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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:58 am |
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Joined: Aug 11, 2015 Posts: 175
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Location: Tewkesbury
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I'm about to start work on a mate's 2.0 HDI. It's an 03 plate and has done ~120k. He claims the coolant temperature needle has a tendency to wander or shoot right up and then sink back down. Warning does show on the MFD as well.
I have a few questions:
1. What's the average coolant temperature when doing city type driving?
2. Same again but for oil temp.
3. Is it likely to be thrmostat or sensor?
Any help/advice you can offer would be great.
Sorry for the lack of information as this is all I have to work with at the moment. I will update when I know more.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:28 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2721
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Location: UK
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Likely temp sensor if it wanders. Should read about 85 iirc. Forget oil but I think it's around the same. Might be worth changing both unless you can read the sensor with pp2000
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:45 pm |
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Joined: Jun 19, 2010 Posts: 1600
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Location: South Bucks
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Had that on a 1.4 HDi ... temp sender ..
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 1:09 am |
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Joined: Aug 11, 2015 Posts: 175
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Location: Tewkesbury
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Thanks for the replies - I'll swap the temp sender over with a spare and see if that does it. Might as well drain the blue coolant that some a**e put in it and replace with some fresh G33. I'll post results back here
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| My cars:
206 Urban 1.4 8v 3dr '56 - China Blue - 70k Miles - Climate control retrofit, cruise control retrofit - Dead (Breaking)
206 GLX 1.4 8v 3dr '03 - 100k Miles - Obsidian Black - Black masked headlights + front fogs, Faster sunroof, Colour matched exterior trim - SOLD
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