water temp gauge on my 2000 olds alero

[mopardart72]

okay guys here the question i bought a water temp guage for my alero. can i tap into my coolant hose with the fitting and tape the fitting so it doesnt leak? or will it ruin my hose?

 

[daredevil]

find the sender for the idiot light and screw it in there

 

[Poppabear]

you tap into a coolant hose you are going to have a leak

 

[capnz]

okay

you cannot replace the sensor for the light
it interfaces with the ecm to turn fans on/set idiot light/etc
you would have to use some kind of t fitting and run both off the same port
which will be tough because of the design of the factory temp sensor
on a 3.4 it's located on the drivers side front of the intake
on a 2.4 it's located on what looks like a thermostat housing on the drivers side of the head

 

[69B-Cuda]

I have found that running a T or an extension pipe for water temp does not work all that well because it creates a dead end for the water... it will not flow up into the T and the water temp will not be accurate. The temp gauge is designed to protrude into the water jacket. You should be able to find a plug somewhere going into a water jacket.

 

[Oklacarcollecto]

okay guys here the question i bought a water temp guage for my alero. can i tap into my coolant hose with the fitting and tape the fitting so it doesnt leak? or will it ruin my hose?

I hope you didn't get an Alero with the 2.4 engine. IMO they are junk and will not take any abuse.