Water Temp Gauge Question
 

I searched about this topic some today at work and found a thread that had some hints of installing a water temp gauge on a 2010 model, but i couldn't really find a definitive answer. (I'll admit that I'm not always the best searcher though).Has any one put one in? Where did you install the sensor for it?

I would just get the dash hawk or something similar that hooks up to the obd port. I am running the aeroforce interceptor with one setting always on coolant temp. And the other with cycle through. Or if you had a AP you could do this too

Ya thats what a lot of people in the thread i did find were saying too. I was just hoping for an actual gauge option. Thanks for the response by the way.

Torque pro app $4.95, Mazdaspeed plug in $9.95, Blue tooth reader $10 and an android devise. Total spent $25 and you can monitor everything an AP will. You really need an AP though if you are going to mod this car. Screen shot of my Galaxy phone.
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I have an iPhone.... But really Id like a regular style gauge. I'll buy an AP eventually but I'm not ready to drop the $600 on one yet.

Searching harder would find your answer. The new temp sensor isn't too difficult install with an inline pipe that you splice into the radiator hose.

I did find that solution. Also read that it wasn't 100% accurate... Although I can't remember the reason right away.

Point me to any gauge that is 100% accurate. It works well enough to be within 5ish degrees of what the one mounted to the engine sees.

Maybe I mistyped.... Or misunderstood what was said. It seemed like they were saying that the location of the sensor made the gauge read differently that what the ecu would actually say they temp was. Naturally the gauge would be accurate to what the sensor reads. But if the inline sensor in the rad tube is good then I'm fine with that. I was just curious if there was another option beside that, that used a conventional gauge people preferred.

What is your reasoning for wanting a water temp gauge only?

You can get a used V2 AP for around $250. A quality gauge with sensor set up will cost almost that much. With the AP you can monitor 30 parameters and get a much safer as well as more powerful tune.

Why bother with a temp gauge when an AccessPORT can monitor coolant temp more accurately and can also do many other incredibly useful things as well?

Like someone mentioned, a used V2 AP is mad cheap nowadays. A quality coolant temp gauge is still going to run you $100+ (and that's still on the cheap side) and you get no added benefit.