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is this the water temp sensor on a 1.0l engine
the plug just above the fan belt??

yea looks like it mate, have to have some other confirmation but it definitely looks like it.

coolant temperature sensor

cheers so u no wen you change it how do u get the plug back on as the one i have got doesnt have the fing to plug bk on
this is the one i have bought
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Water-Te ... 5089528037

the one you have brought is for the temperature guage (water temperature sensor) you need a 'coolant temperature sensor'

ah ryt just sum one on here told is that is what i needed so the car could reach 70mph lol

just bort a coolant temp sensor for my car, there only a few quid from parts shops. so no point in getting one off ebay. atleast at part shops its just down the road if its wrong or dodgey.

a will do but would that cause the car to struggle to reach 70mph???

could do, the coolant temperature sensor tells the ecu how cold the engine is, which and then amoung other things tells the idle control valve and mass air flow meter how much fuel and air to mix and how much choke and what not to apply. if your sensor is dodgey the engine could think its cold even when its hot and could possibly be getting the fuel/air mixture wrong. either way its a cheap and easy thing to do and would be one of the first things i would check of the list.

ah right a will go see if a can get one tha morra and if its not that what else could it be

it cant be anything else its got to be coolant temp sensor ,if you keep having problems contact matty101 as he is only just up the road from you

well a will try that and if it doesnt work a will ask

is this the correct part
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Vauxh ... c2bb4&ENTS

any one know???

yep looks exactly the same as the one i just bort.