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zfk55 01-17-2014 08:42 AM

So my wife sez... "READ THE MANUAL!"
 
I did, and I still can't seem to find a visual on engine temperature. Is there one at all? I was hoping so. I'd prefer to see a problem creeping up on me than a sudden red light flashing a problem already in full swing.

Pierre

dirty hands 01-17-2014 08:51 PM

dont know what type of camry you have

what comes up on the instrument panel every time you go to start

if no temp guage in instument panel then
its a light or warning symbol when things go wrong

if so you stop the car as soon as its safe then lift the bonnet

Patonium 01-17-2014 11:06 PM

No temp gauge? That's weird. I really wish all cars came with an actual temp gauge where the real temperature is marked. As well as oil pressure and volts. As much as I hated my '01 Monte Carlo SS, it had all the gauges so I could keep an eye on everything, but with that car I really had too!
Could you post a pic of instrument cluster? Or post a link? I'm curious...

zfk55 01-18-2014 06:27 AM

Its a 2013 LE. So far we haven't located anything about an actual gage in the manual. It does show an area at the bottom right of the instrument cluster where a light will come on if there's an overheating problem, but not an actual visible gage.


I'll go out after daybreak and take a photo.


P

Patonium 01-18-2014 10:58 PM

Something tells me you just have the idiot light.

dirty hands 01-19-2014 12:11 AM

yep it will be an idiot light
all that new electronic
technology and they come up with that as a solution

zfk55 02-06-2014 08:45 AM

D'Oh!! Couldn't find it in the manual, but..................
Left on the instrument cluster where the Transmission mode indicator and the Mileage indicator are there's a very small non-illuminated window with a C, H and a series of dots in between. A small vertical bar moves from C to H as the engine warms. Lyn and I have been looking at that dash cluster for better than a week and only this morning did we discover it. The whole affair can't be more than 1/4 by 3/4 of an inch in size.
I reiterate........... D'Oh!.
BTW.... It's -36 here this morning.

sheesh...................
P

Patonium 02-06-2014 11:17 PM

Brrrr! At least you'll know when the car is warm! Glad you found it!

zfk55 02-07-2014 04:39 PM

Patty, me boy-o, I just wish my eyesight was better than it is. That gage is so small it's not easy to focus on while driving, but...............
Better than nuthin'.


P

dirty hands 02-08-2014 03:53 AM

and off they drove into the sunset where they lived happily ever after


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