Blue and yellow temp sensors

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Adammcf
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Post Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:59 am

Im going to change these as the car had some problems starting when warm etc. Is it worth paying extra for them from BMW or should I just go to GSF or ECP?
The yellow tells the car if the coolant is hot or cold doesnt it but what does the blue one do?
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Post Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:09 pm

The blue one is for the gauge, the one for the ECu should be brown 8O
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Post Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:17 pm

Andy_magic wrote:The blue one is for the gauge, the one for the ECu should be brown 8O
Its the other way around, blue for ECU (2 pin connector) and brown (single pin connector) for the guage.

I bought mine from Eurocarprats and they work perfectly.

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Post Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:23 pm

Doh...

You would think I'd know that as I wrote a guide all about the senders a few months ago. :lol:
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Post Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:50 pm

Thats what i thought too but wasn't brave enough to challenge another zoner!!! :oops:

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Post Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:06 pm

That will teach me for responding so quickly.

feel free to challenge away mate, I'll not take offence and I'm wrong fairly often too :lol:
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Post Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:58 pm

Templ8e30 wrote: I bought mine from Eurocarprats and they work perfectly.

Iain T
LOL! Thats a quality typo! :)

Cheers for the info guys.