Malcyb
Member
Hi,
Starting a new thread as I made the mistake of hiding my questions in the “today I...” thread. So I’ve had some kind help from some members (thanks @depronman and @A2Z especially) but a bit stumped now.
First, to go back to the original problem, that the temperature gauge never reaches 90, and only gradually wanders between 70 and 80 on any kind of journey. @depronman gave me some pointers that might help establish whether it’s the thermostat or temperature sensor that‘s at fault and I had decided that I might start by replacing the sensor. However looking around I can’t see any green ended sensor, all I can see is this, looking down from just by the coolant reservoir...
is this the temperature sensor or am I completely in the wrong place? The connector is 1J0 973 702, a 2 pin connector, not 4 pin. I found this old thread referring to some “oddball” 2 pin sensor....
so is that what I’ve got here?
Having said all that, I’m now having doubts that it’s anything to do with the sensor since on further reading I found that it seemed to be to blame for symptoms that people had such as the temperature wildly jumping all over the place. I’ve never seen it do that, it’s just always on the low side and wanders gently around. Might this suggest this isn’t the culprit and I’d be better off looking at the thermostat?
Thanks
Starting a new thread as I made the mistake of hiding my questions in the “today I...” thread. So I’ve had some kind help from some members (thanks @depronman and @A2Z especially) but a bit stumped now.
First, to go back to the original problem, that the temperature gauge never reaches 90, and only gradually wanders between 70 and 80 on any kind of journey. @depronman gave me some pointers that might help establish whether it’s the thermostat or temperature sensor that‘s at fault and I had decided that I might start by replacing the sensor. However looking around I can’t see any green ended sensor, all I can see is this, looking down from just by the coolant reservoir...
is this the temperature sensor or am I completely in the wrong place? The connector is 1J0 973 702, a 2 pin connector, not 4 pin. I found this old thread referring to some “oddball” 2 pin sensor....
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so is that what I’ve got here?
Having said all that, I’m now having doubts that it’s anything to do with the sensor since on further reading I found that it seemed to be to blame for symptoms that people had such as the temperature wildly jumping all over the place. I’ve never seen it do that, it’s just always on the low side and wanders gently around. Might this suggest this isn’t the culprit and I’d be better off looking at the thermostat?
Thanks