MG TF water/coolant temperature guage

[cps13]

Hi,

I have an MG TF which I think is running a bit hot, but the temperature guage that comes as standard on them is ****. How hard would it be to wire up a digital guage?

I'm not by any means a novice but I've never done this sort of wiring before...

Any recommendations of guages?

[PJ3074]

Hi..Ive got the MG-F and have spent a fair bit of money lately regarding the HG and cooling systems.
You can get a conversion kit for the Thermostat so that works better and then add in a low-level coolant alarm...these were the response to my recent post. So here are some links. Hope it is of use. This is from MG-Steve......

Some time during 2003 MG stated fitting a 'PRT' thermostat to TF's. This stat responds not just to temperature changes, but also to pressure changes.The revised state can be retrofitted to older cars, but requires an amount of pipework to be changed too.

The alternative (and what is sounds like the garage have fitted previously) is a remote thermostat kit from QED Motorsport. This relocates the standard stat to the rad top hose, were it will respond more quickly to coolant temperature changes, so this is a good thing.

http://qedmotorsport.co.uk/qed-shop/rover-k-series...


Something else worthwhile fitting is a low coolant level alarm, another thing introduced in later cars. You can get an alarm kit for the F & TF from www.ukmgparts.com