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Title: Name that part ?
Post by: Spartacus on May 13, 2007, 05:39:21 PM

Hi can anyone help out and tell me what this is/does etc?
Ta.

Title: Name that part ?
Post by: banned advertiser on May 13, 2007, 05:49:38 PM

believe its the airbag sensor

Title: Name that part ?
Post by: Spartacus on May 13, 2007, 08:09:53 PM

I thought they were the square blocks with arrows on, one on each side and one under the bonnet catch?

Title: Name that part ?
Post by: ro284 on May 13, 2007, 09:58:31 PM

My air bag sensor (one of three on the car) does not look like that! they are square blocks and they do have arrows on them, the front one is between the fuse box (just in front of the air filter) and the bonnet catch,
not sure what that is.
Bob

Title: Name that part ?
Post by: antnicuk on May 13, 2007, 10:01:02 PM

some kind of ambient air temp sensor?

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Post by: Jono FD3 on May 13, 2007, 10:23:07 PM

Don\'t know what that is... but I thought the white plug that is in it was for the side marker lights in the front & rear bumper???

The plug is tucked up out the way on my car!!

Jono

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Post by: Joeh on May 14, 2007, 12:46:39 AM

Smack it hard and see if the airbag activates :) then you\'ll know :P

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Post by: clive on May 14, 2007, 08:09:43 AM

Defiantly NOT an air bag sensor, having seen and stripped a few!, RX-7\'s over the years I can tell you that I have never seen this devise on any of them.

I beleive this is an aftermarket fitment, where does the other end go to ?

Title: Name that part ?
Post by: banned advertiser on May 14, 2007, 09:25:13 AM

this is what made me think it might be air bag.

Title: Name that part ?
Post by: Spartacus on May 14, 2007, 03:55:48 PM

I can account for all the air bag sensors. This looks like it should have something to do with the airflow/temp (as antnicuk suggests) into the front of the car due to being where it is in the airflow. It has the look of an original fitment because of the brackets etc. Just for info it has 2 wires going into it and goes into the main front loom to the side of the off side headlamp. Here are a couple more pics. Any more ideas? Would it be something to do with the climate contol at all, as mines a type x?

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Post by: nikp on May 14, 2007, 04:12:13 PM

Lots of FD\'s have that cable - but i have only ever seen one connected...and i never traced it much further as it was a standard type X and went under the rad somewhere.

So i think it\'s standard fitment, but have never found out what the cable is for.

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Post by: FD3UK on May 14, 2007, 05:39:37 PM

Did a search on the part No and came up with this thread (http://forums.celicasupra.com/showthread.php?t=22423)

So my guess is it\'s for the climate control fitted to type X cars

Title: Name that part ?
Post by: Spartacus on May 14, 2007, 08:01:44 PM

Quote from: FD3UKDid a search on the part No and came up with this thread (http://forums.celicasupra.com/showthread.php?t=22423)

So my guess is it\'s for the climate control fitted to type X cars

Thanks for that, your\'e a hero. I\'d best leave in in then. You came up with more than I did when I googled it. :Thumbs-up

Mazda Rotary Club

Cars by Model Type => 3rd generation RX-7's => Topic started by: Spartacus on May 13, 2007, 05:39:21 PM