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Rich H
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28th Nov 05 at 11:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sorry for the poor quality pic, but as u can c it was sooooo cold i couldnt stop shivering! nah, just took it on my phone!



I hear that this is quite a common fault on Vauxhalls?
Sly_SRi
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28th Nov 05 at 11:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
blimey! pretty cool...

could be a fuse has gone or somthing

Or the actual air temp sensor

[Edited on 28-11-2005 by Sly_SRi]

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Rich H
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28th Nov 05 at 11:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Sly_SRi
blimey! pretty cool...

could be a fuse has gone or somthing

Or the actual air temp sensor

[Edited on 28-11-2005 by Sly_SRi]


Yeh i think its the actual sensor thats broken - I have been told its quite common though?! Anybody else had that problem?! It wa reading sort of 75 in the Summer! Never had an accurate reading out of it though!
langey
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28th Nov 05 at 11:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my mates used to read stupidly high in his corsa, it read about the same as the actual engine temp
Sam
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28th Nov 05 at 11:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You need to check/replace the ambient temperature sensor. It's normally located behind the front bumper on the passenger side.

Costs about a tenner for a new one from Vauxhall.
Rich H
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quote:
Originally posted by langey
my mates used to read stupidly high in his corsa, it read about the same as the actual engine temp


yeh in the summer i began to wonder if wires had been fiddled with and it was reading engine temp but now come winter it deffo cant be! may try gettin a new sensor from a scrappy and seeing what that does
Jamie Walby
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28th Nov 05 at 12:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
WTF surely you would be dead if it was that cold .....well maybe not but still......
Rich H
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28th Nov 05 at 12:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jamie Walby
WTF surely you would be dead if it was that cold .....well maybe not but still......


I drove down to get those wheels off u when it was almost 45 degrees outside apparently! lol, dnt remember it bein that hot!

 
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