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| Elliot_Cannon |
 Aug 13 2003, 07:29 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,922 Joined: 26-March 03 From: Orange County Ca Member No.: 480 Region Association: None  |
I have a 1973 with a 2.2 4 cylinder. I'm a bit paranoid about temps and would like to install a cylinder head temp gauge. If I use the spark plug washer type sender, which would be the best cylinder to install in on? Which would be the hottest?
Cheers, Elliot |
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| tat2dphreak |
Aug 21 2003, 12:25 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
I was talking to a wise vw guy the other day and he let me in on his tips for the CHT gauges... he would in stll one on a cylinder and run it for a wekk or so pretty hard use... get a feel for how that cylinder acts... move to the next cylinder... repeat... etc... once he got a feel for how each cylinder reacted, and what a good base line was, he would spot weld the senderin beween the cylinders on the hotter head...(typically the 3,4 side for all of his bus' and 411s he'd had) the baseline number would drop some in between the cylinders, but he said keeping it underneath a plug was just too much hassle since he would pull the plugs in his engine often. even though the temps ran cooler than under the cylinder... he could look at the gauge and be able to ballpark where any given cylinder should be... and a spike in temps would still indicate: watch out!
he did say it was essential to check the temps on all cylinders... he had seen a VW or 2 that ran hot on the opposite side of the engine for some reason... (possibly the re-builder used poorly matched parts or that side was running a weaker fuel/air mixture) it was an interesting conversation, I thought I'd share... |
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Elliot Cannon cylinder head temp gauge Aug 13 2003, 07:29 PM
ChrisReale Typically it goes on #3 Aug 13 2003, 07:40 PM SirAndy in a type4 they should all get equally hot (in the... Aug 14 2003, 01:25 AM john rogers We have one in my race car and found the following... Aug 14 2003, 07:54 AM makinson1 Wasn't there some sort of sending unit already... Aug 14 2003, 08:01 AM tat2dphreak the stock location was for the FI and not as accur... Aug 14 2003, 08:14 AM makinson1 100d cooler? I'm only looking for relative ind... Aug 14 2003, 10:38 AM tat2dphreak the stat that really caught me is how it took so m... Aug 14 2003, 12:46 PM mr914 Dose anybody know if the VDO head temp guage sende... Aug 21 2003, 10:27 AM
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