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Jonnycab
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Outside air temp
« on: Aug 9th, 2006, 11:24pm » |
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My outside temp reading on the dash seems to have thrown a wobbly.
Today it was reading a normal 24 degrees C. Earlier this evening I started the engine & noticed the amber frost light was illuminated & the temp reading was 4 degrees C. I've just got home & it has crept up to 6.5 degrees C, clearly still too low.
Has anyone else had this problem, & was it a simple case of replacing the sensor? Or is there a more sinister reason why this should happen?
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Baz
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Re: Outside air temp
« Reply #1 on: Aug 10th, 2006, 12:09am » |
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Global warming instead of global closing?? Everyone blames everything else on global warming!
Probably the sensor pulling a thingyy.... under the front valance near the oil cooler, same as the ones on the Granadas too!
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chaps
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Re: Outside air temp
« Reply #2 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 7:52pm » |
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I've got a working one of these if you need a replacement (96 estate but I think they are the same.
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Jonnycab
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Re: Outside air temp
« Reply #3 on: Aug 12th, 2006, 2:22am » |
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Cheers Chaps for the offer, but it seems to be working fine again.
It was probably just having an off day 
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Cosray
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Re: Outside air temp
« Reply #4 on: Aug 13th, 2006, 7:01pm » |
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My 24v shows similar behaviour. By replacing various parts now I have deduced it's the instrument cluster's electronics playing funny. Sometimes it even will show the red * snowflake in summer.
Also my instrument cluster's trip computer will not work in summer and fine in winter... though the keyboard's resistors are fine. I am working on a fix for this.
Bad news is the electronics for these functions cannot be replaced on the cluster; you'd need a new/other one. Since there are some 19 varieties -- make sure you get the one for your car. Read the enlightening : http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/instreset.htm and do the tests!
Ray
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Jonnycab
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Re: Outside air temp
« Reply #5 on: Aug 13th, 2006, 11:32pm » |
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Thanks for the advice Ray, but as everything else works as it should on the instrument cluster, then I am not suspecting this.
I am pretty sure it is the sensor, as it has been fine since I (blindly) fiddled with the sensor & wires going into it.
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