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Old 06-19-2015, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeremy5848 View Post
Since the OP is primarily interested in watching the fluid temperature increase as a function of a leak, measuring the temperature anywhere and watching for changes over time has value. Your meat thermometer suggestion, for example, would work.
As one who has a temperature gauge installed, I don't think that "changes over time" will be meaningful as the temperature changes fairly dramatically based on ambient temperature, load, hills, speed etc. it would be almost impossible to distinguish between "normal" changes and those due to level.
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