Afternoon everybody.
I had to buy a small cheap runaround for out here, found a nice Mitsubishi Colt with the 1.5 3 pot merc diesel. Only problem is there is no temp gauge. I find that I do need to know what the engine is doing temp wise especially on the fairly steep climbs around me.
Now it has a CTS plugged into the thermostat housing, I was wondering if I could utilise the wiring from that for a stand alone digital temp gauge, pod mounted on the dash somewhere?
If I piggy backed the wiring would that, could that affect the signal to the ECU and throw some funnies into the fuelling?
I do have on of those inline units I can fit to the top rad hose but it is quite a distance from the awkwardly placed thermostat housing, ideally these should be placed as close to the engine as possible, yes?
Can someone with electrickery knowledge help me out here and point me in the right direction.
I should add there is a warning light in the dash console which tells you when the temp is too high, as yet I have not found the location of that and don't know whether it is an oil temp warning or a coolant temp warning, manuals for these are really hard to come by, plus the Mitsubishi dealers nearby don't have a word of english and my Spanish is woefully inadequate!
Cheers
Jon