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Outside Temp Sender Lies !| DoubleChevron |
Posted: January 30, 2009 01:05 pm
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The XM's temp sensor is in the mirror, so heat soak from the road (or sun) gets to it. Today when the temperature guage was registering 44-46degrees (yes I sh!t you not, 46degrees at one point... in the shade under the back porch), the XM that was parked in the sun for a short time when my wife went out was dipslaying 54 as the outside temperature !!!
seeya, Shane L. -------------------- Location ... Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Real cars: Citroens CX's, DS, GS's slowly rusting away. Lumps of merde wearing Citroen badges: '96 XM 2.1TD slugomatic ... "The fragile expensive one". |
  
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| DoubleChevron |
Posted: February 09, 2009 08:27 am
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Well another good test for the XM...... It's temperature guage never moves from 88degrees (thermastat temperature) unless it's towing up a hill... Then it gets upto 95+ degrees.
Well it was damn hot two days ago when we were on holidays at the beach.... Infact so incredibly hot with thunderous northerly winds, (so much so I had to pull down half the camp site so it wouldn't get destroyed). The sky was full of dust, so no sun, yet the XM was tellilng us it was 47degrees. Yes it was actually a staggering 47 degrees in the shade. So we head into the nearest town to try and seek some shelter for the kids at the local Mc Dogbits store. Imagine my surprise to find the XM is running nearly 100degree water temperature downhill not towing  The interior fans screaming away at full speed, recycle on ..... probably 30degree heat from the vents ( far cooler than the almost 50degrees outside though). We arrive at the McDogbits to find the ashtray hanging outside the front doors just spontaniously combusts as we walk in And find it's about 30degrees inside (though that is still 20degrees cooler than outside). The winds are like a blast furnace.Then we find out about this  http://www.theage.com.au/national/bushfire...90209-815t.html  they are estimating over 200dead, the flames were travelling at 120km/h taking even the prepared by surprise. it will probably be Australias biggest ever disaster. seeya, Shane L. This post has been edited by DoubleChevron on February 09, 2009 08:29 am -------------------- Location ... Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Real cars: Citroens CX's, DS, GS's slowly rusting away. Lumps of merde wearing Citroen badges: '96 XM 2.1TD slugomatic ... "The fragile expensive one". |
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| DerekW |
Posted: February 09, 2009 07:27 pm
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Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 1320 Member No.: 173 Joined: June 01, 2005 |
That's appalling Shane, and according to reports you seem to have the same sort of mindless morons who take pleasure in starting fires as us.
Derek -------------------- 1999 3.0V624v Exclusive Black! (RP8362)
2004 C3 Sensodrive Exclusive 1994 ZX Aura 1.8 auto Location: 5 miles North of Boston, Lincolnshire |
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