Hmmm what you think????

[Azman]

To business.

Water manifold to be precise.

The two sensors are prone to problems as are the connectors are they not.

So would it be beneficial to rotate the sensors through 90deg or more so that they are in a sideways or even a more upright position to prevent any leakage getting into the connectors?



Would this prolong the life of the sensors instead of them going wrong after only a short while?


Just a thought..

There does look to be room to rotate them sufficiently as described above but are the sensors supposed to be vertical to work? HAs anyone taken one apart?


If you think so I will look at getting a watermanifold changed for test fitting.

Cheers

Aaron

[Azman]

no thoughts anyone

[Rusty]

Some pics would help pelase Mr. Az.

Problem with this part is that it's a cast part so might not suit modification or small batch production. Still, we can have a look at it...

[Azman]

Will have a butcher of the spare one I have and have a test fit in the next few weeks.

[mcandmar]

The original mounting position makes sense as it prevents air getting trapped at the sensor tip insulating it from the coolant. Rotating them 90 degrees should be ok, but not vertically. I'm going to dismantle the next faulty one i find and take a few pics, i did dismantle one from a Type 85 car years ago and it was stuffed full of electronics. That would have been a four pin version of the sensor.

I've only had to replace the connector once so i'm not convinced its worth the effort of chopping up a water rail. Might be easier to find a 90degree adapter that will thread into the water manifold.

[Azman]

Thinking that man hadn't thought of that