Subject: BMW and VDO temp gauge Author: cn as CNN-090 : member since July, 2004 : 971 posts Posted on: 2006-05-17 15:18:27

Further to our discussion below re actual temp vs gauge reading, I did some more research. While I am not sure VDO still makes gauges for BMW, but VDO ahs been making gauges for BMW over the years.

Typical VDO gauge:



The following pic was taken from an e34 website (The owner did not specify how he arrived at the above numbers):



http://www.bmwe34.net/E34main/Trouble/Overheating.htm

I thought this may be useful for everyone to know what the actual temp is.

cnn-090

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