[s-cars] Multi Function Temp Sensor or Thermostat?

[Serge Filanovsky]

Change T-stat


Serge Filanovsky

95.5 S6 Avant



> S-Heads,
> 
> I replaced the Multi Function Temp Sensor a few months back when the weather
> was warm and all seemed fine, the temp needle would move up the thick hash
> mark.  When the cold weather returned I have the following conditions:
> 
> If I am in bumper to bumper low speed traffic, the gauge will move up toward
> that thick hash mark
> 
> If I am cruising at highway speeds, the needle will barley creep up to the
> first small hash mark.
> 
> During a driving trip where I see both types of driving, both cruising and
> stop and go, I can see the above mentioned corresponding condition.
> 
> After start-up on a cold morning I get warm (I suppose it would feel hotter if
> it weren't so freakin' cold out) coolant hoses (both the large diameter hose
> at the rad as well as the much smaller hose that connects to the bottom of the
> overflow reservior, and for that matter the pencil thin overflow line as well.
> The lines are definitely not cold after idling with the hood up for a few
> miinutes, so I'm thinking that the T-stat is working, but I'm no expert,
> soooo.......
> 
> Whats wrong, T-stat or MFTS, or something else?
> 
> -manny
> 
> 95.5 S6 Avant
> 
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