Mini Cooper Ambient air temp
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- Diagnose a defective Ambient air temp sensor on a 2003 Mini Cooper
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Found location of the dang sensor, It's on the back side of the metal grill insert
Excellent job finding the right location. On the grille! I think I was wrong about this!
Pinned the comment so others can know where it goes.
Straightforward, no nonsense. job well done
Thanks!
There is a 2005 model mini cooper, what does this temperature show and what should be the average?
IHi! n my mini, the clutch was changed, after that the temperature showed -40F, my mechanic said that the temperature sensor was not working and replaced it. As a result, when the car is not started, the temperature shows correctly, according to the forecast, as soon as you start the engine, the engine temperature rises, the air temperature indicator also rises. For example, a cold car is 76F, after 30 minutes of movement 85F.. Thanks)
Will this cause the revs to hunt ive got a mini r56 and it idles rough
depends on your year. But I dont think so, it simply displays the temp on the one in this video.
@@CoolAirVw thanks just trying to eliminate the problems it could be just done a cylinder head gasket on it and reground the valves in it starts great just on idle the revs are up and down might be the exhaust cam might be a tooth or two out or map sensor its a r56 n14 engine 2007
@@eddiejackson4470 if you have a scanner that can check fuel trim look there, look for vacuum leaks, smoke check or spray with start fluid to find vacuum leaks. If its out of time even 1 tooth it will trigger trouble code.
could a faulty sensor cause a/c to only blow hot?
not this sensor on this car. It was only a input to the instrument cluster. Other cars may be different.
I have already replaced the sensor, but still reading -40. What’s next?? Is there some type of fuse or does it go directly to a module?
good visual inspection on the wire. I dont think there is a fuse
Ihave a question and ihope I get the answer ASAP, will these get ur check engine light on ? In mini cooper 2011 model , also it says emissions temperature is that right ?!
dont know. the one I fixed was much older it didn't trigger check engine light
Thanks for the video. My sensor is also showing a flashing -40°c (Celsius) and I have found a loose cable under my front left wheel bumper arch.
plug it in.
Can’t locate me ambient air sensor on my 2011 mini what’s the color of the wires can’t find no diagram
Hi, in my tach the screen is having some issues. Sometimes i can see just a half of the digits and on other times there's no numbers at all, i mean, it looks like if the screen was so bad that does not show the complete numbers and you can not read cause is unreadable, what can i do? Thanks for your time.
Its probably an issue with the display. Google it ans see if enthusiasts have come up with a fix and its possible there might be services to send it off to for repair,
Is the sensor in the right headlight always? Where is it located? I have a 2005 MINI Cooper S
No its up front by the radiator. Google it I'm sure there's pictures somewhere, but I'm pretty sure I shows "stuff" on where it belongs, in the video.
@@CoolAirVw Ahh okay I see that, I was skimming through the video, I didn't see you have to take the front bumper off.
@@moneymikere Thanks for watching and commenting on the video!
Bingo...I have exactly the same -40C temperture on newly bought car. i was concerned as i thought it was the Engine temp....time to get fixing
Will this sensor going out cause the check engine light to come on?
it didn't make a check engine light on this car, nor did it trigger a trouble code, but it certainly could be used for the fuel injection on different years. Lots of cars have a ambient air temp sensor.
Did you ever find out what happened I am having the same problem
Mine did. Temp displayed as -40 and the next time I drove the check engine light came on.
-40F... that's cold! =)
Probably gets that cold up where you are in Canada, but it never gets that cold here. I don't think I've seen anything lower than about -15 here (that I remember anyway), and that would be real rare.
CoolAirVw Rm Not all of Canada will run into cold temperatures. 5F (-15c) is the coldest that I have seen on the west coast of Canada. My brother on the east coast will see temperatures as low as -30c (-22F).
Best video ever ❤
Could this cause a fan to run continuously, resulting in a drained battery? No overheating, but the fan stays on; not just a few minutes but indefinitely until the batter is dead.
I dont think so.
I am having the same problem it's a engine fan in the front it's a huge fan, did you ever find out what was wrong
How long does it take for temp to reset once you replace it?
immediately
Will it cause the car to overheat?
On a 2006 Mini Cooper s.
no
I have this issue on my 2007 cooper s. Coolant gets to 111degrees C triggering fan. I been told that the -40C reading will trick the ecu into making the car run hotter to account for the low outside temp. Makes sense really but it doesn’t seem to be a concrete answer from any body.
good morning I come from a post from you on the Internet, I hope you can help me I have a jetta 2001 autimatic 01M transmission the problem that presented is the following I made a change of fluid tranmicion.
After the change the vehicle once arrived at its operating temperature I throw the code P0768 Solenoid D with a generic OBDll scanner, once the vehicle is cooled the code disappears and reappears once it warms up therefore the transmition enters in safe mode (stays in 3rd
speed) my question is that I should check and if you could help me to know which is the solenoid D
since I do not have a vagcom to give me specific codes for your help many thanks
Here is a video on solenoid diagnosis. th-cam.com/video/NJpWGIbdgzQ/w-d-xo.html Here is a link to solenoid diagnosis article. forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=334614 My website has some info also link above. Solenoid "D" is n91 and the chart on the link above will show you which solenoid that is. Subscribe to my channel for more 01m diagnosis video's upcoming.
CoolAirVw Rm thank you very much for your response and especially for sharing your knowledge I hope you keep doing more videos like this
Ai que resetear. ? O solo agarra la tenperatura indicada . ya cambiandolo??
no hablo espanol.
You do realize it's alot more than just a feature.... in an S at least it causes the pcm to adjust the fuel and timing for -40 and will run extremely lean and destroy the cat.
In later cars maybe, but not on this one.
mine was -40 F I was like uff pretty cold today
bbrrrrrr! That'll freeze your eyeballs!
I put a new one in and now it says 14f
Is that good or is it bad?
@@CoolAirVw it's bad because it was like 70f outside lol
@@dhogan502001 Was it saying -40 before?
Is there actually an "F"?
First it was -40f then I replaced the ambient air temperature sensor now it says 14f
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thanks for watching.
Lol OMGosh I really cant give up on my MINI But????? What I do know be careful with letting person like AutoZone install a battery! 😱oh it’s Piece a cake I cringed thanking oh my gosh no no no no no no please be careful please be careful please be careful he was not careful needless to say nothing but a nightmare that I am going to fix myself thanks to TH-cam and a friend that I know telling me a few things about the battery job was a nightmare no kidding
Sorry I never replied to this comment. I guess I never saw it, but there wasn't a question there that needed answering though..
I also have the outside temperature problem. Indicates -40 degrees. since then my climate has stopped cooling. can that be related?
Yeah. But its could also be low on freon or 20 other problems.
so we can waste hundreds / thousands of £€$ on thermostats and other stuff and it’s just a false reading !!!
Good video & interesting
Pretty sure on this car its just for display to the humans in the car. Other later cars it might be used by engine computer though.