Autometer water temp gauge install help

[Gsxant]

ok, i got an autometer electrical water temp. gauge. i was told to tap into the singe wire sender thats on the left side of the waternec,i ran the wire straight to the gauge leaving the stock sender wire off, now the gauge seamed to be rreading fine but then after about 5minutes of driving it starts to pin n slowly move back down but pin again, , i know im not over heating beacuse the car was sitting for about 2hours before i started driving.what are my options?

[Gsxant]

no one has ever installed a watertemp gauge on a 2g gst?

[bigdogg2834]

Most of the water temp gauges I have seen have their own sender like an egt gauge. What I have seen done is you have to tap into a specific spot you want to take the temp from. I have seen people tap into the thermostat housing. You drill and tap it just like an egt gauge. Maybe your gauge isn't set up this way. It's kind of like the difference between wideband and narrow band 02 gauges. One taps into a wire, whereas the other reads directly from the sender. I think yours is the type that taps into a wire. Maybe this could be why it's inaccurate. It's hard to tell.

[Gsxant]

im thinkn about just tapping the gauge into the side of the water neck n sealing it with thread seal... i tried searching ... everyones response is going in circles n the problems never solved

[FstEclipseGst]

i have an autometer but i found a lil DOO-HICKIE online and i orderd it and it works fine for me.... heres the link...

http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=39

[2G4G63]

here's mine

[Gsxant]

thanks alot... now im guna do that lol... because it looks like it belongs there for some reason ...that doesnt bother your thermostat right... i just wana make sure before it gets the drill