Temperature gauge sensor

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Post Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:31 pm

Guys there is 2 temperature sensors on the drivers side,behind the block

I know you need to change 1 of them to swap over with the e30 brown sensor one but which one?
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:20 am

ill check on mine later for you
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:11 am

Cheers
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Post Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:34 pm

thats funny i was going to ask the exact question 8)
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Post Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:51 pm

guys you need the green one from a e30 for it to work.
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Post Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:58 am

is it the green? i thought it was the brown one hehe :mad:
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Post Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:41 pm

I will check but i thought it was the green, it's the one with only one pin.
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Post Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:04 pm

Its the brown one

Bought one over the weekend

The one to swap it over with to give correct reading is the black one.
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Post Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:53 am

The outer one is for ECU, and that you should not touch.

The inner one is for instrument cluster, and that one you should swap to one that is suitable for your instrument cluster (1 or 2 wire, depending on exact model).
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Post Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:38 pm

I can't find a brown one :?:
Any of you lot know what car it's from?

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Post Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:31 am

it should be from your E30 originally rosco.
just swap the M60 one with the E30 one :mad:
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Post Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:37 pm

Okay cheers dude I'll have a look :D
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Post Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:44 pm

No problem matey
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