Overheating can permanently damage your engine and transmission

Standard temperature indicators sometimes provide engine temperature information. But if you’re focused on driving, you may miss the indicator going into the RED until it is too late and your engine or transmission is damaged.

Often standard indicators only measure the engine coolant temperature, have poor accuracy and no high temperature alarm. If your engine coolant is lost or the level drops for any reason, many indicators won’t show that the engine is overheating.  You may not be aware that your engine is being damaged.

Most vehicles do not have an indicator showing transmission temperature.  If you are 4WD’ing or towing a caravan, boat, trailer etc, your transmission and engine will be working hard, increasing the temperature.  The temperature of the transmission can also become excessive during high speed highway driving. If you are not aware of your actual transmission temperature, you have no way of knowing whether it is being damaged by excessive heating.

This gauge allows you to monitor and set alarms for the engine block, transmission housing and coolant temperatures during all driving conditions. Monitoring both engine block and coolant temperature is a very effective way to give early warning of engine overheating.

The gauge kit includes;

• Dash gauge suitable for vehicle dashboards and surface mounting.
• Two digital temperature sensors which bolt onto the engine block and transmission housing. The temperature range for each sensor is  -25°C to +125°C (-13°F to +257°F).
• One coolant temperature sensor (1 meter cable) including 1/8 NPT (10mm) threaded probe
• Cables and mounting hardware for 12 volt vehicles (longer cables to suit particular vehicles and 24 volt options available).

Coolant hose inserts suitable for our sensor are widely available.  Please note because of the wide variation in coolant hose diameters, the inserts are not provided by Gauge Innovations.

More detail on the gauge operation and installation can be found here:

• VETD-05 Gauge Description and Installation Manual
• VETD-05 Gauge Operation Guide
• VETD-05 Installation Notes