MrRy
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I wonder if anyone could advise.
I need to change my OEM coolant hoses as they have lost their strength and flatten when the car has been hot and cools down after a couple of hours. Thought it was the rad cap at first but it did the same with the blueprint rad cap and a Honda Oem rad cap, so the Mugen 1.3 bar is back on.
Anyway, my Defi gauge has the sensor plumbed into the top coolant hoses via an adapter, but I didn't want to chop up a new set of silicone hoses unless I have to so the questions are:
- Can I someone use the OEM water sensor for the Defi via the thermostat housing? (Assuming not as at a guess, OEM is narrowband and Defi's is a wideband temp sensor?)
- If not, if I take the OEM one out and just use my Defi, will this affect the OEM setup in that the ECU needs to read water temp directly from the cluster gauge and so will stop the car being able to go from closed loop to open loop and vice versa?
Worst case I will chop up a Mishimoto hose as I don't want to tap next to the OEM location, too much faff and would rather a reversible, clean proper job.
Cheers
Ry
I need to change my OEM coolant hoses as they have lost their strength and flatten when the car has been hot and cools down after a couple of hours. Thought it was the rad cap at first but it did the same with the blueprint rad cap and a Honda Oem rad cap, so the Mugen 1.3 bar is back on.
Anyway, my Defi gauge has the sensor plumbed into the top coolant hoses via an adapter, but I didn't want to chop up a new set of silicone hoses unless I have to so the questions are:
- Can I someone use the OEM water sensor for the Defi via the thermostat housing? (Assuming not as at a guess, OEM is narrowband and Defi's is a wideband temp sensor?)
- If not, if I take the OEM one out and just use my Defi, will this affect the OEM setup in that the ECU needs to read water temp directly from the cluster gauge and so will stop the car being able to go from closed loop to open loop and vice versa?
Worst case I will chop up a Mishimoto hose as I don't want to tap next to the OEM location, too much faff and would rather a reversible, clean proper job.
Cheers
Ry