eloise
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Oct 10, 2011 18:20:43 GMT
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can anyone tell me which temp sender on a 1.6 gti, feeds the dash gauge. there are two there and i know one is for the temp gauge and one is for the management. the gauge is not working and i am trying to eliminate the wiring to the sender.
anyone had similar probs with this kind of car?
cheers.
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Oct 10, 2011 18:44:12 GMT
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yup, loads have had issues :lol:
there's 3 senders, the 2 pin blue is for the ecu, the larger of the other pair is for the gauge iirc, the smaller for the warning light, they originally have colour coded rings which will match the insulated female spade terminals.
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eloise
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Oct 10, 2011 20:26:20 GMT
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Only found two with single spades on, guess these are the ones, on the right hand side at the rear of the head? What's the most common issue? The wires to mine look bare and cracked in places too.
Cheers
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bortaf
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Oct 11, 2011 14:26:43 GMT
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remove the wires and earth them out on the head, if the gauge shoots the tiop the sender is duff if the gauge stays at the bottom it's the gauge or wiring.
that is when you find the right sender but the wronge one will just put the light on so test the other ;(
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Oct 11, 2011 14:33:55 GMT
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ahh you have an earlier than 1990 car, the ecu one would be round the side of the head near the SAD, indeed you'd do as advised above and just earth the wire and watch the instruments, it is wise to replace the wires back to the brown plug under the dash next to the steering column these days due to how they corrode and deteriorate, the starter motor wire is the most important one to do this with. some cars will have a 7 way brown plug in the middle of the engine loom under the AFM which causes issues, chop it out whilst doing as above  |
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eloise
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Oct 11, 2011 18:19:50 GMT
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cheers for that, its a 86 model.
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