Water temp and oil temp

JARblue · 08-24-2021, 09:20 AM

Am I missing something here? My gauge has 16 total dots. My coolant temp routinely hits the 8th and 9th dots during normal driving. Not even close to overheating (under 200F).

Corsairprime · 08-24-2021, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Am I missing something here? My gauge has 16 total dots. My coolant temp routinely hits the 8th and 9th dots during normal driving. Not even close to overheating (under 200F).

You are correct, there are 16 dots on this temperature meter. In the 7 years I have owned my Z never has the 8th dot lit for me. I have seen 221 deg F. on my OBD2 reader software, both Dash Command and Torque. I am however acknowledging dots 8-16, and truly wonder at what temperature they do light up. I would be alarmed at the 8th or 9th dot lighting up.

Spooler · 08-24-2021, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Corsairprime

You are correct, there are 16 dots on this temperature meter. In the 7 years I have owned my Z never has the 8th dot lit for me. I have seen 221 deg F. on my OBD2 reader software, both Dash Command and Torque. I am however acknowledging dots 8-16, and truly wonder at what temperature they do light up. I would be alarmed at the 8th or 9th dot lighting up.

Ah, sounds like your software is not interpreting the actual temp correctly. The only way to correctly get it is with a gauge with it's own sensor.

SonicVQ · 08-24-2021, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Am I missing something here? My gauge has 16 total dots. My coolant temp routinely hits the 8th and 9th dots during normal driving. Not even close to overheating (under 200F).

The temps I provided are for the first 8 (1-8) LEDS, and stop once the car was up to temp.

To get the next 8 coolant temperature LEDs (9-16) someone has to offer their car to the overheat gods or send me a 370z gauge cluster to test

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