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Old 10th October 2020, 01:27 PM
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The sensors I put in my D3 did not require a programming pad, and were only a little over £11 for four, including shipping from the USA IIRC. That was about 7 years ago.
My understanding at the time was that it was better to have sensors with valves that kind of hinged in their mounting blocks.
Wow that is cheap! Any idea of which ones they were?
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Old 10th October 2020, 01:31 PM
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Wow that is cheap! Any idea of which ones they were?
Unfortunately I can't remember but I did see the original invoice in the paperwork I handed over to Ron (Norretal) when he recently became the new owner. Maybe it's worth messaging him.
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Unfortunately I can't remember but I did see the original invoice in the paperwork I handed over to Ron (Norretal) when he recently became the new owner. Maybe it's worth messaging him.
Thank you' I'll message him if he hasn't seen this thread.
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One more question - can these be fitted as a DIY? Deflate the tyre, break the bead and change the sensor? Or is it tyre off jobbie?
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Old 10th October 2020, 04:06 PM
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I took mine into the tyre shop. You need a bit of space to remove and refit the sensor and valve combo. I guess it's possible to do it by pushing the tyre off the bead but this might require more hands than fitted to the average human
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I did x4 new on mine this week. You do need to "get up to speed" on a run before they display temps.
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I did x4 new on mine this week. You do need to "get up to speed" on a run before they display temps.
Which ones did you go for?

OK so panic is over for now. I have reset them in the past and they have come up reasonably quickly. I did 2 separate drives and they did not initialise. Yesterday, I drove 5 mins up the road (normal 30mph roads) and just as I parked up they came to life

They worked fine on the return journey too so even though they showed 0 months and no voltage, this seems to be due to them not being initialised.

I will look for a replacement anyway as they won't last forever and I can put one in the spare to test as that one has never worked.
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