Coolant temperature sensor?

[gmw9666]

mrzigazaga said:

And don't forget to have a look at the actual wire under the rubber boot as this is what was causing my Shyte running...

Before:

After:

LMAO..:.:wondered how long it would take for "the photo" to be released. Brilliant lol :-)

[General Zod]

said:

. I assume your cold start injector is disconnected?

Ermm, I will confirm that as a yes as soon as you tell me how to do it!
Felt like a right bloody idiot today chuntering my way up a busy road with passers by laughing at the coughing unreliable TVR!
Lucky I don't really give a pluck.
Thanks for all the info here from the more knowledgeable folk

[mrzigazaga]

gmw9666 said:

LMAO..:.:wondered how long it would take for "the photo" to be released. Brilliant lol :-)

...I had to search an old hard drive for it...I have been holding off doing it for ages...

[Number 7]

General Zod said:

Ermm, I will confirm that as a yes as soon as you tell me how to do it!

Its the connection on the offside top of the plenum, fuel line and electrical plug. Just pull the plug from the injector. None of these cars actually need it and it just removes one further thing that could go wrong.

You'll also get lots of help and a friendly welcome here:


https://www.facebook.com/groups/1509503465930492/

With none of the self-proclaimed "experts"

[General Zod]

Number 7 said:

You'll also get lots of help and a friendly welcome here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1509503465930492/

With none of the self-proclaimed "experts"

Already there! Thanks for your help. I'll check that other connection is pulled

[mrzigazaga]

Number 7 said:

You'll also get lots of help and a friendly welcome here:


https://www.facebook.com/groups/1509503465930492/

With none of the self-proclaimed "experts"

And its all about the members and not the admin...Which is how it should be in my book!...

[ElvisWedgely]

General Zod, here is some friendly advice for you. There are some very rude members on this forum who will pretend to help you in the hope of enticing you into their little secret facebook group and attend their events and festivals. With information from number 7 "to leave the cold start injector off as it's not needed" is the sort of phrase I expect to hear from a back street car salesman. These people think they know it all and more. I can tell you, that on my 400SE the cold start injector is fitted as are all the other sensors and senders and my car runs perfectly. Why else would the factory have fitted them? Use your own judgement and decide for yourself. I wish you luck.

Tony. TCB.

[General Zod]

Wish we could replace all the handbags with a good old fashioned fist fight then a piss up

[Number 7]

Oh the irony:

ElvisWedgely said:

The coolant temp sensor is connected to the temp gauge and gives a reading of the water temp on the temp gauge.

Wrong. Wrong. Did I say wrong? What I meant to say was WRONG.
I'm sure General Zod is well capable of sniffing out those with a hidden disruptive agenda that is designed to harm the Wedge community. The Wedge FB group is the place to avoid all of that, and brings together the genuine Wedge enthusiasts. End of.

[mrzigazaga]

General Zod said:

Hi Zod....On my 1987 350i the Thermotime is the cream plug on the outside and the brown is the CTS on the inside...Just a thought...
The best way is to test the unit with a multi-meter ..Im no auto electrician by any standards in fact quite the opposite but with the help of some of my good Wedge friends who are very knowledgeable as far as TVR Wedges are concerned...(All models) ..have helped me with mine and have always been spot on every time..

IIRC mine read around 2ohms cold...You can laugh if I'm wrong as I'm honest..Im crap with electronics...

Im sure it should decrease when it warms up...Although i could be wrong...

How is the king lead...Sometimes they don't get changed as often as the rest as they are always too short in an "Off-the-shelf" set..I had a similar mis-fire when mine was failing...Also check the tightness of the ECU plug as this can give the symptoms you report...It may feel like its home but give it a firm push on anyway..Always test after each job...

Cheers


Ziga

[Number 7]

mrzigazaga said:

Hi Zod....On my 1987 350i the Thermotime is the cream plug on the outside and the brown is the CTS on the inside...Just a thought...
The best way is to test the unit with a multi-meter ..Im no auto electrician by any standards in fact quite the opposite but with the help of some of my good Wedge friends who are very knowledgeable as far as TVR Wedges are concerned...(All models) ..have helped me with mine and have always been spot on every time..

IIRC mine read around 2ohms cold...You can laugh if I'm wrong as I'm honest..Im crap with electronics...

Im sure it should decrease when it warms up...Although i could be wrong...

How is the king lead...Sometimes they don't get changed as often as the rest as they are always too short in an "Off-the-shelf" set..I had a similar mis-fire when mine was failing...Also check the tightness of the ECU plug as this can give the symptoms you report...It may feel like its home but give it a firm push on anyway..Always test after each job...

Cheers


Ziga

The CTS would normally be on the inside, per the picture. Certainly my Thermotime switch is positioned outside (although not connected in my set-up), and looks just like the picture - brown and much larger than the CTS.

[mrzigazaga]

Number 7 said:

The CTS would normally be on the inside, per the picture. Certainly my Thermotime switch is positioned outside (although not connected in my set-up), and looks just like the picture - brown and much larger than the CTS.

The bases of mine are as i said though...Cream for Thermotime and brown for the CTS..Although i have a black connector on the CTS plug..
I know the units are different sizes but the plugs are the same..Just a thought....

[adam quantrill]

Yeah the plugs are the same size - so you don't want to mix them up or the behaviour will be very odd.

I expect the loom colours are different for the wires but you'll have to reveal them under the wrap to double-check, in case you're worried you (or a previous owner) swapped them over.

[Wedg1e]

Number 7 said:

With none of the self-proclaimed "experts"

I'm interested in learning who these self-proclaimed experts are.
As a community of enthusiastic amateurs there is a wealth of knowledge and experience about these cars around, far more so than when I first got into Wedges 20+ years ago. In the bad old days you either had to call your local dealer who would tell you nothing but sell you Ford parts at TVR prices or else you joined the Car Club and wrote a letter to 'Sprint', with any luck a month later you'd have the answer to your question.

If being keen to jump in with an answer to a question gives the impression of "I know something you don't" then I'm sure those who do would be quite happy to keep quiet and let new owners do all their own research from scratch, like many of us did way back when.

For my part I always felt that information should be freely shared amongst any community of like-minded people; one of my personal bugbears has been those who come on and post links to their own websites, thus creating 'pay-per-click' traffic, proving their real motive is self-profit rather than providing genuine assistance - all the more annoying when those same people have often cribbed someone else's work.

If I could wish for one thing amongst wedge owners it's that they spend their time and money doing jobs properly; it takes 95% of the effort to do a good job to do a bodge job, so if you want to help keep the cars on the road and worth something, treat it like the special thing you thought it was when you bought it.
If you can't be bothered, then sell the car quick and fk off back to hot hatchbacks since you're clearly not dedicated enough

Here endeth the sermon (as it's Sunday ).

[Number 7]

Wedg1e said:

I'm interested in learning who these self-proclaimed experts are.
.

I don't think I need to name names, but I'm sure you can guess if you've been following this forum for the past year or so - and of course, it's obviously not you Ian

[Wedg1e]

Number 7 said:

I don't think I need to name names, but I'm sure you can guess if you've been following this forum for the past year or so - and of course, it's obviously not you Ian

I tend to come and go these days, largely due to work; seems like every time I come back half the old guard have gone and there's more sniping and grumbling than there used to be.