Hello all

My check engine light is on and when I plugged in my reader it gave me this P0113 code that apparently means the intake air temperature is reading abnormally high and it's likely a fault with the sensor. I'd like to replace the sensor myself but for the life of me I can't seem to find where it's located.

I think it's possibly one of the three I've highlighted in the image. I've also attached a close up of each sensor if that helps.

I just can't figure out which one is the temperature sensor or if none of them are and I'm in totally the wrong place.

Any help is much appreciated.

Kind regards

It's a petrol 1.2 TSI engine I believe - year 2016

1) is the intake charged air sensor

2) is the brake vacuum sensor

Hi Rum4mo, thanks for that.

Looking at a intake charged air sensor is the same as the intake air temperature sensor? Just want to be 100%

The arrow for 3 is the top picture, I should of labelled the picture itself and not just named it. My mistake

I’ve forgotten what/where the 3) one is, it might even be the same part number as 1).

Plus I’m not a home at the moment.

Ideally you would check to see what 1)’s signals are using a scan tool.

Edit:- I’d guess that 1) and 3) are MAP sensors so both contain a temperature sensor, 1) monitoring the Turbo O/P and 3) monitoring the inlet manifold box near the cylinder inlet.

Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by rum4mo

I’ve just edited my previous post.

Oh ok, so it could be one or both of these where it's reading the temperature as too high.

I'll see if I can find the replacement parts, hopefully I can just swap them out myself.

Thanks for the help

Parts in Motion list for £23.24

It is a Bosch part and both VAG and Bosch part numbers are listed on it,

Ie 03G 906 051 E

and 0281 002 977

I’d change the one on the inlet plenum/box first, and I’d doubt if both sensors will have a failed temperature probe.

Parts in Motion via their ebay store are very easy to deal with and fast despatch and so fast delivery in my experience.

Brilliant, I didn't even see that they were the same part. Thanks for your time with this, I really appreciate it

Don't change any until you have checked if they're faulty first, you can put a multimeter on them for basic checks, it may not be the sensor at fault but wiring or connection(s) there or elsewhere.

You are assuming your reader has given you a correct code, for a generic thing like this it probabaly has, but not all codes are strictly correct and often can be pionting at the messanger rather than the source(s) or cause(s) of the issue(s).

For identification you could look up the VW part numbers on the parts you have found for their VW description of the part and possibly more information.

Depending on the level of reader you're using you could perhaps swap the locations of the two identical (if they are) parts and see if that changes anything.

If the sensor is inexpensive and the correct part to register correctly for a reasonable period and you just wantto take the chance then fine, a cheap Chinese part might be fine and longer last or a proper VW part might confirm it wasn't the previous sensor at fault - or either sort the issue and it's over and done with, your car, time, money and hassle to dop as you see best. I've changed an inexpensive part before just to elinminate it from the possible equasions - but by experience I learnt to keep the old part for a while at least as many replacement parts could be anything from absymal to not too long lasting or fine and forgotten about.

Let us know how you get on.

ETA: possibly even cleaning it might sort things, depends on how dirty it is (car use history) and if it's cleaned correctly with correct cleaner.