M30 swap again :( (alilve again :))

[zaust]

good news. my switch is fine and kicks in at 91. used a laser thermo reader. bad news my temp gauge miss reads big time. i was no where near getting up to temp. Good news the engine is not prone to over heating with the slight bonnet lift and e28 rad.

[Rav335uk]

Good news then

[jimbom30cab]

nice, why do you think the temp guage is miss reading Zaust? at 91 degreed it should be straight up at 12 o'clock I would think ?

[zaust]

Well its well in the red at 91... thrmostat housing reads correct 93ish when the fan kicked in. tried a different sender which gave the same result. next thing is to try another temp guage. Failing that I will go back to the manual switch and kick it in every time it see's the half way mark.

[Rav335uk]

My stat kicks in about 80

[jimbom30cab]

yer the one I bought works at 81 iirc

I bought it from here http://www.cbsonline.co.uk/

it fits perfectly into the stat hole at the top of the e28 535i rad

[zaust]

and fits in the thermo housing ! what is the part number and where from linkie linky please.

[jimbom30cab]

yes Rav has his in the thermostat housing if I remember correct.

[Rav335uk]

Yep, mine fits in the stat housing, I'll dig the munber out tomorrow Marc.

[zaust]

and which one you got jim. theres a few listed on that site.

[Rav335uk]

Got the temp switch part number lads.

XEFS61- 2 prong, i think it's a volvo item.