Temp guage

[jigsnreels]

Hi guys,

Anyone got a temp guage for their outboard? Is it worthwhile? If I get one, what thread/sender does a honda 130 take?

Cheers,
Yock

[Spaniard_King]

Yock why do you want a temp gauge?? The 130 honda has 2 temp switches for overheat and these fail to safe (alarm) Are you concerned about the poor tell tale?

[jigsnreels]

G'day Spaniardking,

There's a dead gauge on the dash (a clock) and I wanted to replace it with something useful. Already have a water pressure gauge and alarms, so it's probably overkill, but anyway...

Telltale? It's strong (engine only has 90 hours) but shoots backwards
at an angle that makes it hard to see.

Do you know what the thread is?

Cheers and thanks
Yock

[Spaniard_King]

What thread are you refering to Yock?? You cannot remove a temp sensor as the cumputor will detect it and trigger an alarm. If you need to fill a gauge hole have you thought of a navman fuel flow monitor. it fits perfectly into the hole and is a greta adition to a boat

[jigsnreels]

OK, I was assuming there'd be a sender that screwed into the water jacket somewhere, in place of an existing bolt. If not, how would you connect the gauge to the engine?

The fuel flow meter is an excellent option, might end up with that anyway.

[Spaniard_King]

Honda dosn't have a temp gauge only a water poressure gauge and frommemory you have to tap the hole for that too.. 1/4bsp