The one in the water alloy pipe under the inlet manifold,next to the water temp sensor,if i take it off, with a multimeter how do i test if its working o.k ?

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Cold start sensor? If you're referring to an early/mid classic it isn't a "cold start sensor" as such, these cars have two coolant temp sensors, one that feeds the needle in the gauge pack and another connected to the ECU.

On later cars either one sensor does both or the two separate sensors are contained in the same physical package, not sure which way that works.

As for testing, it's just an NTC thermistor, so if you take it off, use a multimeter in resistance mode, and try the sensor both in a container full of icewater, and then warm/hot water of varying temperatures and see what resistance you get. If you have a regular thermometer there to cross-check against, so much the better.

I don't know the exact calibration curve for the Subaru sensors, but as a rough guide you should see around 5.5Kohm at zero degrees celsius, 2.5K at 20 degrees, 1.2K at 40 degrees, and around 0.65K at 60 degrees.

 

cheers,yeah,coolant temp sensor

my multimeter wasnt working, dead battery,so i just cleaned up the probe part of it that goes into the alloy pipe and re-fitted it

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