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rosscoe
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Post Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:14 pm

The two sensors on the thermostat housing?i take one is for the temp guage and one is for the choke??
can anyone tell me which is which?
The motor runs really rich on idle,really strong smell o petrol out the tailpipes,so i wonder if one of these sensors which controls the ckoke is if thats what it does is goosed :?

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Post Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:28 pm

blue = ecu
brown = temp guage.
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Post Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:29 pm

One is for water temp and the other tells the ECU how hot or cold the engine is to increase or decrease fueling. My idle was a bit funny so replaced the blue one and it sorted it, about a tenner from GSF.
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Post Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:30 pm

smithy318i wrote:blue = ecu
brown = temp guage.
you beat me to it :lol:
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Post Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:45 pm

Thanks for the advice guys.