How much for a temp sender?

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:00 pm

My local VW extortionist wants Â£22 inc VAT for the sender and seal.... that sounds a bit excessive...

How much should I be paying?

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:01 pm

I paid Â£26 from mine.

mattupson · Post by **mattupson** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:36 pm

Â£12.50 from my local Central Auto Supplies.

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:03 pm

Hmm...found it for Â£16 from my local parts shop...

Did you replace the seal at the same time?

mattupson · Post by **mattupson** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:05 pm

Sounds good.

Yeah, got a new o-ring with it so replaced aswell.

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:22 pm

Yep seal too. Mine came with a new one.

bbspolo · Post by **bbspolo** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:31 pm

ebay a mate of mine got a box of them from work (vw) dont ask how

and is selling them on there!

think he is selling them for Â£15

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:46 am

If this is broken does it stop the water temperature gauge registering a temperature? Think this bust in my girlfriends MK4

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:11 am

Yup...the temperature will not register atall... mine seems to have no temperature..then pop up to norm...then bac down again

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:11 pm

Yeh mine was really unreliable before change. Kept dropping and dancing and could never give a proper reading

mattupson · Post by **mattupson** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:16 pm

Likewise.

Did anyone notice a drop in MPG while the sender was playing up? Replaced mine now and im getting a few more miles for my money.

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:02 pm

That is a logical thing to assume..

The engine temp sender talks to the ECU and will help control the injection etc...

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:18 am

mattupson wrote:Likewise.

Did anyone notice a drop in MPG while the sender was playing up? Replaced mine now and im getting a few more miles for my money.

It probably did, but I got it changed to fast to notice any major changes.

jason11 · Post by **jason11** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:42 am

ask for it for trade price at vw worked for me :D was bout 18quid