MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Tuffy on April 09, 2016, 08:08:12 pm

Title: Temperature gauge hunts
Post by: Tuffy on April 09, 2016, 08:08:12 pm

Hi guys... Temperature gauge doesn't reach 90 and hunts around.... Doesn't settle for long in one place. Temp sensor or thermostat?

Title: Re: Temperature gauge hunts
Post by: omeydz on April 09, 2016, 09:13:53 pm

best to get both done at same time.. both can be culprits and in my experience one isn't far behind the other when it comes to failure.

Title: Re: Temperature gauge hunts
Post by: Tuffy on April 09, 2016, 10:12:50 pm

Is the thermostat a sod to get to like the mk4 Gti's??

Title: Re: Temperature gauge hunts
Post by: stuart-88 on April 09, 2016, 10:33:58 pm

Not sure about the mk4's but these are a pain in the rear to get to.

Title: Re: Temperature gauge hunts
Post by: Tuffy on April 10, 2016, 10:50:48 am

Thought as much! I love it when they put a perishable part deep in the depths of the engine.... Inspired!

Title: Re: Temperature gauge hunts
Post by: vRSAlex on April 10, 2016, 01:15:17 pm

Mk4 thermostat is simple compared to the Mk5.

Title: Re: Temperature gauge hunts
Post by: l2azvan on April 13, 2016, 10:44:29 pm

same issue, changed thermostat, 90degrees dead all the time.

2 hours of labour

cheers