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2nd February 2014, 05:17 PM
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Erratic coolant temperature gauge
After a few trouble free months, my first niggle.
I noticed this first a couple of weeks ago when it fist happened. It now appears to be happening with more regularity. Occasionally when starting the car from cold, the coolant temperature gauge needle progresses as normal and then shortly after reaching 90 degrees, it either slowly drops to the lower mark or drops quickly. Stopping the car will see it return to normal operation, or it will move to the 90 degrees mark after driving for a short while. Yesterday evening the temperature indicator rose to 90 degrees then quickly dropped to the lower nark and did not move up again. The car is not overheating and the interior heat appears to be OK. Temperature sensor or thermostat? If the former, whereabouts is it located. Any advice much appreciated. TIA Mark 
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2nd February 2014, 05:30 PM
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If it's the sensor it's very easy to change, I did mine fairly recently.
There's a thread on here about it somewhere, I'll see if I can find it. Here: http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1157 read it all.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
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