Topic: Engine temp problem (Read 1844 times)

Risky Duckfeet · « **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.

dippydave · « **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

Risky Duckfeet · « **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.

al brown · « **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.
Al

Risky Duckfeet · « **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.
K

al brown · « **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.
Al

TheBoy · « **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

Risky Duckfeet · « **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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