Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > Sport Touring: ST4 / ST3 / ST2 > bust water temp sender

[johnny]

Sorry Guys but did that thread ends in a definitive yes. I could never see if the item mentioned was an exact fit/spec

"All that needs doing is the crush washer filing down ever so slightly and it fitted a treat without any modifications....."

Is that across the face of the washer or around the circumference?

[Glyn]

i fitted it to the bike and it worked. it looked exactly the same as the old one i removed.
as for the crush washer i think it is the same size as the ducati one it is just that as you tighten it down it deforms to seal the fit, so looks smaller on the one you remove.
i did file some off the diameter of the washer just to play safe though.it is a very very sft metal. i think that if i had not filed it it would still have deformed to fit the hole.

[Iconic944ss]

Glad it all worked out Guys:

Jonny / Glyn:

Maybe it was just a tight fit on my Bro's bike or a poor fit between threads, in any event I filed the outer circ of the washer quite a bit and then wrapped it in PTFE tape. Overkill perhaps but it worked a treat.

Derek:
Welcome back mate, youve been missed!
I'd never dream of taking any sort of credit for your sensor work or external fuel filter mod or headlight suggestions or......

bl00dy 'eck time to stop

Cheers - Frank

[danrduc]

I googled a # Derek had posted for this switch, and came up with a few hits for BMW's, Volkswagon, Citreon, etc.
Found it at the auto parts online for $16.76 US, ordered a couple for myself for my 99 ST2. The fan seems to be coming on later than I like. New +/- errror was listed at 3.4'c at 100'c, fiqure 2 sensors with some age on them maybe 10'c or more possible error. I'll change them and feel better, hoefully run cooler.
My fan isn't going on until 221'f, but the bike is running between 155-180'f [so far, just got it going 450 mi. ago]and I live in the desert.
0-280-130-026 Bosch not sure if this is the long or the short one.

[YMFB]

what if the fan goes round but not as fast as it does when you put 12 v direct to it ?

[Derek]

Originally Posted by YMFB

what if the fan goes round but not as fast as it does when you put 12 v direct to it ?

Probably a dodgy relay, but possibly the connections to the relay or to the fan.

[YMFB]

it starts and eventually gets to a speed where you cant see the blades but previously you could hear it when sat on the bike with the engine running and helmet on. Now you cant hear it at all and the temp keeps on rising albeit not as fast as when it didnt work at all.

[Eeyore]

I fitted one of these, its a straight swop and it cured my misfire.