ATF temp meter

[wildfaye]

Hiya, has anyone installed a ATF temp meter in their cars to monitor?

I done seem to find any ATF temp meters sold by major manufacturers?

Can we fit one?

[smorison]

Hiya, has anyone installed a ATF temp meter in their cars to monitor?

I done seem to find any ATF temp meters sold by major manufacturers?

Can we fit one?

i'm assuming you mean a auto temp fluid meter???


umm any oil temp meter will do... and the Apexi ones look really cool well the new ones do

[wildfaye]

yeah stephen, dats what i meant...

how do i actaully connect them up? the sensors and stuff?

I havent actually bought any yetm but wanna explore the possiblity of having one installed.

[smorison]

yeah stephen, dats what i meant...

how do i actaully connect them up? the sensors and stuff?

I havent actually bought any yetm but wanna explore the possiblity of having one installed.

i'll be installing one soon... basically you need to plumb a temp sensor into your piping... where you install it has an effect on temp...

i.e. if i install mine before my tranny raditator it will read higher than after it...

the best place to install (to get the most accurate temp) is as close to the gearbox on the outbound side as possible....

you can also get sensors that go at the bottom of your dipstick... don't know how good these are though

[wildfaye]

yeah...dats what i thought too, i have a ATF cooler installed as well, so i'm not too sure of the best location to have the temp sensor installed...hmm

[smorison]

well if i get around to it soon i'll take some happy snaps and do up a howto.

[wildfaye]

cool dude!

[wildfaye]

Got round to doing it stephen?
Was wondering what temp range it will fall in between?
I spose a engine oil temp guage will be a better choice compared to a water temp gauge?