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08-13-2018, 02:00 AM | #1 |
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Ambient temperature reading
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This is the first thing on my 2013 FR-S, with 22,000 miles, that doesn't seem to be quite right. I know, I should consider myself lucky - The ambient air temperature reading seems to not want to go over 76 degrees F, regardless of the outside air temperature. Yes, it's been up to 95 degrees F in these parts here lately. Even after driving several miles (city driving) it seems to be stuck on 76 degrees. I know, this is a first world problem - My question is that how is your air temperature gauge read? Hi, low, right on? If it's off, by about how much? Thanks, humfrz |
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Mine did read about 3 degrees high until I relocated the sensor. It sits right next to the radiator and picks up heat. Bad design. I moved it forward from its current spot and now it's mostly accurate. You have to be moving though. When the car sits in traffic it reads high again.
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Mine is only accurate when the car is moving, otherwise it reads high.
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As for the OP, to me, I'd start troubleshooting with the sensor. EDIT: Wait. for some reason I was thinking we were discussing the engine air intake temp sensor... not the reading on the gauge cluster... In that case, recently mine has read at most 110degF (90-95 actual) when I get out to my car after work.and start it up. It cools down after starting to drive.
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The highest mine has gone is 40. Has been as low as -25 though.
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It's pretty accurate on mine especially once moving and not standing still, I think it is able to be adjusted it in techstream however as I could've sworn there was a ambient air temp offset value in there somewhere
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Mine is always about 10 degrees F high.
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Yes. If you relocate the temp sensor forward and away from the radiator, put a piece of foil between it and the radiator to act as a heat shield, you can recalibrate it in techstream to make it 100% accurate. I haven't recalibrated mine yet.
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Maybe you got the Bicentennial edition.
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