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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 10:39 AM
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Default Water temp gauge sensor ?

Where is it located ?
i want to earth it out to see if the needle can rise above half way,reason i say is because it never seems to go above half way,even when i did the water/antifreeze etc it never rose above this.

anyone elses only ever get to half way,even in traffic mid summer rad fans blowing loads etc
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 10:47 AM
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Water temp sensors are the ali water cross pipe under the inlet manifold, there are 2 sensors fitted horizontally in the pipe from the front, 1 for the ECU and one for the gauge in the instrument cluster.

The gauge in the cluster has a dead spot from about 70C to 100C where it sits in the middle of the gauge, this is common on many modern cars.

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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 01:48 PM
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Yep, the one for the gauge is the single wire spade connector, the one for the ECU is the brown plug.

A bit like the oil pressure light, the temp gauge is more of a confirmation (rather than a warning) that the car is fooked
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Old May 8, 2007 | 09:07 PM
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Save me stating a new thread.

Will any guage sensor fit any year classic? e.g will MY98 fit a MY95

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