Hi all just drove down to cornwall and noticed that under accelaration the temp gauge drops quite sharply, it doesnt creep down as if more air throgh the car would be cooling down it moves about the same speed as the rev counter any ideas dont know if its always happend or just started ive never noticed it before.

 

Oh and i dont know if its related but about 3 hours into the jorney i had the cruise control set and we started up hill almost got to the top and it felt like it started running on 5 cylinders so i slowed down and it cleared and was then fine for the rest of the jorney :s im shittin myself the the headgaskets on its way out. Any help would be great and as always much apreciated cheers Nick

at the front of the engine, on the top alluminium water pipe are 2 sensors, one is the temp sensor for the dash gauge, the other is the temp sensor for the ECU, clean both the sensor connections and connectors on both, probably got green gunk, also one of them, the spade connector can come loose, just needs the rivet on it tapping back down with a nail punch or something, might cure your gauge problem mate... HTH...

Nice one fella bang on the money dirty contacts and a loose spade connector sorted now thanks for the help!

no problems pal! Glad you got it sorted, and for free too!...

Ha you ve jyxed it! I tightened it up and went out was all fine but the spade was still a tiny bit loose so i gave it a bit more and snapped it! Dont have a spare sensor do ya? Lol

Awwwww mate! Unlucky! I haven't, but if you bung an ad in the wanted section, someone will have, and from what I remember, I don't think they are very exspensive new, speak to Mr F (Mike Feeney) from MJP, in the traders section, you nugget :) :) :)