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• Re: Pseudo-Vanagon Syndrome?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 09:57:06 -0700
  ...Check my website, as it lists the Bosch Numbers for the replacement Hall Sender (or Pickup Coil as some others call it). Up thru...
• Re: install water tank level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:08:20 -0400
  can the later style sender be used on a van designed for the early style? Edward On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:43...
• Rough starting in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sat, 11 Dec 1999 22:51:01 EST
  ...Seemed to run OK after I replaced the sender but the weather wasn't that cold at the time. Could the new temp sender...
• Re: VDO sump plug sender
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 19:08:19 -0500
  I was given a number for what is supposed to be a oil temp sender which fits into the sump plug socket of a...
• Re: dead oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:11:34 -0700
  sure, a dead sender will keep the light from coming on. it has to supply ground to turn on the light. you can access...
• Re: Another VDO Gauge question: Oil Temp Sender doesn't fit in Drain hole?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 13:23:40 -0400
  ...So I had to dremel the block > area where the drain plug resides, it was just big enough for the sender to > fit but...
• Re: Update: permanent fuel pressure gauge - Source!
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:13:47 -0500
  Frank i was looking at speedhuts website and it doesn't appear that they sell senders is that correct? are you sourcing your senders...
• Re: diesel oil pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 23:18:04 -0800
  The VDO oil pressure gauge requires the use of a sender for that gauge. On the sender there is two terminals, one for the...
• Re: Oil Pressure Test Results
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 20:19:21 -0400
  ...I think the one that says nothing is the below 2000 rpms sender and >the other one is the above 2000 rpms sender but...
• Re: Hall effect sender
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 15:33:45 -0700
  ...86 Vanagon > > What is ,and where is and what dose it do ? This so called Hall effect > sender. The Hall sender is part of...
• Re: Normal 2.1L opreating temp
  Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 22:14:37 -0500
  ...If you think your sender is good and your gauge is inaccurate, you can check it like this: ********************************** How To Check 300 degree Oil...
• Re: Hall Sender question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 19:47:49 -0800
  ...Hall Sender question > Hey all, > > That plastic peice on the side of the distributor(the > hall sender) is broken and just hanging there. It...
• Re: Intermittent dropouts cured
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 7 Oct 2012 09:53:07 -0700
  Yup, I had a broken hall sender connector that contributed to intermittent cut out issues. I swapped in the guts from a junkyard Volvo...
• Oil Pressure Sender
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Mon, 25 May 1998 12:50:52 EDT
  I am thinking about buying another oil pressure sender (the one that goes on the oil pump on the front of the motor) but...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 12 Aug 2018 21:09:04 -0700
  ...aaargh - I cleaned the contact surface of the sender and the thermostat housing with a wire brush on a Dremel but still no deal...
• Re: Water temp gauge sender install question.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:23:50 -0500
  ...Forget putting the sender near the thermostat. This is the entire problem with the factory gauge. You lose your coolant for any reason, and...
• Re: Oil Temp Sender and Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:25:37 -0700
  ...First question - if this is your set up, have you had > to ground the sender since the bottom of the block is aluminum? When...
• 2.1L Engine: Oil Pressure Senders faulty reading
  Historical mailing list - Detroit Bus
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:59:00 -0500
  ...He said he replaced the senders because of some corrosion on my original senders, which for some reason were not replaced during the installation...
• Re: Fuel Sender gasket
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 19 Feb 2023 21:00:04 -0500
  OK, Good reminder to post your van year and type! Forget my description of my fuel sender gasket it was about a 2wd. Eric...
• Re: Replacing Temp Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:54:24 -0500
  ...but the senders have gone bad several >times. Is there any way to test the sender? My first inclination was the sender is bad...
• Re: that Minneapolis guy again..
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 00:54:30 -0500
  ...My .9 sender wire was broken too. http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/oil_pressure_sender.htm Your heat problem sound like a thermostat problem...
• Re: oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 01:50:50 -0700
  ...You have two > oil sender units, one in the rear of the motor near the oil pump and the > second on the drivers side...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:15:45 +0000
  ...what voltage should I expect to have? - 12V? or > 10+ V > With the sender disconnected you should see 9.5-10.5V all the...
• Re: flickering oil light at idle
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 18:43:11 -0400
  ...change the faulty low end oil pressure sender >> >> read bro... >> http://www.benplace.com/oil_pressure_sender.htm >> >> The low oil presure sendre .9...
• Re: Arguments against using VDO oil gauges only?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:56:37 -0400
  ...I think I'd rather just interpret > actual numbers, than to be unsure whether I've got bad wires, bad senders, > or bad oil...
• Re: Cold start oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 12 May 2021 09:37:08 -0600
  ...Oil presses bubble, bubble presses sender. > > Just like a tire gauge :-) > > Alistair > > > >> On May 11, 2021, at 10:38 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net...
• Re: 2.1 l oil pressure gauge install
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:32:10 -0600
  ...VDO Sender one side of T, Stock sender other side of T #5. VDO 80 PSI gauge I'd stick to VDO, Stewart Warner...
• Help needed troubleshooting VDO oil pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 21:14:09 -0700
  ...3) If I remove the sender wire from the terminal on the sender and *ground* the sender wire, then apply power to the gauge...
• Re: Need Sender Advice (Step 1)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 23:18:02 -0600
  ...Has anyone ever used the "Fuel to Air Ratio" gauges that use your oxygen > sender as the sender for the gauge? How do you...
• Re: syncro fuel gauge sender ground
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 08:11:44 -0700
  ...Our last option last night was to check sender ground. We're praying it is not the sender itself that is malfunctioning. alistair On...
