hi

just finished fitting a turbo back exhaust system and drove the car home off boost and realised the outdoor temp is wrong, says 30 degrees lol

i must have knocked it while fitting.

where would this be? how could i sort it ? could i have knocked it?

cheers

 

IIRC it's just behind the front bumper - Clipped to the metal support bar, between the bonnet catch and the lower crossmember. - You should be able to see it through the large aperture in the front bumper

 

thanks for that rich

defo knocked it then as ive been leaning over that bumper all day

what would i need to do to it to ensure it reads right? would i have knocked it off?

 

..have a thermometer to compare it against

 

lol fair enough, i'll get on it this weekend and sort it out

 

The system uses an algorithm to determine if the temperature its reading is right, as it gets heat soak from the rad, so if you had a 'funny' drive cycle it could be due to that.

You could have bent it round until its touching the rad, in which case it will definately read wrong!

Simon

 

well i can see it lol ive looked down passed the bonnet catch, i'll just twist it a bit..

was running from 15 to 25 degrees during my mapping session yesterday lol hit 28 degrees on my way home, so its got to be too close to the radiator now

 

ok guys i cant find what is up with it, there is no chance it has moved its fixed tight!

could the sensor have gone?

i just dont get why it has gone faulty straight after fitting the downpipe..

could i have done something when moving the lambda over the gearbox? as i saw some other wires there

 

Does it have a removable electrical connection? If so the first thing I'd do is unplug it/firmly plug it back in and make good the connection again. You never know...

 

i'll have another look during day time, i'll unplug it and plug it back in

 

ive unplugged the electrical connection and plugged it back in lol now reads 20 degrees instead of 30 degrees but still wrong lol

any other ideas or is it knackered? and what do i need to fix it?

 

could i have done something when changing the downpipe? it stopped reading correctly after that

 

could just be coincidence,how much is a new sensor,mayb ethis old one is kafunked after say ice/snow/salt/grit has got on it ?

 

must just be a coincidence

i dont know how much a new part is

what is the fault then? do i need a new sensor? i..e the one that is outside near the plate or is the fault elsewhere?

 

well,it depends on how much the sensor is thats near the plate,if its like £20 id start there,but if its like £60 then you need to diagnose 110% etc

but i cant see there being too much to replace parts wise either the sensor or the reader/display if its a built in decoder blah blah etc

 

ok i'll have to see if i can swap it with a mate first or someone on here just to test..

cheers mate