Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge question

[thejimrose]

i do the same - keep a nice little 20$ pyrex thermometer in my toolbox for
random temp checking. harbor freight sells a laser one for around 50$. cool
toy..

On Jan 22, 2008 3:50 PM, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you have a meat T-mometer (I have one specifically for automotive
> purposes, and it (unlike most) will read down below freezing as well) just
> hold it firmly on the back side of the sensor (or alongside by the threads)
> while reading out the temp with VAG-COM. The brass material of the sensor
> body should transmit the temp quite well to the meat thermometer and then
> you can cross check the meat thermometer to the VAG-COM readout. A few
> degrees difference would be considered neglible to check the function of the
> sensor.  As a side bonus, the meat thermometer can serve as a rudimentary
> tread temp thermometer for us cheap trackie types. At least my t-mometer
> cross checks pretty well with real tire pyrometers at the autocross track.
> And the thermometer only cost $20 vs. a true pyrometer. It just doesn't
> penetrate as deep, but that's not as big a deal for autocross anyway.
>
> LL - NY