter?

Thank you

[Vysoc]

Thanks for the information especially from the my neighbor in Miami, I will be sleeping better this evening. My set up is a 75 chassis with a '73 GA 2.0 engine
DJet FI car has run great since rebirth, just really did'nt know what to expect for engine temps etc.

I plan on running it up to Sebring on the back road highways to see how she will handle a hour and forty minute run.

Thank you for your input and I apologize for the hijack on the thread.

Vysoc (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)