how to on temp sensor

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Post Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:33 pm

took us 5 mins with a 19" swan neck.

once i found it (looking under the inlet manifold for 15 mins feeling aroiund wires n stuff on the head. (silly bollocks)

unclick the brown and blue clips,
get brown one out,
easily get blue one out (had a thought afterwards, put finger over brown sensor hole as to not let air in, that way water wont drain out of blue sensor hole.)
swap blue sensors, then re tighten.
un-do hous-hold rad style bleed valve a little, fill with water then start and bleed.

PIECE OF CAKE! a lot of questions about nothing!

DOES ANYONE HAVE A WORKING FOG SWITCHES? bmw want 25Ԛ£ can i buy off someone pls?
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Post Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:37 pm

tonyppe wrote: DOES ANYONE HAVE A WORKING FOG SWITCHES? bmw want 25Ԛ£ can i buy off someone pls?
If yours have just stopped working, they're easy enough to dismantle, clean and lubricate.
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Post Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:08 pm

well it pushes in like normal. but if i push it in, nothing happens,
but if i do it really slowly, the drivers side comes on, and in anymore so it stays in, the drivers side goes off again
can this still be fixed?
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Post Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:13 pm

Pull the switch out the dash, pull off the connector, release the little tabs holding the switch together with a small screwdriver, and slowly pull the back part out, watching for loose parts and springs.
Clean all the contacts off, add a little silicon grease and push it all together.