Temprature guage reading low

[Audi lurker]

Hi Folks,
just noticed in the last couple of days the temprature guage on my A2 tdi is staying very low ,around 60'ish . The cambelt was changed along with the water pump and theremostat around 8 months ago .

I suspect a possible sender/sensor problem ?

did a search but nothing came up . Any common problems , fixes , how to's etc

Mark

 

[trex]

Try to recharge your battery a few hours. This happened to me also and is causing the Webasto to stop working, or should i say stop starting.
After a quick recharge, the heater came back to life.
http://www.a2oc.net/forum/showpost.php?p=71101&postcount=36

 

[cjscos]

ours did this and it was a temp gauge. was an easy fix though and good to get too.

 

[spike]

Hi Mark

It's likely to be the coolant temp sender (quite common problem) as you suggest. There is more info on this thread - http://www.a2oc.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3208&highlight=temp+sender

Cheers Spike

 

[Audi lurker]

Hi Mark

It's likely to be the coolant temp sender (quite common problem) as you suggest. There is more info on this thread - http://www.a2oc.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3208&highlight=temp+sender

Cheers Spike

Thanks Spike ,
a useful link
i will have the bonnet off tomorrow (weather permitting) and see where it is in preparation to change it

shopping list ,

sender unit
spare clip
antifreeze

oh, and a piece of string

Cheers

Mark