awx engine not warming up

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Mattybs15
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Passat model: B5.5

awx engine not warming up

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hi all im new here but iv got an awx b5.5 and iv got a problem with the engine not heating up well ill explain.

on the gauge cluster and the diagnostic menu on the climtronic the engine coolant temp shows as a max of 65 it even cools when on the motorway down too 60.

on vcds at the same time the coolant temp shows as over 100 degrees. i could understand a miss reading of 10 degrees but it reading almost double what the dash says.

does vcds get its temp reading from a different sensor than the dash? as i cant understand how theirs 2 different readings for the same temp.

iv replaced the thermostat and the coolant temperature sensor. and iv checked that the new stat opens in hot water.

my bottom radiator hose and the rubber part of the top hose are cold and so is the radiator.

the fan clutch is not ceased as to over cool the engine.

does anyone have any suggestions?

im leaning toward the water pump having failed.

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