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Non Land Rover question, Its a Ford

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mobi:
i take it there is a plug on the wiring is it pluged into the right one, some cars have 2 plugs close to each other one of witch is switched and one is constent live.
it's there as a get you home if you are over heating.

BigA:

--- Quote from: mobi on November 10, 2008, 16:05:35 ---i take it there is a plug on the wiring is it pluged into the right one, some cars have 2 plugs close to each other one of witch is switched and one is constent live.
it's there as a get you home if you are over heating.

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The temperature sensor is the one plug on that side of the engine that wasn't unplugged when i did the clutch and as far as i am aware there isnt another plug/socket nearby but i will take a look.


--- Quote from: carbore on November 10, 2008, 12:40:09 ---...as its your wifes car are you sure it was not happening before the clutch job especially as you said she didnt notice? if so....

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Had the same thought myself, and to be honest i dont know


--- Quote from: carbore on November 10, 2008, 12:40:09 ---It could simply be the sensor is faulty, maybe it reads 16c by defualt. Try testing its resistance, dead short often means its duff, but you need to find out the correct value beofre testing as it may be volts based etc. Alternativley if the sensor is not too expensive and not in a place where its a pig to change, just replace it, there is no point spending too many hours researching/testing when a new part will rule it out in a moment.

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I have thought about this, and need to check on the price of the sensor. Its a bit of a pain to get too, airbox and battery tray probably need to come out again, but otherwise its screw out and new one back in. Wanted to see if i can test it first.


--- Quote from: carbore on November 10, 2008, 12:40:09 ---It could be a faulty wire, try remking (a few times) all the connections you broke as it could be a bit of corrosion side a connector some movement may re establish the connection. Also the wire in the connector could have been strained, so try wiggling the wires around and looking at the output to see if it jumps/etc.

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The wire being strained is a big possibility, it was very near where the hoist was lowering the gear box, and may have got caught. As it makes no difference unplugging the sensor all together, this could be a good bet.


--- Quote from: carbore on November 10, 2008, 12:40:09 ---Possibly if it is clutch change related, you have not conencted or got a bad earth possibly if you greased bolts etc. Check any earth straps you made and ensure The have continutiy.

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I have tried to check all these, but as far as i remember, and have checked, no major earth connections were removed, but you never know.

A few more things to check. Will probably be the weekend now before i get a chance again. Thanks so far for the helpful advice from all as usual.

Andy

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