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Sophia_Bush
22nd January 2008, 21:03
the one on the side of the head green or blue one aint it? well if thats foobar would it cause the idle to be all over the shop ie not idle at all and idle sometimes but really crap?
steviet
22nd January 2008, 21:07
yeah mate am sure thats right
SaxoAL
22nd January 2008, 23:43
thats correct.
When i had to replace it on one of my last saxo, the part was £12 from Halfords, and it took 2 mins to fit.
Fredward
23rd January 2008, 07:39
Yes, it could affect the idle, but it could be a whole load of other things too..
Sophia_Bush
23rd January 2008, 10:35
my idle problem are well documented on the turbo shed lol will either be wires wrong way on stepper motor, coolant sensor thats it tbh I know tps is ok not many other things to check bar lambda but i know that is fine because car aint drinking huge amount of petrol than it is usually
Gabbastard
23rd January 2008, 12:55
blue one is for the gauges dude, green one is for the ecu.

Go and nick one out any PSA car in the scrappy, theyre all the same :)
RCD-Performance
24th January 2008, 01:18
correct me if i'm wrong, but isnt there 3 sensors on the housing, one of which is the knock sensor?

i thought the brown one at the base is the ECU CTS.

We're having this debate at the moment at the blue and green ones so no continuity when checked against the ECU pins.
Gabbastard
24th January 2008, 11:39
brown is for air con overheating warning.

green is deffo for the ecu, blue deffo for the gauges.
AlexR
24th January 2008, 14:09
Gaybastard is right.
Brown is air con, blue gauges, green ecu, although on later models(2001-) the ecu one is blue too. knock sensor is on the back of the engine not the stat housing.
Sophia_Bush
24th January 2008, 15:19
ordered new green one so fingers crossed it will solve problems along with the new loom which I have to pick up on sat
RCD-Performance
24th January 2008, 16:05
cheers for that, i confused myself there, i was doing so well

Off for more coffee!

lol
lesz42
25th January 2008, 19:19
Does the replacement for the sensor have to the same? mine looks this

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2346/2219350048_b02aa6cefa.jpg


the local motor factors, only have one that is fatter ( where i have outlined)

mine is about 4mm thick, the new one is about 5/7mm? that ok?

it is listed for the right one for my car, a 2001, vtr.