That's pretty impressive - what application is it used for? We find the k types are better lower down the temperature range ~600'C and the N types up around 800 to 900'C, they last longer when we are running long term fatigue tests when we run at temp for months on end!
Could be, I dunno, the wires come from under the tinware somewhere, I aint delving down there in a hurry, summat might just break
Ok so read the rest of the thread now, thanks for the comments guys,I do feel like the general view is don't fit!? All I was trying to do was prevent the need to buy a new engine but if I stick to going at a reasonable speed, all should be ok? I remember driving my beetle all the way to Glasgow from Cambridge, reasonable speeds and only stops were for fuel, so I'll see how I get on.
To paraphrase Bob hoover : you can drive foot to floor all day in a 1200 30hp gutless beetle, but 4 minutes at full power in a bus with a 1600TP and it WILL overheat because the head cooling is more or less same as ever was.
hope these help buddy, sorry for the appalling pictures lol hope this helps, the wires run under the bus in plastic casing B
It was used as a leakage tester for nitrogen filled actuators... company is no longer going, so I assume it ended up on the scrap heap Took me around 3 weeks to wire it all up... Pic of the control panel Was hooked up to a pc that logged the data around once a minute, and recorded it to a notepad file... I then transfered it into excel component wise there was 10 thermocouples, 100 pressure transducers, and a barometric pressure sensor... cost the company around £25k in parts not quite did have plenty of shooters in there tho
I wouldn't let it put you off. An oil temp gauge is a handy thing to have and easy to fit, just don't become obsessed with it! As above, if your engine's in good shape, it's not going to overheat if you take things easy in a heavy bus. You can hear when the engine's not happy. The "they always overheat" thing is a myth - most folk whos engines go bang are driving something that's been neglected, so they were doomed anyway...
If I were going for just one guage it would be oil pressure. Oil pressure drops quite markedly when the temp gets too hot so it kind of does both but also shows up if you suddenly loose all the oil (which I did when a cheap filter seal popped when it was cold). The temp hadn't moved as only got 1/4 mile from home.
