Fitted a new sensor - only 8 quid from Vauxhall. Tenner on ebay, work that one out! The gauge still doesn't read, just get --.-t I have no voltage on the leads to the sensor and the wires vanish into the loom. Would anyone like to guess before I say f*ck it and leave it. Is there a fuse that handles this? If so what number. They are not listed in the manual. Thanks
SOLVED IT! Dreaded taking the dash out to get at the display thingy so sat down with an Ohm meter for 10 minutes and checked the wiring a bit more thoroughly. There is a lead which plugs into the sensor at one end and goes to a socket on the loom at the right hand side of the car. The lead runs under the rad' behind the grill. This lead has crimps half way along it buried under black tape and one of the crimps had rotted. Simple as that. Strange that the new sensor cost me £7.99 inc. from a main Vauxhall dealer but sellers on ebay want a tenner plus p+p for one. Hope this helps someone and thanks for assistance.
Well done, and thanks for posting outcome... shame about buying the sensor, but sometimes that's almost inevitable. Re. ebay prices - that doesn't altogether surprise me. I've seen quite a few stories of folk paying way over the odds. I recall one where a chap/ess was buying ordinary wooden malletts at his local iron-monger, and successfully flogging them on ebay for a very tidy mark-up....!
"Strange that the new sensor cost me £7.99 inc. from a main Vauxhall dealer but sellers on ebay want a tenner plus p+p for one. " Same as people going to Halfords or wherever to buy wiper blades that are at least twice the price of genuine Vauxhall blades.
Same as people going to Halfords or wherever to buy wiper blades that are at least twice the price of genuine Vauxhall blades. Good point. I think that in part, Vx price gouging is coming home to roost as they (and to be honest most main agents, not just Vx) are now percieved as being so expensive that if an alternative supplier can be found for something then it just HAS to be cheaper. (I'm only talking about cost. Quality is a different issue) Mike
