Cabin temp sensor (Xantia)

mark21td · Unread post by **mark21td** » 23 May 2010, 15:23

Does anyone have a cabin temp sensor (the one with the little fan inside) going spear ?
It's for my Xantia 1.9td VSX 1997.

admiral51 · Unread post by **admiral51** » 23 May 2010, 20:10

Ill have a look in the spares department (aka shed)

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Its a little bit full now ive sold my other spares department (caravan) so it may take a couple of days to get to the back where im pretty sure there is one

Colin

mark21td · Unread post by **mark21td** » 27 May 2010, 08:13

Thanks Colin.

admiral51 · Unread post by **admiral51** » 27 May 2010, 20:54

I havent forgotten,just plucking up the courage to empty the shed

Colin

mark21td · Unread post by **mark21td** » 27 May 2010, 22:07

No problem Colin, it's not really an ishu in this weather.

admiral51 · Unread post by **admiral51** » 01 Jun 2010, 23:28

Hi Mark

Sorry to report that having emptied both stores departments i only have the grille for the sensor fan and not the actual fan itself

If memory serves me right i think i may have let it go to another forum member a couple of years ago, help me out here Mike T please

Colin

mark21td · Unread post by **mark21td** » 02 Jun 2010, 12:15

No problem mate, thanks for spending the time to look.

MikeT · Unread post by **MikeT** » 02 Jun 2010, 13:03

admiral51 wrote:If memory serves me right i think i may have let it go to another forum member a couple of years ago, help me out here Mike T please

If it was when you gave/sold me a bunch of parts - parcel shelf, radio, etc - then yes I was in need once and could have been the benefactor but I can't recall it specifically.

As for the OP's request - Mark, what's wrong with the original unit as it might be a simple fix?

mark21td · Unread post by **mark21td** » 02 Jun 2010, 13:16

It's been diegnosed as faulty by DickyG's Lexia, it's the temp sensor part I think, but the fan doesn't always work (until I give the dash a whak) so I'm looking for a compleat unit.

Unread post by **RichardW** » 02 Jun 2010, 14:08

They have a bit of a limited life, and any second hand ones are likely to be in a similar state to the one you've got.... if the car's a keeper I'd be tempted to buy a new one - but they are the thick end of a ton....

MikeT · Unread post by **MikeT** » 02 Jun 2010, 15:30

It's just a small fan that draws the cabin air over a simple thermistor. I imagine it'd be relatively simple to replace both from off-the-shelf parts if only we knew what the thermistor value is (or are they universal?). As RichardW advises, when I looked a few years ago, a new one was over £80!