Goodbye Differential Temperature Sensor

swilliams · 09-12-2018, 05:40 PM

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Has anyone been unfortunate enough to hit a piece of metal on the road and shear this puppy in 2?

I searched RealOEM to find it is, in fact, the temp sensor for the diff oil. What I can't find is how it integrates into a harness. Anyone able to decode this?

The car drives fine with no idiot lights or warning messages (yet).

And thank you, dummy BMW engineer who thought this was acceptable placement for an exposed wire!

McGary911 · 09-12-2018, 08:23 PM

That’s nuts bad luck. I may check mine tomorrow for the “before” condition.

///M TOWN · 09-13-2018, 05:02 AM

Crazy.

What's the odds.

randyt · 09-13-2018, 06:57 AM

Truly a bad piece of luck. Goes to show, if it can happen, it will. Thanks for the heads up.

Tano · 09-13-2018, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by swilliams

Has anyone been unfortunate enough to hit a piece of metal on the road and shear this puppy in 2?

I searched RealOEM to find it is, in fact, the temp sensor for the diff oil. What I can't find is how it integrates into a harness. Anyone able to decode this?

The car drives fine with no idiot lights or warning messages (yet).

And thank you, dummy BMW engineer who thought this was acceptable placement for an exposed wire!

You can find this info in the WDS.

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randyt Second Lieutenant 225 Rep 243 Posts Drives: 2018 MGM 6MT M2 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Rockville, Maryland iTrader: (0) Garage List 2018 BMW M2 [0.00]	Truly a bad piece of luck. Goes to show, if it can happen, it will. Thanks for the heads up.
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