ChickenLover

Yh i got myself some distilled water from tesco. But I have a bad back so might get the garage to do it. BTW is there diy guide? I know how to do it but I can follow to see if I ain't missing any steps. Thanks

Yh ill let u know. Think I'm buying the G13/evo and ill try to get a genuine temperature sensor from skoda/ VW hope this is the last change 🤞

I'm was using the pink colour coolant from eurocarparts. Think it was the Comma brand. Pretty sure i diluted it as the instructions. Its finished now so can't properly remember exactly

No I never really need to top up. Maybe a tiny bit every 5 months and that's doing taxi mileage. Think that's normal. Yh ill check if its coolant contamination but as I said there still is some coolant left in the coolant tank everytime I changed the sensor. So thinking if there's a blockage in the system. Is there another way to fully flush the system. How do I do it if I did it myself. Thanks

Sorry that picture is from a month ago when I replaced the part. So that sensor in the pic was on the car for 9 months. Not sure how the current sensor is looking on the car but I know its gone as my temperature gauge on the dash is going zero to 90 and all over the place. Wanted to know what I can do to fix it properly so I don't need to replace it anymore

I've had the car for 5 years now. I have never used any flush. Just topped it up with the pink solution mixed with water and I'm putting parts from GSF part or EuroCarParts etc so I don't think they are genuine

Hi thanks Its the Coolant temperature sensor I've attached the pics so u can see the corrosion. I have changed this part 5 TIMES so I know this is the culprit. But I wanted to know why is keeps going on my car and surely it shouldn't need changing every 9 months (1 month this time). I Don't think is a normal thing. When I take the sensor out the coolant does come out but shouldn't it all drain out? There is still some left in the coolant reservoir

Hi, new here I had my octavia for 5 years now, no problems but always had this annoying problem. 63 plate 1.6 tdi manual mk3 Every 9 month to a year the temperature sensor goes. the dash starts showing the needle going up and down for a few days then it just reads zero. I changed it a month ago but this time it didn't last the "9 months". Its gone again. any reason why it keeps happening? Everytime I've changed it, the sensor looks corroded. And when I do take the sensor out, shouldn't all the water in the system come out? Cuz sometimes the coolant reservoir still has coolant in there. Maybe there's a blockage somewhere in the cooling system? Sorry for long post and any advice would be gratefully appreciated Thank you