in car temperature gauge!

[stanley]

Hi. there i just got my first ever calibra today n reg 2.016v ecotech and i have just noticed that the in car temp gauge above digital clock reads --.-- Can anyone help me sort this out or is it a common fault? cheers for your time! Also were is the temp senser in the engine bay?

[Spearmint]

That's for outside temp. --.-- means either a broken wire or knackered sensor. Located bottom left hand side of front bumper in front of the plastic spoilers. (passenger side). Looks like a 3 prong gizmo with a tip in the middle poking through a small hole.

[stanley]

cheers mate i have a look tomoz see if i can sort it out! probs just a loose wire!

[Smurf]

Yep Spearmint is spot on.

When I bought my 8v I had the same thing, turns out the sensor wasn't even there... I guess it must have either fallen off or been taken. £15 at Vauxhall sorted that out though [img]/smile.gif[/img]

Let us know how you get on.

[stanley]

cheers mate bloody good site this like didnt expect to get a response lol!!! well im about to go looking for this sensor if i got 1 lol i report back catch yous later!

[dicky]

yeah my temp gauge went wrong but it read 65C sometimes so i would ware shorts and t-shirt, ended up freezing my knackers of when i remeber it was mid winter and the thin layer of ice upon my windscreen.

[stanley]

lol good one dicky im in stiches here. yeah i had a look at it today and i couldnt find the sensor i think its been removed so i will have to have a moooch about for 1 at the scrappy

[sofaman]

here's pic I took while my bumper was off, this my give you a clue for waht your looking for




your wires will not be cut though and the sensor just fits in the small hole just to the right

HTH

[Spearmint]

Glad to be of help, have a good root about the inside of your bumper as well. I've done it before when taking the bumper off and back on, then forgetting to put the sensor back in the hole.

[stanley]

well today i had a look at the sensor and i found it its a bit dirty cleaned it up and it worked for ten minutes and it went bck to --,-- so at least i no it works i ave to take the bumper off and give it a real good spit n polish i think i report bck to see if this did the trick and btw somebody nicked my ariel lol saddos!!

[joeraz]

after reading this post i decided to have a look at my temp sensor as my display showed it as having a fault,, was on my back fumbling around and found a wire had broken of, took the sensor off pushed the terminal back in and waalllaahhh
it now works and i dont hav a fault reading anymore,,

thats my 2nd money saver of the day,, 1st was finding my window roll up worked on passenger side only,, key i mean but both windows go up.