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Offline ollygti

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Temperature sensor
« on: 25 July 2010, 00:09 »
Can anyone tell me how to test the temperature sensor.
Thanks :smiley:

Offline X4MGS

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Re: Temperature sensor
« Reply #1 on: 25 July 2010, 02:57 »
Multimeter I guess...

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Offline walchy01

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Re: Temperature sensor
« Reply #2 on: 25 July 2010, 09:26 »
What's the problem??

Offline ollygti

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Re: Temperature sensor
« Reply #3 on: 25 July 2010, 10:22 »
Its running rough after driving a while. I've checked everything I can think of. Somone told me it might be the coolant temperature sensor! yeah guess multimeter would do it.  Where would i find what resistance it should be?   

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Re: Temperature sensor
« Reply #4 on: 25 July 2010, 14:53 »
here you go:http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=160322.msg1478476#msg1478476

i had the same problem :grin: resistance depends on temprature though

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Re: Temperature sensor
« Reply #5 on: 25 July 2010, 22:03 »
Thanks i will give it a go :grin: