Temperature Gauge for Versa?

[vbissonnette]

The one small complaint that I have about my 07 Versa is that I miss having a temperature gauge. Do you know of any aftermarket gauges that would work well with the Versa engine and dash? Any good or bad experiences trying to install one on the Versa?

Thank you!

[biggie]

Haven't seen any good fits for aftermarket guages. But I would go with the ScanguageII tool, which will give you the read out from the OEM sensor + a lot more data.

[Knightro2]

I agree, this is my first vehicle that doesn't have guages for all the functions. I don't like that. Sure I have lights but that is after something goes wrong. The guages atleast let me see something is a miss before it gets to bad.

[2dr_sentra]

You can get a nissport adapter and just cut your radiator hose and put it in, and use the sending unit on it, besides drilling and tapping into the thermostat housing.



But then id where to mount the gauge. I thought about over the cup holders. (hard to explain without seeing what im talking about)

[mosquito_R]

Haven't seen any good fits for aftermarket guages. But I would go with the ScanguageII tool, which will give you the read out from the OEM sensor + a lot more data.

I strongly recommend the ScangaugeII also. It monitors lots of parameters, fuel economy and can also be used as an OBD II tool. I mounted it on the underside of the lip that's over the instrument cluster so it blocks the speedometer slightly but allows the unit to be kept out of direct sunlight. It was the best $180 I spent.

[Slither]

Does the ECM have any kind of software & sensors to detect low coolant and shut things down? You know, that chuck engine light...

[biggie]

Does the ECM have any kind of software & sensors to detect low coolant and shut things down? You know, that chuck engine light...

There is no fail safe that I know of for low coolant. The car will overheat.

[vbissonnette]

Thanks for the interesting ideas!

Right now, I'm leaning toward the nissport adapter mentioned above, and a temp gauge like this one:

http://www.jcwhitney.com/EQUUS...1.jcw

This approach would give me more information about water temperature and not disturb the hot/cold dash lights. I'm thinking that the space just to the left of the steering wheel might work for a small gauge like this if there's not too much behind there. I'll check it out.

The mini-computer approach suggested is certainly interesting, and I'll investigate. It might be fun to have access to information like mpg.

Thanks again and have a great day.

[biggie]

Thanks for the interesting ideas!

Right now, I'm leaning toward the nissport adapter mentioned above, and a temp gauge like this one:

http://www.jcwhitney.com/EQUUS...1.jcw

This approach would give me more information about water temperature and not disturb the hot/cold dash lights. I'm thinking that the space just to the left of the steering wheel might work for a small gauge like this if there's not too much behind there. I'll check it out.

The mini-computer approach suggested is certainly interesting, and I'll investigate. It might be fun to have access to information like mpg.

Thanks again and have a great day.

The Scangauge will give you a digital temp readout as well as many other monitoring options. And you don't have to do anything but plug it in and find a place to mount/sit it. It will not interfere with the OEM hot/cold light.

I'm amazed how many people want to mount and install regular gauges when this is an option.