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• Re: 2-week wait on a diesel water hose?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 07:52:39 -0700
  ...head? And the brass inserts in the ends of the long plastic coolant pipes, and the H2O temperature sensor.... Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• 83' Vanagon - Coolant Temp Sensor and O2 Sensor - Could These Effect Idle?
  Historical mailing list - The Hammad Family
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 07:37:46 -0400
  ...Could a faulty coolant temperature sensor or leaky exhaust system be causing the idle to act up? Does the O2 sensor play a major...
• Accurate maintenance records
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 13:19:08 -0800
  ...Also new spark plug wires, plugs and distributor cap and rotor, and a new coolant level sensor and a temperature sensor which were both...
• 87 Vanagon Engine Overheating problems
  Historical mailing list - Edwin Francisco Canessa Amador
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:55:45 -0600
  ...I have changed most parts related to the cooling system (thermostat, temperature sensors 1 & 2, coolant distributor, water pump, expansion tank, several tubes and...
• Re: O2-sensor results with digital voltmenter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:04:49 -0800
  ...sensor to lead to ECU > > restarted engine > > 0.45 to 0.55 volts > > 0.6 to 0.8 volts after engine at temperature and...
• Re: 87 Westy Engine Running Warm---At Wits End
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 6 Jul 2007 00:24:11 +0000
  ...procedure successfully in the past. > > What is the temperature of coolant at the gauge sensor when the gauge needle > is at LED center? Anyone...
• Re: LVC digital multimeters for temperature measurements
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:54:07 -0500
  ...My scientific consulting >>> business needs to do some temperature measurements with micro >>> thermocouples (a few hundred degrees Celsius with temperature rise over >>> two to...
• Re: Bus Depot OXS Dilemma; Where Is the Truth?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 08:54:05 -0500
  ...elements themselves no matter who makes it. > > So the variables are; Temperature > The purity of the elements > The amount of resistance in the > reference...
• Coolant Temp Sensor Problem
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:35:35 -0800
  ...He was concerned about the coolant temperature gauge not moving at all, even with the engine at temp, so he ordered a new sensor...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:33:02 -0400
  For what it's worth, I've had nothing but bad luck with temp sensors of this type, they are good for a couple...
• Temperature Related Performance Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Sep 1995 13:30:16 -0500
  ...Any thoughts?? Test the temp sensor resistance across a range of temperatures or does something else seem more likely??? John Foster JOHN L FOSTER...
• Re: what did i do? tempII sender
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:46:27 -0800
  ...the sender for the gauge is NOT the Temp II sensor. The Temp II sensor sends information to the ECU which uses this information...
• Re: 91 westy starts hard and stalls when cold
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 26 Sep 1999 11:38:46 -0400
  ...See the Bentley book for sensor ID and specific temperature - resistance values. If the cold resistance value is off (less resistance) it will create...
• Re: Cold Idle Problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 8 Sep 2017 14:49:37 -0400
  ...Bentley just refers to them as “temperature sender.” Confusing, they are > two different systems with one sensor each. > Digijet (1.9l) and Digifant (2...
• Re: Blinking Temp Light.
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 09 Jul 94 10:55:12 CDT
  On Sat, 9 Jul 94 09:40:21 CDT Gerald Skerbitz said: >My temperature light has just started blinking too long after I start...
• Re: Radiator Fan temp Sensor Failure
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Sun, 8 Nov 1998 22:54:16 -0600
  Steve said, "It turns out that the temp sensor leaks..and coolant went right into the plug and shorted it out...causing the fan...
• Playing "Mechanic Ping-Pong" with my Westy!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:51:43 -0700
  ...check the hose temperature, and set the thermostat to open at a lower temperature. The mechanic says that the replacement sensor he installed was...
• Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:47:54 -0700
  ...On startup and > until the O2 sensor warms up to operating temperature, the lights will > wander eratically, but once up to temp, it will...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 3 Sep 2012 (#2012-132)
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 07:51:02 -0700
  ...Replaced the temperature sensor. 9. Replaced the wire from the computer to the temperature sensor. Tomorrow I am going to see if I can...
