Flying Carrot Steve Posted November 11 Share Posted November 11 On 03/11/2024 at 18:00, Captain Colonial said: 18psi is the normal most used tyre pressure. If you’re keen on seeing what it’s like to hydroplane, pump them up to 30psi and drive on a wet road and you’ll soon find out what looking at the world sideways through your windscreen is like.* *Do not do this! Yep I'm aware of that. What I was referring to was winter tips for tyres while off the road. Obviously not actually driving them at +50% pressure! And I don't have a windscreen so I won't be seeing anything sideways though it 🤣🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hook Posted Monday at 19:57 Author Share Posted Monday at 19:57 Fitted a new cylinder head temp sensor yesterday. Surprised that it’s not in a coolant flow but just sits in the block in a blind hole. No spilt coolant at least or air to bleed. Calibrated it with a thermos of boiling water to check it was doing its job at working temperatures. Was within a degree of the temperature curve in the ECU so I left that as is. Anyway - started and idled like any OEM would. Result 🤙even got a drive out of it in the sunshine. Slightly rusty flywheel to look at now as apparently on a factory assembly engine and gearbox (got the certificate) the is no sandwich plate on the bell housing. Fail. Rust converter and a new plate it is unless the engine comes out for another reason in the future. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted Tuesday at 09:37 Share Posted Tuesday at 09:37 13 hours ago, Dan Hook said: Fitted a new cylinder head temp sensor yesterday. Surprised that it’s not in a coolant flow but just sits in the block in a blind hole. No spilt coolant at least or air to bleed. It is common to have both Cylinder Head Temp and Coolant Temp sensors. The CHT will then be used by the ECU and the CT will feed the dash gauge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigieboy Posted yesterday at 10:53 Share Posted yesterday at 10:53 On 18/11/2024 at 19:57, Dan Hook said: Fitted a new cylinder head temp sensor yesterday. Surprised that it’s not in a coolant flow but just sits in the block in a blind hole. No spilt coolant at least or air to bleed. Calibrated it with a thermos of boiling water to check it was doing its job at working temperatures. Was within a degree of the temperature curve in the ECU so I left that as is. Anyway - started and idled like any OEM would. Result 🤙even got a drive out of it in the sunshine. Slightly rusty flywheel to look at now as apparently on a factory assembly engine and gearbox (got the certificate) the is no sandwich plate on the bell housing. Fail. Rust converter and a new plate it is unless the engine comes out for another reason in the future. Hi, Do you have a link to the temp sender Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hook Posted 22 hours ago Author Share Posted 22 hours ago Sure do. https://tpuk.net/cylinder-head-temp-sensor-ford-mondeo-transit-focus-fiesta.html 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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