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Old 5th August 2015, 02:08 PM
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Thanks gents

That's what I'm hoping it will be ..I'm off to the garage after work and they're going to plug it into the Vagcom to check..
...its been as good as gold sitting at 90 all the time.

It will be a far easier and cheaper job to do than a new thermostat which when I noticed it happing was what I was thing was the problem.

please make it the CTS
My 'stat just failed and the temperature was just an uncontrollable, steady rise. Got it home by taking the engine covers off and switching the heating full on to assist cooling, taking it easy and stopping every few miles for a cool down. Yours definitely sounds like a sensor issue - I hope!
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