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Risky Duckfeet

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Engine temp problem
« on: 24 July 2009, 18:12:05 »
Hi All,
Hope that someone can help;
The water temp gauge on my dash has stopped working, it was intermittent for a few days but now has stopped completely, Tried to find the senser in the engine but no idea where it is.
Can anyone help? Is this a common problem and should I be looking engine end or display end?
Thanks everyone in advance. :)
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Re: Engine temp problem
« Reply #1 on: 24 July 2009, 18:23:23 »
mine stopped working because the spade connector had come off. took ages to work out where to put it back as the temp sender had a round connector not rectangular as i was expecting!

It's on the back of my engine, but that's a 2.0 16V so maybe not that helpful for a V6 :-/. I'm sure there's more info on the forum about them though :)

anyway
Here's a link to a picture of the one for sale from vaux-world:

http://www.ekmpowershop2.com/ekmps/shops/vauxworld/index.asp?function=PRODUCTIMAGEWINDOW&closedelay=20000&SRC=http://www.ekmpowershop2.com/ekmps/shops/vauxworld/images/new-03439088[ekm]400x300[ekm].jpg

I found it helpful to know what to look for too :y
« Last Edit: 24 July 2009, 18:23:58 by dippydave »
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Re: Engine temp problem
« Reply #2 on: 25 July 2009, 07:47:23 »
Thanks mate, I'll have another look around and see if I can see anything that looks like that.
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Re: Engine temp problem
« Reply #3 on: 25 July 2009, 19:56:53 »
IIRC the sender for the gauge is under the inlet housing on or around the coolant bridge. Need to remove most of inlet housing I am afraid. It is the one with only 1 wire on it, the one with 2 wires is for the ecu, not the gauge.
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Re: Engine temp problem
« Reply #4 on: 25 July 2009, 21:45:28 »
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IIRC the sender for the gauge is under the inlet housing on or around the coolant bridge. Need to remove most of inlet housing I am afraid. It is the one with only 1 wire on it, the one with 2 wires is for the ecu, not the gauge.
Al
Yeah, had a look to see if I could see it without moving anything and got nowhere. Might have to invest in some tools :(
Thanks for your help mate.
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Re: Engine temp problem
« Reply #5 on: 26 July 2009, 00:41:24 »
Only need a set of torqs sockets. not to big a job, just dont drop anything down the inlets.
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Re: Engine temp problem
« Reply #6 on: 26 July 2009, 14:03:57 »
With scuttle off, you can get to it.

Its a single spade connector onto the sensor which is on the top of the coolant bridge
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Re: Engine temp problem
« Reply #7 on: 26 July 2009, 23:09:47 »
Thanks all, think that I'll try removing the scuttle (Thanks The Boy) sove me buying a set of torx sockets.
Really appreciate all the help and I'll let you know how I get on.
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