Temperature meter

[Mindbox33]

Hi all, my current avante does nt comes w temp reading.. Wic is bothering me alot.

 

Is there any economical way or affordable gadget to monitor e temp in e car??

 

Thanks...

 

[Yuan]

Look, we are here to share, not to prove how smart we are with the number of years of experience on the road or the number of cars we owned.

 

For those like me who get statistics from the car ECU, we actually learn quite a lot more about our cars. That's why I can tell you frankly, you don't have the statistics to know whether you are right or not, but rather from gut feeling.

 

With stats, facts are facts, there's no need to argue about it. This is exactly the same thing that I always tell pple here in the forum that they need to see the advance in ignition timing to know whether certain petrol works better or worse for them rather than butt feel.

 

Just curious, what do you use and how do you monitor your ECU or other measurements like voltage drop, temperature?

[Otoko]

Look, we are here to share, not to prove how smart we are with the number of years of experience on the road or the number of cars we owned.

 

For those like me who get statistics from the car ECU, we actually learn quite a lot more about our cars. That's why I can tell you frankly, you don't have the statistics to know whether you are right or not, but rather from gut feeling.

 

With stats, facts are facts, there's no need to argue about it. This is exactly the same thing that I always tell pple here in the forum that they need to see the advance in ignition timing to know whether certain petrol works better or worse for them rather than butt feel.

 

thanks for your clarifications and i hope u are not offended as me along with others were also sharing, not trying to prove if we are smarter but maybe we do not have any gadgets to prove any stats~

be it if we are right/wrong, we are also trying to contribute something to this community~ cheers.

[5936]

Dont have to worry even if you dont have the analog temp gauge.

 

Have you observe instrument displays during cold start, there are LED thermometer warning signs.

 

You should have as digital warning sign.

 

 

I have using cars without temp gauge for past 9 years.

 

Initially, I was also scared and felt insecured. But accepted it in the end.

 

For my Toyota, it will self test with change of colours( blue, green, red). Self test is around 2 seconds, and it changed to blue, and the thermometer sign disapper after operating temp is reached.

 

Red flashing thermometer light mean high temp.

 

When it the Red thermometer light stayed on, mean over heat.

 

 

Have faith with your car.

[Jchuacl]

You can get an OBD reader to do a job. I believe for your car, a standard OBD II reader should do the job, think you should be able to get it ard 200.

 

The one I have right now is for Japan OBD as my last car and current car are both JDMs.

 

 

Hi all, my current avante does nt comes w temp reading.. Wic is bothering me alot.

 

Is there any economical way or affordable gadget to monitor e temp in e car??

 

Thanks...

[Jchuacl]

Normally, I watch the AFC, ignition timing, throttle position, air temp, water temp, tacho. Available parameters will depend from car to car

And once a while, I'll check the diagnostics to verify whether there is any event raised that may result in having CEL.

 

For me, I used the RSM for the voltage readings (and for speed cut as well).

 

 

Just curious, what do you use and how do you monitor your ECU or other measurements like voltage drop, temperature?

 

[Jchuacl]

It's good to know what's the baseline for the various parameters though most pple won't be interested. When there is a deviation from the usual baseline of figures , action can be taken early to rectify.

 

 

Dont have to worry even if you dont have the analog temp gauge.

 

Have you observe instrument displays during cold start, there are LED thermometer warning signs.

 

You should have as digital warning sign.

 

 

I have using cars without temp gauge for past 9 years.

 

Initially, I was also scared and felt insecured. But accepted it in the end.

 

For my Toyota, it will self test with change of colours( blue, green, red). Self test is around 2 seconds, and it changed to blue, and the thermometer sign disapper after operating temp is reached.

 

Red flashing thermometer light mean high temp.

 

When it the Red thermometer light stayed on, mean over heat.

 

 

Have faith with your car.

 

[Yuan]

Normally, I watch the AFC, ignition timing, throttle position, air temp, water temp, tacho. Available parameters will depend from car to car

And once a while, I'll check the diagnostics to verify whether there is any event raised that may result in having CEL.

 

For me, I used the RSM for the voltage readings (and for speed cut as well).

 

I see. I understand that there are various types of equipment/method to monitor all these readings/parameters of the cars. Some people use scangauge. Others use Blitz r-vit, gauges (though they are not really accurate) etc.

 

I was looking for something to watch these readings/parameters to know my car from time to time.

[5936]

Go digital already.

Technologies have changed

LED with various colours and flashing modes interlocked to the water temperature sensor and ECU will give drivers more practical status and even visual alarms in the form of 2 stage alarm warnings.

High temperature- red flashing thermometer sign

High high temperature- red thermometer sign turn on.

 

[Jchuacl]

OBD readers should be accurate as the information is taken directly from the ECU.

 

I see. I understand that there are various types of equipment/method to monitor all these readings/parameters of the cars. Some people use scangauge. Others use Blitz r-vit, gauges (though they are not really accurate) etc.

 

I was looking for something to watch these readings/parameters to know my car from time to time.

 

[Jchuacl]

If they are giving live readings from the ECU, then it's ok, as it needs to be live data, not when the car is starting up. Also, you need to know what the thresholds set to trigger warnings.

 

 

Go digital already.

Technologies have changed

LED with various colours and flashing modes interlocked to the water temperature sensor and ECU will give drivers more practical status and even visual alarms in the form of 2 stage alarm warnings.

High temperature- red flashing thermometer sign

High high temperature- red thermometer sign turn on.

 

[Yuan]

OBD readers should be accurate as the information is taken directly from the ECU.

 

How do you get the OBD readers?

[5936]

Too bad mfr dont print these diagrams on drivers manual?

They try to make it driver friendly, so these additonal informations are usually may not critical to affect operating the vehicles.

 

Even if we trace lines and wires, we can only get the source and limited information.

 

The settings are usually not listed.

 

But there again it a car, not space shuttle.

[Jchuacl]

So far I only know Blitz r-vit (Lim Tan) and HKS camp 2(Garage R).

 

How do you get the OBD readers?

 

[Jasonjst]

Temp controller

 

 

I install one of this in my " lau pok car " works like champ !

Simply observe the normal working temp of your car , then program it to alarm at max 90 deg c (for my car ).

Normally during cold start in morning , temp is about 28 deg c to warm up at 50 to 60 deg . Very heavy traffic jam , temp can reach 85 deg where radiator fan will turn on , temp should go down rapidly to around 65 deg . Cuise is 51 to 53 deg with air con on.

Hence if your cooling system is faulty , surely temp will not stay within the working range .

Edited September 11, 2011 by Jasonjst