So basically if the plastic pipe to rubber hose connection fails and dumps
all the coolant out you would get no warning before the motor melts?

On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 7:05 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> That is an excellent point. The 86+ has the temp gauge sender in the
> thermostat housing. It needs coolant flowing to get an accurate reading,
> especially with the plastic housing most vans have. Syncros have a metal
> one and there are metal aftermarket ones available as well.
>
> Mark
>
>
> Kevin Duvernay wrote:
>
>> Thanks. I will add a new thermostat to the to-do list. Quick question,
>> where is the sensor for the temperature gauge? Is it measuring coolant
>> temp or engine temp? Im trying to think about what its response would be
>> if there was a catastrophic loss of coolant, a major leak.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
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