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outside digital temp guage wrong

  • 18-08-2009 12:32pm
    #1
    Mexician
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭


    im thinking of buying an Opel astra 5 dr. One being sold locally. driven her and shes prefect and clean. One problem, The temperature guage read 28.0 C and it cold and raining outside. saw her on a reasonable day and she was reading 34.0C.

    Is this a big problem or can it be easily fixed.

    does it mean the car was smashed ??

    Comments much appreciated.
    thanks


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  • #2
    craichoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,706 ✭✭✭craichoe


    Mexician wrote: »
    im thinking of buying an Opel astra 5 dr. One being sold locally. driven her and shes prefect and clean. One problem, The temperature guage read 28.0 C and it cold and raining outside. saw her on a reasonable day and she was reading 34.0C.

    Is this a big problem or can it be easily fixed.

    does it mean the car was smashed ??

    Comments much appreciated.
    thanks

    Nope, common failure on the Astras i believe.

    Shows way off or "--"

    Just get a new outside temp sensor, is it really all that important anyway :/ ?


  • #3
    R.O.R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,699 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    craichoe wrote: »
    , is it really all that important anyway :/ ?

    I was told recently by someone much more mechanically minded than me that the temperature readings on modern cars are used by the ECU for fuel mixes etc. Not sure how accurate that is, but if it is the case then it would be more important than just not knowing exactly how cold it was outside.


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