Has anyone else noticed that....
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Has anyone else noticed that....
....The temp guage in the Xantia isnt linear. It goes blank, 60, blank,90, blank, 110.
So the blank line between 60 and 90 degrees - what is it? 70, 80? who knows.
So the blank line between 60 and 90 degrees - what is it? 70, 80? who knows.
What's the point of the numbers anyway? I mean, how accurate is it going to be? There was nothing wrong with the old red=too hot, blue=too cold and roughly halfway=normal. I think Citroën were just trying to be sophisticated. It would have looked better if the needle sat horizontally at normal too, in my opinion.
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Im still convinved that the fuel guage on the BX is logarithmic! I might be insane but maybe there is something akin to a whetstone bridge in there and the guages are because of that!
BUT that said, in the BX, in 5th gear, with everything running just right all the dials point straight up, something i find VERY comforting. I wonder if thats instead of the 'everythings okay' light. Though i've never seen a working 'oil level' guage, mine certainly doesnt.
BUT that said, in the BX, in 5th gear, with everything running just right all the dials point straight up, something i find VERY comforting. I wonder if thats instead of the 'everythings okay' light. Though i've never seen a working 'oil level' guage, mine certainly doesnt.
The temp gauge on my previous (1994) 306 was the same; the gap between 70 and 80 was about twice the gap between 80 and 100. I don't think that there was even a 90 mark, come to think of it. The newer one has a more linear scale though.
Talking about Fords, a friend of mine has a Ka (clutch just died at 50k, incidentally [xx(]) and that doesn't even have a temperature gauge at all. Instead there's a light that comes on when it's overheating. It's the most minimal instrument panel I've ever seen, more so even than my sister's Mini!
Talking about Fords, a friend of mine has a Ka (clutch just died at 50k, incidentally [xx(]) and that doesn't even have a temperature gauge at all. Instead there's a light that comes on when it's overheating. It's the most minimal instrument panel I've ever seen, more so even than my sister's Mini!
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by batwad</i>
Talking about Fords, a friend of mine has a Ka (clutch just died at 50k, incidentally [xx(]) and that doesn't even have a temperature gauge at all. Instead there's a light that comes on when it's overheating. It's the most minimal instrument panel I've ever seen, more so even than my sister's Mini!<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
You obviously havent seen the poverty spec AX then[:D]
Talking about Fords, a friend of mine has a Ka (clutch just died at 50k, incidentally [xx(]) and that doesn't even have a temperature gauge at all. Instead there's a light that comes on when it's overheating. It's the most minimal instrument panel I've ever seen, more so even than my sister's Mini!<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
You obviously havent seen the poverty spec AX then[:D]
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Vanny, It is a Wheatstone bridge. The non linearity of the BX gauge is due to the addition of the supplementary tank. When this was added, the sender calibration was not changed.As for temperature gauges, the only time you need them is when they are telling you things you'd rather not know. I'd still rather have one, though!