• Re: What is Function of temp sensors? (Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - P.Dooley
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:14:22 -0400
  ...What is Function of temp sensors? (Digifant) > > >> Hi, >> >> On my '87, there are two temperature sensors on the black >> plastic housing by the left...
• Re: Replacing the Temperature Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Sat, 25 Apr 1998 17:09:03 -0500
  ...BTW does any one know what the connector that plugs into the sensor would be melted? I bought a new one, but I'd...
• Re: hesitating when warm? - UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 2 May 2003 08:31:27 -0700
  Keith, it could still be O2 sensor related. Disconnecting the O2 sensor does not preclude this possibility. The ECU must see reasonable readings on...
• Re: Silicone "Rescue Tape" ... it works
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:54:36 -0700
  ...We also use it over the soldered leads of the temperature sensors. You stretch and wrap, then with temperature it fuses into a silicone...
• Re: voltage reading at the gauge temp sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:46:26 -0500
  ...corrected when I replaced the single lead (brown > wire) to > the temperature sensor. There was an internal break in the original > wire - > not easily...
• Re: engine compartment temp?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Thomas
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:06:03 EST
  ...I would then use a heat > sensor/switch rated just above that maximum engine compartment temperature. > Ideally I would like an actual measured maximum...
• Re: Temperature needle low: thermostat or sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 07:22:19 -0800
  ...The sensor that feeds it isn't telling anything else what the temp of the coolant is, just you. So, technically, it's not...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 14 Nov 1999 to 15 Nov 1999 - Special issue
  Historical mailing list - Lance LeBaron
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 06:58:20 PST
  ...Any other suggestions? My temperature sensors appear to be working fine based on identical 4kohm readings for T2 and the air temp sensor with...
• Re: Problem with running rich when motor warm......90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 08:34:52 -0600
  ...It turned out to be a temperature sensor sender - on the left, sort of under the a/c compressor. I guess it was telling...
• 2.1L Extremely Rough Running
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 14:11:32 -0500
  ...Digitool) with oxygen sensor disconnected. - Disconnecting the oxygen sensor made no improvement in the drivability of the van. - My coolant temperature gauge works sometimes...
• Re: Did the mechanic do something?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 04:08:43 -0500
  ...from the exhaust gas temperature (EGT) instrument. The first of those instruments operated a lot like our O2 sensors - had a single probe and...
• Re: O2 sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Thu, 2 Sep 2004 10:12:53 -0400
  ...As you probably already know, the O2 sensor is not accurate beyond 14.7:1 air fuel ratio, and varies significantly with operating temperature...
• Re: MAF Sensors and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:30:53 -0500
  At 01:49 PM 12/6/2010, John Rodgers wrote: > Has anyone any new information about using/developing a MAF sensor for >our beloved...
• Re: Failed emissions for third time
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:34:10 -0700
  ...They said they connected a diagnostic tool to the ECU (he called it a ';break-out box') and it indicates the coolant temperature sensor...
• Re: hard start problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:02:50 -0700
  ...the temp sensor is a sngle wire one screwed in to the left head .. where it can corrode. It's noteworthy that on the...
• Exploring cold weather high idle, '87 Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt2
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:23:57 -0900
  ...until the engine et al are happily at operating temperature. When the coolant temp sensor does its job, to whom does it convey the...
• Re: Piece on Water pump!!
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 18:31:20 -0600
  ...Jason & Laura Cornfeld > 85 GL It's the temperature sensor connector. If you broke the sensor itself, you can get it at your flaps...
• bad idle during warmup
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 08:04:54 -0500
  ...This happens intermittantly until the engine it all the way up to normal operating temperature. My first guess is the temp II sensor. Next...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 4 Oct 1998 11:52:43 EDT
  ...Do this after the bus has set over night, then the sensor will be at ambient temperature. Compare to chart in Bentley. Drive Safely...
• Re: Emissions failure Nox (update)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:07:29 -0400
  ...combination of combustion temperatures and pressure and excess O2. Yes too lean creates more NOx. That is why the O2 sensor is needed to...
