1st Problem O/S temp

[El Diablo]

First off, I took the Ro to Vauxhall for an MOT during the xmas - new year break. Passed no probs No issues- great.
Being a bright day with the low sun I had my lights on. I got home, got out, locked it and walked away. The lighs stayed on. Strange as I have them set to 20secs after I lock it to switch off automaticly.
I got back in and checked the personal settings. All had been reset....interior light, overspeed chime etc. I changed all back to how I like it and thought nothing else of it.
I don't know if this is connected........
On a journey the other night I wanted to check the temp, estimating about 0 or -1 what the digital display told me was 28 degrees!!!! I had a bit of a chuckle about it at the time thought it would sort it's self out or reset when turned off. It hasn't.
anyone else had this? could it be the sensor? where is it located?

Oh today was 31 degrees....with snow!!!

[gsd2000]

Could it be set to degrees f some how? I would have thought the readout to read a stupid figure like 100 plus degrees if the sensor was faulty

[El Diablo]

gsd2000 said:

Could it be set to degrees f some how? I would have thought the readout to read a stupid figure like 100 plus degrees if the sensor was faulty

There is no option for that on the personal settings.

[the_ferret82]

yes it could be degress F. as 31 deg C is about 0. but i would have thought that the defaults for the temp sensor would be degs C as the Aussies work in deg C... mmmm

my advice never take your car to VX

[L2VXR]

I've read about the temp reading on here two or three times before, pretty sure it's a faulty sensor that clips in the bottom lip of the bumper. standard vauxhall part(omega) that was quite cheap if i remember correctly

[neiljohnson]

Would imagine its the same sensor thats fitted to all the vx range will clip in the front bumper somewhere and is cheap to buy

[the_ferret82]

I know i have a 04 CV8. but i can safely say i have had my bumper off and don't remember disconnecting any thing expect the fog lights.

[El Diablo]

cheers for the suggestions guys much appreciated.

I remember when I first got it and accidently left the intirior light on it drained the battery. a very nice man from the AA tried to get to the bonnet release from underneath. He pulled on quite a thin wire. I seem to think the connector was blue. I reconnected it when we got the bonnet up. It wasn't important at the time so I never figured out wat it was for.

[monkfish1]

The sensor is attached to the front of the AC condensor.

[S800VXR]

monkfish1 said:

The sensor is attached to the front of the AC condensor.

As normal Fishy 1 or 2 comes to the rescue with some facts... what would we do without such a fountain of knowledge!!

[the_ferret82]

S800VXR said:

monkfish1 said:

The sensor is attached to the front of the AC condensor.

As normal Fishy 1 or 2 comes to the rescue with some facts... what would we do without such a fountain of knowledge!!

Lost!!!!!

[nitrosman1]

if your lights and or radio are staying on when their not supposed to i found it was due to a loose/dirty door switch by the hinge

[bigwheel]

L2VXR said:

I've read about the temp reading on here two or three times before, pretty sure it's a faulty sensor that clips in the bottom lip of the bumper. standard vauxhall part(omega) that was quite cheap if i remember correctly

I had the same problem. Day by day the OS temp increased until ludicrous numbers. This then fools the climate control into blowing cold to get the cabin temp down. Only over-ride was to set cabin temp to max. (phew!)
£10 ish for an identical Omega sensor from your local non-Monaro Vauxhall dealer. Mine was in-stock. It sits at the bottom/left of the radiator if you look through the grille. 2 minute swap. Simples...for a 05 CV8.

Edited by bigwheel on Tuesday 23 February 00:20

[V8NHH]

I had this is my old GTS-R, took offending sensor off clipped near front bumper, searched on google came up trumps £6.95 delivered fitted 2 days later problem solved, was a siemens part and was omega item worked for me.
I'd take offending part off and do a search on internet these sensors are not car specific manufactures will just buy in to do car only difference sometimes is plug connection.
You could always take off and warm unit up in a oven to get rid of moisture, LOL has worked on my old bike bits and pieces before or clean up contacts and wd40 and retry, but for approx a tenner is it worth it?

[gsd2000]

The only problem is if there is a broken connection on the sensor then sticking the sensor in oven wont really work. I can understand what you are saying though dry the moisture out of the sensor