Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Search the maintenance guides for answers to 99.999% of Omega questions

Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Exterior temp readout  (Read 1256 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

CoolHand

  • Junior Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Stansted
  • Posts: 52
  • Feels like a brand new car baby!!!
    • View Profile
Exterior temp readout
« on: 01 April 2009, 23:10:06 »
Ever since i've been on this website, things have been going wrong with my car lol... Having said that, there is an absolute goldmine of knowledge and help on here.
Ok, to business! My exterior temp gauge is showing 'F' on the left hand side of the display with no actual temp readout. Anybody know the reason why and how to put it right?
Logged

CoolHand

  • Junior Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Stansted
  • Posts: 52
  • Feels like a brand new car baby!!!
    • View Profile
Re: Exterior temp readout
« Reply #1 on: 01 April 2009, 23:11:08 »
Oops! I meant to write that it's a 2000 facelift Elite 3.0  :D
Logged

VXL V6

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Warwickshire
  • Posts: 9870
    • 530D M Sport, Elite 3.2
    • View Profile
Re: Exterior temp readout
« Reply #2 on: 01 April 2009, 23:12:27 »
Temp sensor disconnected?

It's in the lower grille on the front bumper of a facelift.
Logged

CoolHand

  • Junior Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Stansted
  • Posts: 52
  • Feels like a brand new car baby!!!
    • View Profile
Re: Exterior temp readout
« Reply #3 on: 01 April 2009, 23:23:36 »
Cheers VXL, i'll have a look in the morning. A mate of mine wanted to look at my engine and may have knocked it as he fumbled for the bonnet release.
Logged

VXL V6

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Warwickshire
  • Posts: 9870
    • 530D M Sport, Elite 3.2
    • View Profile
Re: Exterior temp readout
« Reply #4 on: 01 April 2009, 23:33:26 »
Quote
Cheers VXL, i'll have a look in the morning. A mate of mine wanted to look at my engine and may have knocked it as he fumbled for the bonnet release.

Doubtful as it's in the lower grill in the bumper not the bonnet one  :y
Logged

CoolHand

  • Junior Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Stansted
  • Posts: 52
  • Feels like a brand new car baby!!!
    • View Profile
Re: Exterior temp readout
« Reply #5 on: 01 April 2009, 23:41:18 »
Good point, sorry it's been a long day and I didn't read your post properly. I will have a look in the bumper tomorrow and see if it's become disconnected somehow. Any ideas why it might not be working if it is still connected?
Logged

RichardH

  • Intermediate Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Ireland
  • Posts: 323
    • View Profile
Re: Exterior temp readout
« Reply #6 on: 02 April 2009, 09:55:26 »
The sensors are a common failure and I reckon nearly everyone that owns an Omega has had to replace them at one time or another.  

I have had to change three over the years.  The good news is they are cheap and easy to replace.
Logged

Proz

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Largoward , Fife , Scotland
  • Posts: 2647
    • Omega-less now :-/
    • View Profile
Re: Exterior temp readout
« Reply #7 on: 02 April 2009, 10:01:57 »
Easy to replace ... middle of the bumper ...  :y
Logged
Get yourself Giff Gaff'ed here :-) ...  http://giffgaff.com/orders/affiliate/proz

Mack

  • Junior Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • North Wiltshire
  • Posts: 71
    • Audi A6 Le Mans
    • View Profile
Re: Exterior temp readout
« Reply #8 on: 02 April 2009, 13:06:04 »
Yep, did mine a month or so ago with help from people here locating it. Worth doing as very cheap and easy and can affect the climate control if the weather is cold..... I had a couple of very chilly mornings.....
Logged

Andy B

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Bury Lancs
  • Posts: 39731
    • ML350 TDM SmartRoadster
    • View Profile
Re: Exterior temp readout
« Reply #9 on: 02 April 2009, 15:11:03 »
Quote
The sensors are a common failure and I reckon nearly everyone that owns an Omega has had to replace them at one time or another.  

I have had to change three over the years.  The good news is they are cheap and easy to replace.

I've not in the last 5 yrs + of owning the car.  ;) :y  :y
Logged

RichardH

  • Intermediate Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Ireland
  • Posts: 323
    • View Profile
Re: Exterior temp readout
« Reply #10 on: 02 April 2009, 15:53:55 »
Quote
Quote
The sensors are a common failure and I reckon nearly everyone that owns an Omega has had to replace them at one time or another.  

I have had to change three over the years.  The good news is they are cheap and easy to replace.

I've not in the last 5 yrs + of owning the car.  ;) :y  :y

You know you have just put a curse on yourself now don't you?   :D
Logged

bigtow

  • Intermediate Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • rochester kent
  • Posts: 363
  • 2001 3.2 MV6 manual was 2.6 auto
    • x type 2,0d estate
    • View Profile
Re: Exterior temp readout
« Reply #11 on: 02 April 2009, 17:07:59 »
 >:( >:( >:( >:(I replaced mine but am still getting the same fault ?
Logged
2001 MV6 3.2 manual been converted from 2.6 auto

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 106857
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Exterior temp readout
« Reply #12 on: 02 April 2009, 17:56:52 »
Sensor is fairly cheap to replace (about £6), and easy to do. Common failure.  If that doesn't resolve it, you need to start looking for wiring damage, which can be tedious.
Logged
Grumpy old man

Andy B

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Bury Lancs
  • Posts: 39731
    • ML350 TDM SmartRoadster
    • View Profile
Re: Exterior temp readout
« Reply #13 on: 02 April 2009, 18:31:50 »
Quote
Quote
Quote
The sensors are a common failure and I reckon nearly everyone that owns an Omega has had to replace them at one time or another.  

I have had to change three over the years.  The good news is they are cheap and easy to replace.

I've not in the last 5 yrs + of owning the car.  ;) :y  :y

You know you have just put a curse on yourself now don't you?   :D

I do!  ;D
But I have A N Other I picked up at the scrap yard! And I could always nick the sensor from her Astra  ::)  :y  :y
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Page created in 0.016 seconds with 17 queries.