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Coolant Temperature Gauge

SaberKitty

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Is hose #17 the best one to cut for installing a coolant temperature sender?

What's the hose ID?


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yep...should be one inch..i got the koso guage and hose adapter with the sending unit fitting...

you will love having real temp information..
 
anyone heard or used the koso boost/afr/water temp gauge that bikeman has on their site? spendy but seams like would be better that having 3-4 seperate gauges mounted everywhere
 
I put my gage in the coolant bypass hose. The reason being is that hose always has coolant running through it, even if the thermostat is closed.

This lets you:
1) Watch the motor warm up (since otherwise your coolant temp doesn't move until thermostat opens.
2) If your thermostat goes bad you know before the coolant temp light flashes.
3) Know the temperature of coolant actually going into the motor.
 
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I have an 1100, so it is different on mine. Does someone have a picture of the waterpump? The bypass on mine is a smaller diameter hose. If I had to venture a guess it is the hose the connects to that pipe at the bottom of the picture that isn't pictured with a hose. I could be wrong though.
 
Yeah, I think that is the one. On the 800 it looks like it goes to the throttle body perhaps. On the 1100 the bypass first goes to the oil cooler (where the filter mounts), then the turbo, then the throttle body (I think, I'd have to check to confirm).
 
saber...your ok to put it where you wanted too originally...willikers.i hope this indecision wasn;t reflective of your first chance at knooky...haha..
 
Cooling system experts, are these the coolant flow directions and hook ups?

Flow direction is easy to determine. The water pump is centrifical, meaning that the water goes in the center, and goes out on the edges.

I think you have from rear cooler and to rear cooler reversed.
 
Flow direction is easy to determine. The water pump is centrifical, meaning that the water goes in the center, and goes out on the edges.

I think you have from rear cooler and to rear cooler reversed.

You are correct.

On the 800 the bypass is built into ports inside the engine.
Coolant circulates inside the engine till it comes up to temp, the thermostat then starts to close the bypass ports while at the same time opening and allowing water to flow thru the heat exchangers.

The throttle body loop is not a "throttle body bypass".
It is a loop designed to heat the throttle bodies to prevent icing.
 
Thanks for the help everyone - Used the guidance to update the coolant photo in post #10.

And on a related note, here's the cooling diagram from the 2012 service manual.

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