landonschmidt Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 So..im confused or dumb. Help me out. Why do so many guys put the temp gauge in the hose running into the front of the head, instead of the hose running from the actual water pump? By all appearances(the way the fins are) Shows the flow comes directly from the pump to the top of rad. So wouldnt placing temp gauge in this hose show more accurate reading of engine temp? Instead of having it in the line(cooled down) coming from bottom of rad to head? Oh boy... Sent from my LGLS990 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennett131 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 I belive you have the "flow" backwards if I'm understanding you fully. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheerider11 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Water starts at the top and goes down in the rad. In to water pump through engine out through head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickedcarbine Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 You are describing it a little goofy. But IMO, the best place to read is the hose going from the head to the top of the rad. That is where you get the actual running temp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheerider11 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 If your hoses are from wp to top of rad and head to bottom of rad you have them backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheerider11 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 If your hoses are from wp to top of rad and head to bottom of rad you have them backwards. And where did you get a long ass hose to reach from the top of the rad to the wp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landonschmidt Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Lol sorry i had hose placement mixed up..well basically my question is...how does the impeller pump coolant when the cup of the impeller fins are on the opposite side of the flow direction? Does that make sense? Sent from my LGLS990 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheerider11 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Lol sorry i had hose placement mixed up..well basically my question is...how does the impeller pump coolant when the cup of the impeller fins are on the opposite side of the flow direction? Does that make sense? Sent from my LGLS990 using Tapatalk The placement of the passages. It narrows down and forced through the cover. It has no choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landonschmidt Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Ok im a beleiver. I am no scientist and when i seen that and started thinkn bout it, well it was making my head hurt Sent from my LGLS990 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennett131 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 K.I.S.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
registered user Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 some guys have claimed to put a gauge before and after the rad and say there was only a 10* difference but thats hard to believe unless the bike was hardly moving then it makes perfect sense. measuring the water somewhere near where it exits the engine seems most logical to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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