brainpause
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Not sure if I have an issue or not.
My aftermarket temp gauge saved my bacon today. I've only had this for about 3 weeks but It beeped and alerted me to a temperature of 230. The idiot light had not come on and I suppose I would have kept driving until it was too late, probably overheated and damaged the engine.
I pulled over and open the hood and the rear hose to the thermostat somehow blew off. I was able to get it back on and clamped back down and it feels secure. However, there was a half centimeter square of plastic inside the hose and I couldn't tell where it came from. Nipple on the thermostat was not broken. I'm sure the end of this Saga has not come yet. The car has 135,000 miles but the thermostat only has about 23,000 miles on it. Any ideas?
Other info: I had just passed somebody, and I dropped it to 3rd hear using the shifter button, and it banged the RPM limiter pretty hard. Also, oil and transmission fluid changed 3 days prior. Couple hundred miles since that.
Just glad that this $29 China made piece saved my bacon today.
My aftermarket temp gauge saved my bacon today. I've only had this for about 3 weeks but It beeped and alerted me to a temperature of 230. The idiot light had not come on and I suppose I would have kept driving until it was too late, probably overheated and damaged the engine.
I pulled over and open the hood and the rear hose to the thermostat somehow blew off. I was able to get it back on and clamped back down and it feels secure. However, there was a half centimeter square of plastic inside the hose and I couldn't tell where it came from. Nipple on the thermostat was not broken. I'm sure the end of this Saga has not come yet. The car has 135,000 miles but the thermostat only has about 23,000 miles on it. Any ideas?
Other info: I had just passed somebody, and I dropped it to 3rd hear using the shifter button, and it banged the RPM limiter pretty hard. Also, oil and transmission fluid changed 3 days prior. Couple hundred miles since that.
Just glad that this $29 China made piece saved my bacon today.