james101080
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Fault Code:
17704 - Error in Mapped Cooling System (usually temp Sensor or Thermostat)
P1296 - 35-00 - -
I Know the usual answer for solving this fault code,
"replace the temperature sensor to the green top sensor, -you probably have the black top one!"
I Have read plenty of post's on this site to do with this fault! But they all point in the same direction of changing the sensor!!
My problem is that I have replaced the sensor twice now once with a genuine part and the code came back a couple of weeks later, so then i replaced it with a non genuine part and that gave the same result!
The problem now is that the engine light is coming on every week or so, and all im doing is using vag-com to clear the code every time! -getting annoying now, and need a solution!
The car is sitting on around 114K and will be due it's second cam belt change at about 120K So i am wondering if it could be linked to a knackered water pump not pumping the water past the sensor quick enough!! I might be completely off the mark with that thought though! Or is it simply the thermostat as it says on the fault code!
Any help would be appreciated!
17704 - Error in Mapped Cooling System (usually temp Sensor or Thermostat)
P1296 - 35-00 - -
I Know the usual answer for solving this fault code,
"replace the temperature sensor to the green top sensor, -you probably have the black top one!"
I Have read plenty of post's on this site to do with this fault! But they all point in the same direction of changing the sensor!!
My problem is that I have replaced the sensor twice now once with a genuine part and the code came back a couple of weeks later, so then i replaced it with a non genuine part and that gave the same result!
The problem now is that the engine light is coming on every week or so, and all im doing is using vag-com to clear the code every time! -getting annoying now, and need a solution!
The car is sitting on around 114K and will be due it's second cam belt change at about 120K So i am wondering if it could be linked to a knackered water pump not pumping the water past the sensor quick enough!! I might be completely off the mark with that thought though! Or is it simply the thermostat as it says on the fault code!
Any help would be appreciated!