That's a good point... and a silly design feature. Who cares what the
temperature of the coolant is in the radiator? Not to mention that if the
coolant level were low, it might be measuring air temp instead.
on 3/27/03 11:20 AM, Bullwinkle at yd3@nvc.net wrote:
> FWIW:
>
> On the T series cars the temp sensor location is in the header tank of
> the radiator. On the MGA - , it is located AHEAD of the thermostat in
> the head. Thus on T series cars the temperature is of the coolant in
> the radiator, and the MGA- it's of the coolant in the head. If the
> thermostat is only partially or not even open the T series gauge doesn't
> reflect the true engine temp.
>
> Blake
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