Passat: 1978 "T"-- 1.6 estate

[spud1962]

Passat 1978 1.6 estate

Hi. Does anyone know where I can get a
water coolant temperature sender unit from?

I think mine is faulty, my temp guage rockets to "high"
after a few minutes driving, but the actual coolant temp is fine.

The unit is simply a small "hexaganol bolt", with a single electrical
spade connector at one end. The bolt screws into the engine block.

Does it have a part number?

Any help with this would be appreciated.

[jak]

Hi. I'd go for exact one as fitted.Even at dealer ,it wo'nt break the bank

[spud1962]

Thanks Jak. Yeh, but my dealer sez he can't them..
..model now sooooo old!

[adamss24]

Did you tried cleaning the sender part that stays inside the engine and the electrical conector? You could try ebay as there are people thet sell second hand parts/new old stock for cars of that age. Will look into a different model/year as they were used troughout the range and one might found the same sensor on a newer model. Failing that take your old sensor out and find one from a newer model and have a garage make it fit(drill new hole in the block and thread-it ) . Hope this helps.

[devonutopia]

Nice to see there's still some of the first passats on the road.

Not sure if trawling second hand spares places is any good? www.247spares.co.uk

[nielsfjords]

I had a 1986 Passat I broke the temp sender connector, your one sounds the same type. Managed to get a new sender unit from the VW dealer (even in stock) BTW this was three years ago.