Auto Meter guages

[boomr]

Does anyone have any experience with the liquid filled Auto Meter guages (Pro Comp series) in cold weather, cold weather meaning below freezing. I would like to get some, but am concerned that the liquid might freeze solid.

 

[HISSIN50]

which liquid? gas should not, oil should not (some people fill the oil line to the gauge with a thin oil (like 0W-20) so that the tube does not have sludge in it).

coolant gauge is a capillary - no fluid in it.

what else?

 

[SlowGT]

I thought he meant the liquid filled faces. I'm not sure what they're filled with anymore. Are they still using glyceryn? If they are, I don't think you have to worry about freezing it. How much more are the liquid filled VS non-filled?

What's in the capillary tube of the temp guage?

 

[blk92stangg]

It's ether gas...not some liquid as some people think. Therefore there is not hot coolant spraying all over in a head on collision lol.

 

[SlowGT]

It's obviously not coolant. Thanks It's been so long since I've been in gauge cal that I was confusing the capillary tube with something else that has nothing to do with instrumentation. Guess these things happen in the wee hours of the morning

 

[boomr]

slowgt, nailed it, the liquid filled gauge faces, thanks for the responses