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Battery voltage gauge - why?!
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19/04/2009 15:03
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I love the silver dials on my 20vt(6) - much nicer than the normal black IMHO. BUT, where most coupes have an oil temperature gauge - on the right - mine has a battery voltage meter. What the heck is the point of that? it sits at 12.6 and never moves! Wish I had an oil temperature meter instead!
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Re: Battery voltage gauge - why?!
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19/04/2009 16:15
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Probably because it is cheaper to fit than an oil temp gauge.
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19/04/2009 16:19
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Re: Battery voltage gauge - why?!
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19/04/2009 17:24
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19/04/2009 17:27
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saves coupe worrying as everyone with a oil pressure gauge deosnt stop worrying they have problem im one of then them
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19/04/2009 17:34
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DanDan
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i have to guess when my oil is upto temp before i start using all the power though...can't be good
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Re: Battery voltage gauge - why?!
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19/04/2009 19:37
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thats what i do but mine warms up very fast so will always leave it 10 mins just incase
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Re: Battery voltage gauge - why?!
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19/04/2009 19:48
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DanDan
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yes, but if it doesn't start when you try, you still know its not going to start
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Re: Battery voltage gauge - why?!
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19/04/2009 22:34
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BUT, where most coupes have an oil temperature gauge - on the right - mine has a battery voltage meter. Mine's on the left, as with all other Coupes I've seen i have to guess when my oil is upto temp before i start using all the power though...can't be good Why? You'll be waiting forever and most daily drivers don't get up to temperature before they've stopped again. Have you ever got the oil temperature hot before you've ragged any other car? No It's only because the Coupe has this gauge, it makes people paranoid. I wait a few minutes after the water is up to temperature. That seems to do the trick. Me too
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Re: Battery voltage gauge - why?!
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19/04/2009 22:52
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i have to guess when my oil is upto temp before i start using all the power though...can't be good [quote=Theresa]Why? You'll be waiting forever and most daily drivers don't get up to temperature before they've stopped again. Have you ever got the oil temperature hot before you've ragged any other car? No It's only because the Coupe has this gauge, it makes people paranoid.[quote=Theresa] Exactly. The coupe is special, i wouldn't want to damage it
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Re: Battery voltage gauge - why?!
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20/04/2009 22:41
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I can't see why anyone would ever want an "oil temparture gauge". Its the most totally pointless thing ever. It s just totally uneccessary.
Think it's been observed before that it seemed to come down to whatever spare gauge they had in the factory that day!
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20/04/2009 23:29
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I would be lost without an oil temp gauge in both my MG and the Fiat for the very reason of knowing when to give it some beans. It also amazes me how newer vehicles seem to have *no* temp gauge at all
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21/04/2009 13:07
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I've got a set of the silver dials if anyone is interested. Came out of a VT6. Got a dead battery on the plus so getting a new battery as the gauge told me it was shagged before I turned the key. O thats what its for. It tells you not to even bother turning the key or the wife had the passenger light on all night
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21/04/2009 13:45
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RICHB
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Mine sits just below half way, cant remember what that reading is though, and then it rises above half way once started
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