[Healeys] Temp gauge 30 degrees off - why?

Richard Ewald richard.ewald at gmail.com
Tue Jun 18 21:43:31 MDT 2013


I was a passenger in a Jag sedan that had a serious water leak.
The driver would pull over when the engine temp read 70PSI.  Yes the needle
would go past 180 degrees.
Rick

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Steve B. Gerow <steveg at abrazosdata.com>wrote:

> Rick,
>
> With overheating one would expect the gauge to read low. One would think
> the needle would hit the stop and the shaft would keep rotating.
>
> Now if it was in very cold weather, the shaft would go the other way and
> the needle would read high.
>
> --
> Steve Gerow
>
>
>
> Healey Rick wrote -
> >
> >  I wouldn't be too concerned.  I think you've single handedly found the
> >  solution to years of Healey over heating.  All we need to do is remove
> our
> >  temp needles and replace them to an acceptable temperature point.
>  Problem
> >  solved!
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