Are these functional gauges, or just idiot lights in disguise, with an on/off orientation? I can't find this out anywhere.

 

The '94-04 Oil and Volt Gauges were that way, so I would assume the 2005 is as well.

Water temp goes slowly up as car warms up, so I can't see how this could be. However it too may be somewhat of an idiot gauge, as I have never seen it vary from the final "warmed up" position with different outdoor temperatures. To test, you could unplug the cooling fan and drive around to see if it gets any hotter than normal !! This could be flerting with disaster if it IS an idiot gauge !!

On my '98 3.8L Mustang, I added an Autometer Mechanical Oil PSI Gauge and I would see fluxuations between 25 to 90 PSI and that 'ol idoit gauge did not move !!

 

Thanks. I can't find out anywhere about the 2005 gauges.

Nobody out there with an 05 who can tell me?

 

Maybe they changed something along the way, but on the '94 V6 that I had, the only "non-functional" gauge was the oil pressure. The voltage gauge was all over the place, based on how much it was currently charging. And, from experience when the head gaskets were going out, I can assure you that the temperature one will rise without hitting the full "H" position.

I'm interested as well to know if these are "functional" gauges on the '05. :scratch: