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Hi guys, I just 'bout melted my Loyales 1.8 without much warning. Both my turbo cars run 1/4 gauge at temp. I noticed my gauge creep to less than 1/2 scale and return to normal. I thought time to replace t-stat then I had no power. I pulled over, it stalled and was hot! Too hot to touch much under the hood. It took over an hour on a cool eve before it would take water. Bad sender? I lost water fast from a hose that exits from mid engine and 90's down. Bad locatation for the sender?
Mark

i think it's pretty common in all cars. if you lose water quickly, the sender goes dry and doesn't give a true reading of engine temp. What they all need is a low water sensor. I've had this happen on a Nissan and a Mazda.

Ive actually considered adding a temp sensor somewhere on the head or close to the top of the cylinder, so i get a true indication of temperature where it matters most

My thought's also. I'm going to pull the engine from the loyal and rework it for my RX. I know the sender is really a thermistor, so I anticipate having to use an auxillary temp gauge and sender. It's a matter of where to place new sender.