Beware the Auberins Temperature Probe
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:01 am
I while back I fitted an Aurberins water temperature gauge. Recently it started reading erratically. I had fitted it along with another gauge in a DIN panel above car stereo. So I pull it out to find out what’s the matter with it and I find the gauge and my new head unit soaked in anti-freeze. Crap I thought – the bloody heater cores gone – this is going to be a prick of a job! Closer inspection revealed though that the anti-freeze was actually coming out the end of water temperature probe lead – which resembles a braided plastic hose.
Once I pulled the probe sender out of the engine, I noticed that the very tip was never properly fused onto the barrel during manufacture, allowing antifreeze to be pumped through the tiny gap and then down on the lead.
Anyway, Aurberins sent me another lead but wouldn’t replace the gauge because they say their warranty ‘doesn’t cover damage caused by their products’. They actually got a bit snarky. I guess this shows the danger of buying stuff internationally where our fair trading act etc. doesn’t apply. You can get caught out by the strangest of things!
Once I pulled the probe sender out of the engine, I noticed that the very tip was never properly fused onto the barrel during manufacture, allowing antifreeze to be pumped through the tiny gap and then down on the lead.
Anyway, Aurberins sent me another lead but wouldn’t replace the gauge because they say their warranty ‘doesn’t cover damage caused by their products’. They actually got a bit snarky. I guess this shows the danger of buying stuff internationally where our fair trading act etc. doesn’t apply. You can get caught out by the strangest of things!
