External temperature?

[vegetaleb]

Hi
I am planning to buy a Corolla 1.8 next week,I went to the Toyota showroom and tried to get the external temperature but none of the left and right in-dash yellow lcd are giving external temp,just plain clock and kilometers!! is it optional or I had to press a button or switch somewhere?
I am in Lebanon(Beirut) and the Corolla is 2009

[pmcd76]

push button under clock to give outside temp, gas milage (eg. #/Lkm) avg L/km, engine running time, distance to empty

[vegetaleb]

Ok thanks! I will try tomorrow in their showroom,geez I feel this car so gadget empty compared to my destroyed Citroen C4

[BrantG]

You'll feel even worse when you realize the temp gauge isn't exactly accurate. hehe.

[buddy97]

Originally Posted by BrantG

You'll feel even worse when you realize the temp gauge isn't exactly accurate. hehe.

i have an external thermometer at my house that is linked to the national whether service temperature for our town. i have found the corolla external temp gauge to aleays be within 2 degrees.

however, i know from having a previous gen corolla before this one that if the car sits in the sun on a warm day, the temp gauge will be quite a ways off until you get the car moving.

[Hamster Inspector]

Even if the temperature reported on the radio is not the same temperature reading on your dash, that does not mean it is not accurate. You car is moving or may be in the sun. The temp reported is accurate at the point of the temperature sensor.

[vegetaleb]

Ok I tried the button today,is it the E/T parameter?? because it gave 15.5c while the Seat Leon of my sister was giving 25c!!!
Now as buddy97 said the Corolla of the showroom was parked outside in direct sunlight

[pmcd76]

e/t is engine time.

the temperature has the C or F (depending if you are in canada or usa) next to it, and it is the one proceeding the clock setting.

[vegetaleb]

Geez could I have missed it or it's not there on the first place
There are good differences between Middle East Corolla and American one!
Even the engine is different,here the 1.8L give 138hp

[Dorkinheimer]

I find the temperature gauge pretty accurate, about 1C off and sometimes spot on.

The only thing I would prefer is if the temperture was always visible, as well as the time, like the 9th generation Corolla.

[vegetaleb]

I am thinking of adding an universal digital thermometer to the central console like this one: http://www.lampa.it/eng/Prodotti_scheda.asp?P=86302
But where to stick the sensor?

[vegetaleb]

Ok the Lebanese Corollas don't have external temperature,so I will have to add a module perhaps just under the radio.
It sounds futile but for me it's as important as having the clock in a car...

[pinoyesv6]

on the cars with the factory temp sensor, i believe they have it behind the front bumper cover. sorry to be very vague about this but between the horn and the drivers side fog light.

[vegetaleb]

But placing the sensor there would not be affected by engine heating?
I was thinking to put it somewhere inside the driver door sticked to the external metal but that would means taking off some door parts and place them back unless the door has some hole near the door junction(link between the door and the rest of the car) that can give me easy access to place the sensor...

[LeanBurn]

Unless airflow moves backwards from the engine through the radiator and A/C condensor towards the front of the car (maybe on a real hot day no wind & some air radiates towards it) there is little way the engine heat can affect the sensor. Any forward movement of the car results in the air (after it had gone through the grille) hitting the sensor first before any other component offering real time results.