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200tdi warmup time
Mark_Solesbury:
Are all guages the same scale??
There is a temp sensor that is bolted onto the engine, that sends a feed to the meter. They work on resistance... Once mine earthed out an the needle went right off the scale!!
What make have you got?
Dixie:
--- Quote from: Mark_Solesbury on January 11, 2008, 22:45:28 ---Are all guages the same scale??
There is a temp sensor that is bolted onto the engine, that sends a feed to the meter. They work on resistance... Once mine earthed out an the needle went right off the scale!!
What make have you got?
--- End quote ---
Not sure what make, I got it as a cheap second hand option after the first one went off the scale.
I changed the bulbs in all my dials and 2 of the green lenses inside got fried! I then switched to LEDs but the LED end was square and wouldn't go in all the way. After a bit of brutish persuasion I managed to catch something in the gauge and it worked no more after that.
Is there any way of getting these damaged green lenses out easily?
bigfatsi:
I've got a 200 in mine from a Disco and it takes ages to heat up. When I looked into it, it seems they are quite a 'cool' engine anyway. I've never had it really hot yet, even after long runs or heavy off-roading.
Simon
Bob696:
2 miles before my 200Tdi even gets off the cold mark. On a cold morning it isn't even getting to the normal running temp mark by the time I get to work (6 miles/20 minutes)
Mark_Solesbury:
Its all gonna be down to the heat shielding on the exhaust manifold, and the insulation under the bonnet...
I found the heater was more effective on my old 200tdi with the exhaust heat shield removed :)
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