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[John Willby]

Hi

I had a bad water leak coming from the rear of the engine on my 98 mini facelift 3.0 auto. I don't know where it was coming from but something I replaced seems to have fixed it! I have replaced (amongst other things!) the coolant bridge and sensors (both). I got the temp sensor from autovaux.

My problem is with the new sensor it is running a good 10% hotter than before. It used to sit around the 90-95 mark when at full operating temp. Now it sits at 100-105! Which is quite close to the red! Closer that I would like it! It sits at 100 when cruising down the motorway but rises to 105 when in urban traffic.

Is this just a screwy temp sensor giving a miss reading and it is not actually that hot?

There is no oil in the water or mayo in the oil filler cap and the engine goes as good as it ever did!

Any one care to comment?

[Andy B]

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Any one care to comment?

Try putting the old single connector sensor back & see what you temp gauge read then. If all was well before hand I'd suspect you've been given the wrong sensor.