The first Chinese one didn't like the wet, the second one has been fine so far, it's been on the car for at least a couple of years. Even though I needed 2, it still comes out a lot cheaper than genuine. Personally I wouldn't touch second hand.Anyone using the chinese heights sensors rather than the genuine or 2nd hand sensors ? Wondering what the success rate & lifetime are like ?
Took the Left Rear sensor off to day to test it with Ohmmeter. Resistance is smooth throughout the entire movement, with no glitches I can find. Cleaned up the connector again, so will see if the random "sensor out of range" fault goes away.
It's only the single connector wiring version, so the wires go deirctly to the ECU. Not had the seat out yet to check the ECU connector, so might look at that after coffee !!
I did notice quite a bit of play on the arm pivot, but this is just the wear on the pin & clearly cannot cause glitches in the height signals. The sensor spindle itself feels nice & smooth with no play.
Yes but for small movements, the actual height reading should stay in range. I can't see how it could cause out of range errors.Surely if there is play in the arm pivot, t's not going to give consistent readings?
That's precisely why I had to re-work one of mine, it kept throwing a fault, with it "fixed" it lasted for a month or so until I got the Dunlops.Surely if there is play in the arm pivot, t's not going to give consistent readings?
Took the Left Rear sensor off to day to test it with Ohmmeter. Resistance is smooth throughout the entire movement, with no glitches I can find. Cleaned up the connector again, so will see if the random "sensor out of range" fault goes away.
It's only the single connector wiring version, so the wires go deirctly to the ECU. Not had the seat out yet to check the ECU connector, so might look at that after coffee !!
I did notice quite a bit of play on the arm pivot, but this is just the wear on the pin & clearly cannot cause glitches in the height signals. The sensor spindle itself feels nice & smooth with no play.
Yup, easy peasyNo need to remove the seat kiddo. I swapped my eas ecu out yesterday for another. Short Philips screwdriver and a long one and it slides out of its slot.![]()