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<x-flowed>At 04:19 AM 9/14/2005, David Y said: >My ultra-scientific laboratory-grade testing devices (freshly boiled water >in a doubled-up paper coffee cup) have revealed that my new VDO oil temp >gauge --of the "Cockpit Royale" variety-- and new sender are about 10 >degrees too low (registering around 200 deg. in boiling water). I tried it >three times, each time increasing the speed by which I could run from the >kitchen to the garage without splattering scalding hot water all over >myself... about 30 seconds. I'm not sure how fast the water cools down (and >thus what the exact temp the gauge is at) but it couldn't be ten degrees (?).
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