Dakota 4WD V8-4.7L Flex Fuel (2008)
Temperature Gauge: Description and Operation
Description
DESCRIPTION
An engine coolant temperature gauge is standard equipment on all instrument clusters. This gauge is part of the minor gauge set with the fuel gauge
located on the left side of the instrument cluster, just left of the speedometer. The gauge consists of a movable gauge needle or pointer controlled by the
instrument cluster circuitry and a fixed 90 degree gauge scale on the cluster overlay that reads bottom-to-top from C (or Cold) to H (or Hot). An
International Control and Display Symbol icon for Engine Coolant Temperature is located on the cluster overlay, directly below the bottom end of the
scale.
The engine coolant temperature gauge graphics are black against a white field except for a single red graduation at the high end of the gauge scale,
making them clearly visible within the instrument cluster in daylight. When illuminated from behind by the panel lamps dimmer controlled cluster
general illumination lighting with the exterior lamps turned ON, the white gauge dial face appears blue-green with the black graphics silhouetted against
the illuminated background and the red graphics and the red gauge needle still appear red. Gauge illumination is provided by an integral
electro-luminescent lamp that is serviced as a unit with the instrument cluster.
The engine coolant temperature gauge is serviced as a unit with the instrument cluster.
