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Ah I thought so do you know by any chance how much the sensor is ? And where it goes ?. Il go straight to vw tomorrow or GSF.

Get the sensor from VW. GSF sensors are absolute s**t.

Its about £24 I think from the last time I bought one

If you follow the top radiator hose to the engine youll see the green sensor on the left.

This one...



Or this one...



... Don't you just love a clean engine bay, ha ha.

The second one

Get a new seal with it too (like 40p)

Change it with the engine cold, and be sure to top the coolant back up afterwards

Please if there is a god let there be some in stock tomorrow as it's tomorrow I'm gonna start lugging stuff about got a van for the big stuff but I'd rather Have my tv etc in my car.

Last night in my mums gaff... Wierd !.

Thanks for all your help dude.

VW should have those on the shelf. TPS will if they dont.

There sold out but gonna get one to me for 1pm so it's all gravy.

£35 later...

Gonna go fit it now. Head tech at vw says it won't fit it as its probably an immobiliser issue which me nor the parts guy can see as it starts first time Every time when the engines cold.

Ok is this thing supposed to just pull out ???. Can't for the life of me figure out how to fit it :-/.

Prepare the new sensor first - put the oring on the bronze bit

Unplug the sensor, slide the U shaped clip out pull the old sensor out and put the new sensor in as quick as you can or youll lose a reasonable amount of coolant.

Its not an immobiliser issue - its a common fault that when the engine is hot, if the temp sensor fails, it wont restart till cooled

B*llocks to that being an immobiliser issue. Idiot of a head tech

We found out the hard way...

ha ha

We found out the hard way...



Ha ha

Just going to my mums where the car is now to put coolant back in. Then il run it up an down the dual carriage way and give it a try

And yeah that what me and the parts guy were saying the car wouldn't start at all if it was an immobiliser issue, told the guy he was talking s**t, flipping nonce. Once again mr Perkins thanks my cars existence is down to you lol

Problem solved. And man am I glad

Keep an eye on that coolant now. It'll go down over the next few days.

If you haven't already run the fans on full heat and go for a drive, it'll open up the thermostat. You'll need to top up further then.

Cheers il do that for a few days till I go bourmouth Sunday. Il be sure to keep an eye on it thanks for the heads up Tim.