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Dodgy temp gauge

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:56 pm
by Jordi
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It's not the engine one and it's not my zuk.

Rembering it's december. I'm parked at catterick. 3 gritters have gone past. There is snow on the ground. My mirrors have iced over.

What does that temp gauge say?

Re: Dodgy temp gauge

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:01 pm
by turbo-tom
15 degrees to me :lol: , what lorry do ya drive? :D

Re: Dodgy temp gauge

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:04 pm
by Edweird
Had to turn my head upside down. :hahaha:

Where on earth did it get 15 degrees from? Was that the inside temperature?

Well, I suppose it could be heat from the engine because the were parked.

Re: Dodgy temp gauge

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:07 pm
by Jordi
12 Reg MAN. German "quality". It's the outside temp. Been parked up long enough for the engine to go cold

Re: Dodgy temp gauge

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:09 pm
by Izuki
Most outside air temp. gauges are mounted in behind the front bumper which happens to be directly in front of the radiator. So when you are stationary for a while they will read high due to the warmth from the radiator and when you're driving they tend to read low due to wind chill.
I once had an outside air temp reading of -26*c in my work van a year or two back!!!

Re: Dodgy temp gauge

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:10 pm
by turbo-tom
nice :hahaha: :hahaha: who you drive for?

Re: Dodgy temp gauge

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:12 pm
by Jordi
A picture says a 1000 words apparently
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Re: Dodgy temp gauge

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:14 pm
by turbo-tom
Wow! that looks a pretty cool rig to drive!

Re: Dodgy temp gauge

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:15 pm
by Edweird
turbo-tom wrote:Wow! that looks a pretty cool rig to drive!
Faster than a zook too. :hahaha:

Re: Dodgy temp gauge

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:25 pm
by Jordi
Keeps me out of bigger mischief. Get a wide and varied selection of work and get to go to all kinds of weird and wonderful places.

Even done a spot of off roading and green laning with it. Wind farms and railway bridges in fields. Even got diff locks on this one. Lol.