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[kooky_guy]

Hi All,

New member and fairly new Omega owner. The car was very cheap and has a few issues so you'll probably hear more from me! Some one ran into the back of it 20 minutes after I picked it up and effectively wrote it off so it's not got off to a great start!

Firstly, the outside temperature sensor was just reading F. I traced the problem to the connector upstream from the sensor having a slightly corroded and pushed out pin.

Having fixed that though, the temperature reading seems to be about 4 degrees too high.

Is this likely to be because there is still a problem with the connector or will it be because the sensor itself is duff? I did buy another second hand sensor a few weeks ago but I can't find it now, which is a little irritating!

Is there a table of resistance values that the sensor should deliver for specific temperatues? I'm wondering if I can test it that way...

Guy

[Entwood]

Hi and Welcome ..

You are exceedingly fortunate in that you have one of the Forums most eminent electrickery experts living on your doorstep !! He also has the Tech2 kit and knows how to use it properly ... unlike many dealers !!

Give Kevin Woods a PM .. he is also a Staff member on the forum    if he can't sort you .. no-one can

[albitz]

If that doesnt work try Kevin Wood. 

[uktigger]

I've just had the same problem - display saying that it was 69^o, so i changed the sensor.
This seems to have solved that problem, but i think that it is showing warmer than it actually is by 3-4^o.
Is this sensor something that CAN be calibrated or am i gonna have to stick with the temp i have.

Steve

[henryd]

Pretty sure they are plug and play with no adjustment.