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Tiger Time => Girly Talk (1999 - 2006 Tigers) => Topic started by: deepsouthtiger on October 05, 2010, 01:23:28 PM

Title: temp sensor
Post by: deepsouthtiger on October 05, 2010, 01:23:28 PM
REplacing temp sensor this weekend.  WHat type of coolant do you all run?

No dealer near here so will need to buy off the shelf from auto zone walmart or other "big box" store.  

Any do's or don'ts?

05 Tiger  stock engine other than Blue FLame exhaust.
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Post by: iansoady on October 05, 2010, 06:28:04 PM
I just use the ordinary blue stuff although I did wonder whether the red (OAT) would have been better as it has an extended life - 5 years as opposed to 2. OAT is recommended for most modern car engines, eg my Discovery, and I would have thought would be compatible with the Triumph engine.

But I've never seen any hard data to this effect.
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Post by: haroldo_psf on October 06, 2010, 07:27:14 PM
Out of curiosity, what symptoms would one have to experience to conclude a temp sensor replacement is on order?
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Post by: Mustang on October 06, 2010, 07:43:58 PM
Quote from: "haroldo_psf"Out of curiosity, what symptoms would one have to experience to conclude a temp sensor replacement is on order?
on a steamer there are 2 temp sensors
1 in the head that controls the gauge
and the other is in the radiator and it controls when the fans come on .
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Post by: haroldo_psf on October 06, 2010, 07:47:26 PM
But this is about Girlies, right? On those, including mine which is a 885i, what symptoms would one have to experience to start thinking about this sensor? Of course, the fans not coming on is one of them I'm sure, but could there be any running issues that would point to that sensor?
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Post by: Mustang on October 06, 2010, 09:37:47 PM
I would imagine that the ecu uses the temp to control the mixture of a cold engine vs warm engine like all FI cars and trucks do
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Post by: Bixxer Bob on October 06, 2010, 10:05:32 PM
:iagree
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