help??

[BLUE-STORM]

ok people dose any one know what the grey plug just above the oil filer is for and what it conects to ,by the look to be the power steering follow ing the pipes , as i jsut noticed that the wires some how have fell apart and are bare and and touching together , and dose not look good at all if this is a sensor , and the garage only had the car 2 weeks ago to change the cambelt , can any body help me out with this one replys asap would be good thansk chris

 

[mattjk]

Grey plug? Pic would be cool

Do you mean oil filler or filter? Spellchecker needed

 

[BLUE-STORM]

sorry did mean filter , i see if i can get a pic up to help

 

[BLUE-STORM]

its the uper one of the two that goses accross the photo

 

[mattjk]

Something related to your power steering, may be a pressure sensor I can't remember but someone on here will know for sure.

 

[ditz]

yeah pas pressure sensor its for idle control..

 

[BLUE-STORM]

so what happen if the two wires are shorting to gether and the wires inside the sleeving have disintergrarted ? can it casue me any big problmes when should i get it to a garage , was going to tomorow

 

[BLUE-STORM]

what the ideal controle about then n , oh will this have any thing to do with my cruise control keep cutting out and not working

 

[mattjk]

If you'v ever turned your wheel full lock hard to get out of a parking space you'l notice the addtional load (the whirring noise) on the engine as its pumping at a higher pressure this sensor will detect this and tell the ECU the pumps working harder, open the butterfly/idle valve more to compensate for the increased engine load. I couldnt tell you if it have an effect on cruise control logic would tell you not I would have thought this would only effect you if you were doing as I mentioned above or doing slow speed maneuvers when the cars moving fast there wont be much load on it.

Perhaps they havnt tightened up an eath or similar? Have you got any other running issues?