Temperature gauge where are you located???
07-17-2011, 10:59 PM
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Everybody ever notice that on our dash cluster that there is no temperature gauge for the engine???
So how do I know if my car is going to overheat?? Is it gauged on how many miles my car has?
Just wondering??? Everybody pls chime in...
Thanks so much and I appreciate the help
So how do I know if my car is going to overheat?? Is it gauged on how many miles my car has?
Just wondering??? Everybody pls chime in...
Thanks so much and I appreciate the help
07-18-2011, 05:40 AM
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Everybody ever notice that on our dash cluster that there is no temperature gauge for the engine???
So how do I know if my car is going to overheat?? Is it gauged on how many miles my car has?
Just wondering??? Everybody pls chime in...
Thanks so much and I appreciate the help
So how do I know if my car is going to overheat?? Is it gauged on how many miles my car has?
Just wondering??? Everybody pls chime in...
Thanks so much and I appreciate the help
07-18-2011, 08:39 AM
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The car will warn you in 2 stages. The first is a 'Yellow' temp warning advising you the temperature is above normal and to drive moderately. The second is a 'Red' warning, telling you to stop immediately and allow the car to cool. My car has decided to pop these 2 warnings up annoyingly all the time even though both the dealer and I confirm the car's temp is normal (and can be verified using a car scan tool with PID mapping to see the live sensor temps.
07-18-2011, 08:51 AM
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The car will warn you in 2 stages. The first is a 'Yellow' temp warning advising you the temperature is above normal and to drive moderately. The second is a 'Red' warning, telling you to stop immediately and allow the car to cool. My car has decided to pop these 2 warnings up annoyingly all the time even though both the dealer and I confirm the car's temp is normal (and can be verified using a car scan tool with PID mapping to see the live sensor temps.
so did it warn you because of how fast you where driving or how many miles have you driven? just curious? and also you think it is worth it to switch to m5 cluster?
thanks again
07-18-2011, 11:37 AM
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If you look at the tachometer, there are dashed lines above the 6K-7K RPM mark. If the car is cold, there are alot of dashed lines between 6-7. Usually mine has 3 dashed lines near the 7K at running temperature.
