air intake temperature sensor

Can any one me where the air intake temperature sensor is located, as i cant find it?

screwed into the throttle body right under the large intake pipe. I think its a 24mm socket to open it .

Is it faulty?

Is it faulty?

I don't know, The car really struggles when started from cold, so i bought one of the gimmicks from ebay that is surposed to give it more BPH by telling the ecu that the car is always cold. I thought that my help on cold starting, could be wrong....?

I knew you were going to say that!

If you look on the listing on Ebay, it says you cant use them on turbo cars. Basically its a resistor that brings down the impedance of the air intake sensor, and just makes the engine run richer, but all it does is makes the car think it is running colder, and can retard the ignition anyway and reduce power.

The air and water temp sensor work on very low and sensitive ohmages (this is why the GTA sensors are prone to faults), so that resistor throws the values way out anyway.

Its more likely to be a problem with the coolant temp sensor rather than the air temp, as this causes more of a starting problem than the air temp..

Use my diagnostic unit, that will tell you the problem, Its better to fix the problem properly, than trying to compensate for it.

Thanks David.

Is the coolant sensor the one on the left of the thurmostat housing?

Yep.

Yep.

The new sensor worked a treat, thanks for the advice. It did cost just under 50 quid - but worth every penny, she starts a treat from cold.

bigger, I forgot to mention I had a brand new one sitting here for ages I wanted to get rid of!

That is a bigger!!!! Don't surpose you have the other sensor which controls the temp gauge do you?

No, but theyre cheap and easy to get hold of..