• Re: Strange Things Happening
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 09:29:39 -0400
  ...If it's a cube, then it will light the light without pinning the gauge -- in that case you have a bad sender or...
• Re: Temperature Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:37:26 -0400
  ...I think most likely you have a bad sender, I have had extremely bad luck with VW temperature senders of this era. Test it...
• Re: Hall Effect Sender? Speedo question
  Historical mailing list - Jason Brand
  Thu, 29 May 2008 17:07:48 -0400
  ...It uses a Hall sender for the speedo, you might just need to find a compatible VSS that threads into your transmission. On Thu...
• Broken Hall Sender
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 7 Jun 2021 17:29:41 -0500
  ...Has anyone any ideas as to how to fix this? I don't want to buy a new distributor or replace the Hall Sender...
• Where is Coolant Temperature Sender?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 14:00:34 -0400
  ...I've checked my Bentley but can't find where on our '86 Syncro Westfalia the sender unit is located . Would someone please help...
• How to test the Temp I Sender?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:11:51 EDT
  Does anyone know how to test the Temp I sender for a 1.9L or Syncro engine? It's the single pin type. Is...
• Hall senders
  Historical mailing list - pronks
  Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:37:25 +1200
  Hi, I have a couple of hall senders that are a direct fit to the base plate of the vanagon/golf etc distributor. Comes...
• Gas gauge is not showing anything
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:10:55 -0700
  ...I'm not sure if it is the sender unit or if there maybe other problem. I know, sometimes the floating end falls off...
• Re: Revised dash layouts, incorporating a GTI gauge cluster
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:49:26 -0700
  ...OK next is another coolant temp sender.� - good luck there these are all rubber or plastic and no clean way to add another sender...
• Re: '85 temp warning light won't turn off.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 20:46:11 EST
  I have had similar problems with Jettas (which use basically the same coolant level sender) and my '85 Vanagon. When that light is flashing...
• Fuel tank gauge sender
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 16:40:33 -0500
  Does anyone know the difference between the 1980 to Early 1987 fuel tank gauge sender 251-919-051E and the Late 1987 to 1991...
• Re: Can sender unit cause it?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 11 Jan 2005 19:03:14 -0500
  ...therefore, a poor ground at the sender will cause a low temp reading. infinite resistance (open - as in removing wire normally connected to sender...
• Re: Tach goes down, engine cuts out, then back again ...
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 21:52:24 -0700
  ...You can > get the Hall sender. The Bus Depot, for example, now lists > them: > http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=052998065 yah you can...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Aug 2018 20:39:49 -0400
  ...The controller triggers when it's an open circuit between the sender lead and ground.** Bad contact at sender, bad ground at sender, bad...
• Ignition / Hall sender check ? on Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Kay O Fremgen
  Sun, 16 May 1999 21:15:53 -0400
  ...I looking for information on the Hall sender, checking procedure which is described on page 28.43 of the Bentley manual (Bentley, Editorial closing...
• Re: oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 5 Jul 1999 15:55:11 -0400
  ...grounds between the > connector and the body of the sender. > cleaned out the sender, didn't see anything in it and didn't see...
• Re: Best placement for outside air temperature sender?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 10:39:46 -0700
  The outside temp sender on my Mercedes is located on the left side of the front bumper, where it wraps around the side. It...
• Hall sender + ignition control unit electronics
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:37:28 +0300
  Just wondering - what electronics do the hall sender and the ignition control unit contain? I want this info to be better able to diagnose...
• FS: VDO DIPSTICK SENDER
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Mar 1996 19:58:43 -0800
  Greetings_ I have a brand new, in the box VDO dipstick oil temperature guage sender. Rocky Mountain Motor Works sells this unit for 28...
• TDC Sender
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 22:45:19 PST
  When is the TDC sender used on the 2.1 engine? How much do they cost and do I really need it? The one...
• Where is Coolant Temperature Sender?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 14:00:34 -0400
  ...I've checked my Bentley but can't find where on our '86 Syncro Westfalia the sender unit is located . Would someone please help...
• Re: Heat gauge
  Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
  Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:59:27 EST
  ...comes with a sender that attaches to a head nut. worked well for me on type 1s (ps. I replied directly with this to...
• Re: Hall effect sender (trivia)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Nelson
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 23:41:35 -0600
  The hall effect sender generates its pulse by way of the "hall effect" which is the property of a material which is conducting current...
• Re: Arguments against using VDO oil gauges only?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 22 Jul 2003 01:19:17 +0000
  ...The senders >that I have seen from VDO screw into a standard sender hole and have two >terminals on it. A 0.3 BAR...
• Re: New owner with a question or three.
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:18:19 -0400
  ...Why, because i suspect that the sender is the problem, the sender is not located at the same location between the 2.1L and...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:20:02 -0500
  ...Pegging the gauge sounds like either the wrong sender or a shorted sender. If you actually short the sender wire to ground, you'll...
• Re: Boston Bob Big Valve Update? Not really... (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:29:20 EST
  ...An intermittent fault in the Hall Sender should not effect the set up of the engine because whenever a Hall Sender queefs out either...
• syncro fuel gauge sender ground
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 06:55:50 -0700
  Bentley is a bit vague on this, anyone know where the ground wire from the fuel gauge sender connects to the body? The 2...
• Part number for syncro T2 Sender
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 07:05:28 -0500
  Can anyone provide me with part number for screw in type T2 sender for '87 Syncro Thanks Gary Gary McEachern, Reading Ma. '90 Westy...
• Re: Flickerin oil light on 85 auto
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 01:08:26 -0500
  Check my site, I have a full page one the oil sender and oil light problem. The 85 1.9L is slightly different but...