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roddy21t
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Joined: 05 Jan 2005
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:47 am |
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The red warning light on my engine temp gauge has came on and wont go off,
the manual says check the belts and make sure there is coolant in the bottle, iv checked these and all is ok,
everything seems to be working as normal, the engine stiil heats up to normal temp and does not over heat,
iv been told that if all is ok then its the sensor itself thats dodgy, is this correct ?? |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:49 am |
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yes, same happened on my white one. light came on just before the 1st lien then went off when the fan kicked in |
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roddy21t
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:53 am |
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Yeah, the light on mine is staying on all the time, it wont go out |
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Chris H
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:54 am |
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sender or wirign short then.
i'll have a look if ye remind me! |
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Cbr
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Joined: 25 Oct 2005
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:57 am |
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I would say it's just a dodgy sensor mate
AFAIK the light is there just to point out that the temp is V. high (Just incase you didn't notice the gauge was climbing), If the engine is cold and the light is on then it all points to the sensor being FUBAR'ed |
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roddy21t
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:01 am |
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i regonise them initials .... |
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Cbr
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:06 am |
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| i regonise them initials .... |
How you doing mate?
Haven't seen you on 21Toc recently |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:07 am |
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hes fallen out with them.
you shoudl see his 21 oc sticker, hes cut it in half just leavign the top 21 bit! lol |
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Cbr
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Joined: 25 Oct 2005
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:35 am |
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Shame, A few members seem to have less and less input on there
It's not a bad community really |
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schakal
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:35 am |
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its more likely to be the sender if the internals of the sender is like the CTS s ??
there is a white wax around the original sensor inside the metal that has contact with water in the head.
so if the metal bit is corroded to death leaking water inside the sensor , the sensor will be more sensitive to heat hence it will show a few degrees celcius way over due to the metal and wax not shielding the sensor anymore |
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roddy21t
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:51 pm |
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LOL @ Chris  thanks for that 
Iv not fallen out with anybody,
there are just some things and people that i cant be bothered with, thats all, some members should learn to take a joke and chill out. |
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roddy21t
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:56 pm |
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oops sorry CBR, yeah im fine mate, you ?
my 21t is about to get some loving soon as she has performed well taking me all over the place and not giving me any grief, but all of a sudden little niggly things are starting to appear so when i get home from the rig she's getting some TLC with help from Chris 
and its MOT time  |
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