What Are These?

[mitch205gti 1]

While trying to get my car running again after its been sat for over 2 years I found this has started to fall apart, anyone know what it is?

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j12/mitc.../DSC00714v1.jpg

 

I also noticed that these 3 wires coming from the brown multiplug are not connected to anything, anyone know where they should go?

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j12/mitc.../DSC00715v1.jpg

 

The white wire has no connector on it and is in the black sleeve.

 

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Edited June 13, 2006 by pugtorque

[boombang 2]

The bit with the nipple is the stat housing, with the nipple being the bleed.

 

 

As for the brown, they are both single input so therefore the earth comes from the block. Most likely sensors

Edited June 13, 2006 by boombang

[mitch205gti 1]

Cheers

 

Any idea where the best place to get a new stat housing from?

[jonD6B 0]

The housing is just cast so should be fine. It's more likely that the stat seal has perished causing the crystalisation.

[Veero 1]

The two loose spades are the water temp and pressure sensor connectors.

 

Both plug onto the thermostat housing. The black one is the actual temp reading and is tha smaller of the 2 sensors, the red plug is the other. You will know instantly if they are the wrong way round because if you put the ignition on and the temp gauage goes right to the top, theyre the wrong way round

 

They plug in on the side of the stat housing kinda between the large water hose coming out the side and the HT lead caddy.

 

HTH

 

Veero

Edited June 13, 2006 by Veero

[littlemike 0]

The housing is just cast so should be fine. It's more likely that the stat seal has perished causing the crystalisation.

That thermostat housing he has is plastic. They crumble! Either fit a casy alloy one off another engine or get a replacement from Pug.

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

The bit with the nipple is the stat housing, with the nipple being the bleed.

The bleed point is the pipe you can't quite see with the rubber pipe coming off it, partially hidden by the HT lead guide in that picture.

 

Wires are as above, white wire in black sleeve is probably the oil temp sender which should have a ring terminal on the end & fits to the sender in the back of the sump. Its probably snapped off though by now.

Both plug onto the thermostat housing. The black one is the actual temp reading and is tha smaller of the 2 sensors, the red plug is the other. You will know instantly if they are the wrong way round because if you put the ignition on and the temp gauage goes right to the top, theyre the wrong way round

All the ones I've seen crossed the guages simply didn't work.

 

Looking at the back of the thermostat housing the smaller sensor on mine has a red ring & the red wire goes to that, larger sensor has a green ring & yellow wire goes there iirc.

 

Graham.

[Veero 1]

Ah thats what happens with the oil temp guage if you get the temp and pressure senders the wrong way round, sorry my bad

 

Veero

[littlemike 0]

The bleed point is the pipe you can't quite see with the rubber pipe coming off it, partially hidden by the HT lead guide in that picture.

 

The 'valve cap' on that thermostat housing is also a bleedpoint.

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

The 'valve cap' on that thermostat housing is also a bleedpoint.

Its also for pressurising the system to test the water pump, find a leak or check for head gasket failure.

 

Graham.