Quote:
Originally Posted by Tapage
I thought the oficial translation in spanish is " Pirometro " but I'm not sure if you as for one the people know what are you taliking about ..  |
That's what I thought! I went to a marine supply store in Manta and he seemed to know what I was talking about, but didn't have any. I'm now in Guyaquil which is a huge port city... probably my best bet in Ecuador
As far as the
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by cruiser_guy
Yes, the A/C will cause coolant temps to climb. Mine only does that in Arizona at 110F outside when pulling hills. The water temp gauge is, and always will be, a poor way to watch EGT's. The EGT's would have to be VERY high and the ambient would also have to be high before the EGT's would affect the water temperature.
If your temperature guage is working well I see no need to change it.
Were you able to find the GOOD hose clamps or just the cheapo screw type?
|
Yeah ambient temp is quite high... I'm very close to the Equator and at sea level... was driving during the hottest part of the day today and things got toasty... towards mid afternoon I can pretty much just run the AC constantly and not worry. I only really need to worry when pulling hills in fifth in the hottest part of the day... the only real problem is that on the highway that's quite a lot of our driving!
Only got the screw type hose clamps but my boost is not high and they seem to hold it secure no problem. Have the heavy duty ones elsewhere so I know what you mean.
I only meant to add an aux coolant temp gauge that has numbers... because when other people quote temp numbers all I can say is "well it's about this far up the white part..."