slickE60

I've read a numer of posts discussing the lack of a temp gauge. Has anyone tried installing an auxillary temp gauge? I need to install one because I just paid large $ to repair my overheated engine. Is there a water temperature sending unit that I could tap into?
Any help greatly appreiated
Thanks
Greg

1esquire

Did you check out this thread?

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=49710

I looked into the same thing about a year ago.

slickE60

Thanks 1esquire but I don't need an oil temp gauge, I'm interested in monitoring the water temp...

545felix

there is no gauge showing the temp, but it is being monitored. if the temp rises above a certain point (used to be 115deg C) you'll get all hell breaking loose on the cluster and the i-drive display.

if you absolutely must have one, you can do something like this:

but keep in mind, if whatever caused your overheating condition didn't trigger a warning on the cluster it will not register an abnormally high temp on this gauge unit either, as it is reading OBD-II signals to get information just like the cluster does.

Rislar

Or this, i used one on my S2000, its a great bit of kit

http://www.plxdevices.com/

ricky1329

One of Made in Taiwan product, just plug to OBDII connector, have multi function. price below $80. Just plug and play.
Speed meter
water temperature
gear postion
intake air temperature
throttle valve opens ratio

Speeding warning alarm
Overheat warning alarm