Best spot for CLT sensor?
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Best spot for CLT sensor?
The CLT sensor is only going to be used for a gauge. I had planned on tapping it into my thermostat housing, but the sensor is a bit larger than I had thought, and I am afraid that it will impede flow too much. I ordered a radiator hose adapter last night but already changed my mind, I would rather not hack it like that. Are there any spots that I am not thinking of? The engine is already back in the car, otherwise I would have tried to find a spot on the back of the head near the stock sensor.. Maybe I am just over thinking this.
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In-line with the upper radiator hose is actually pretty decent... I like that position for the sender because it's accurate for what temp is coming out of the motor after it's run all the way through the motor just like the stock sensor that is behind the head - the coolant flows out of the motor, through a tube, through the thermostat and then into the sender before the radiator cools it back down, so you're seeing the max temp the coolant is seeing.
Also, having it plumbed after the thermostat helps w/ troubleshooting cooling problems - if the stock water temp gauge rises to normal operating temp range and the aftermarket gauge doesn't follow a minute afterwards, you know the thermostat isn't opening - you don't have to wait until you're overheating to realize there's a problem.
Also, having it plumbed after the thermostat helps w/ troubleshooting cooling problems - if the stock water temp gauge rises to normal operating temp range and the aftermarket gauge doesn't follow a minute afterwards, you know the thermostat isn't opening - you don't have to wait until you're overheating to realize there's a problem.
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Is this the same type of temp sensor originally on the back of the head (at least on the 1.6's) -- ie: the sinlge-clip sensor for the temp gauge on the dash?
I have a CLT for my TEC3 plumbed into a "T" just before the heater core. I've done a BBundy-style coolant re-route, however, so the coolant going to that line is coming from the bottom of the intake manifold. IMHO, like M2cupcar said, it's going to measure the hottest temps, after it's gone through the block/head completely.
BEGI has a nice billet "T" piece that splices into the upper rad hose as well.
I have a CLT for my TEC3 plumbed into a "T" just before the heater core. I've done a BBundy-style coolant re-route, however, so the coolant going to that line is coming from the bottom of the intake manifold. IMHO, like M2cupcar said, it's going to measure the hottest temps, after it's gone through the block/head completely.
BEGI has a nice billet "T" piece that splices into the upper rad hose as well.
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