• Re: COLD WEATHER STUTTERING
  Historical mailing list - DOUG ELLEDGE
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 10:12:57 -0800
  ...T2 sensor. I also ran > about four tanks of Chevron Supreme through it, and thought I had it > licked... until the temperature dropped again...
• Vanagon idle hunting --FIX
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 7:46:36 PDT
  ...Cold temperature performance was just fine. > > Joel wrote the following in response: > > > Now THAT's the behavior of a bad temp coolant sensor! and...
• Help me please, oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Ourston and Doctors (by way of Ron Lussier )
  Thu, 26 Jun 1997 14:38:10 -0700
  Any knowledge of oil pressure sensor problems? When the engine warms up to operating temperature, the oil presure light goes on when i slow...
• Re: Extreme high idle
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 22:19:08 -0400
  ...Extreme high idle >Hmm, >things that come to my mind are > >stuck air flow meter flap >bad o2 sensor, bad temperature senders >vacuum leaks...
• Re: Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:12:18 -0700
  ...Heat, vapor lock, won't start? > | > |Ah, right - 1985 Vanagon. > | > |I have changed the temperature sensors.... > | > |Thanks, > | > |Andree > | > |On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, Jim...
• Re: sensor not hot enough
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:15:50 -0500
  ...m dealing with similar issues) is >that the O2 sensor works, no matter what temperature it's at, but the ECU is >programmed not...
• RE: Followup: engine cooling non-problem
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 13:32:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...with the actual temperature of the engine. The thermostat of this beast, is mounted just downstream of these two temp sensors-- as usual, right...
• continuing almost overheating problem.
  Historical mailing list - Markus Kruse
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 14:01:31 -0400
  ...Bought the 89 wolfsburg two years ago and the temperature gauge was almost always at the bottom end of overheating. Since then i have...
• sensor switch question
  Historical mailing list - Stucco
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 20:04:56 -0600
  ...So I took a temperature sensor from some other VW that had the same threading and no possible way to leak and capped the...
• Re: Temp II Readings
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 14:55:28 +0000
  ...wrote: >My temp 2 sensor, however, is reading 0.3 v when the engine is at its >normal operating temperature. That seems rather borderline...
• Re: Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 14:29:16 -0500
  ...Why did you want to put an O2 sensor on it in the first place? > > then the > > temperature of the catalytic converter can't...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:18:04 -0500
  ...C at this temperature the reading should be 3000 ohm to 3500 ohm. I also checked at the temp 2 sensor, it was 3178...
• Re: Help! Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - Philippe Oudot
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 22:51:16 +0100
  ...Starting my 88' Westy >(water-cooled) was no problem however the Temperature LED would not stop >flashing. > >This was with the engine still cold...
• Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 06:27:55 -0400
  ...on engine temperature and time. Even cold, the ECU tries to go closed loop within 3 minutes. That is why the sensor is heated...
• Re: Temp sensor and Temp sender
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 14:43:15 EST
  ...The blue bodied, two wire device is the Temp sensor. It supplies info to the ECU or brain. The smaller, single wire device next...
• Re: Temp Gauge Out, Heat Blasting
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 23:57:30 -0400
  ...There is another heat sensor near the thermostat or water pump that measures coolant temperature and sends that info to the ECU as part...
• radiator fan relay
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:07:36 -0700
  ...Having just replaced the temperature sensor switch I was going to replace the relay. For some reason I thought that the relay was located...
• Re: <syncro/all> hesitation/miss after fording?
  Historical mailing list - richard lumb
  Wed, 15 Apr 1998 06:46:59 +0200
  ...The sensor itself was dry and I didn't think anything of it. On the first post-assembly drive at temperature - loss of power...
• hot start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 09:39:15 -0500
  ...After the car has been run and shut off, (engine to temperature) the car will not start. Cranking speed is ok. Spark looked good...
• Re: 87 Wolfsburg persistant hesistation problem (confusing)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:04:17 -0400
  TJ, The wire leaving the ECU to the O2 sensor is coaxial . A center conductor with a grounded shield. If the two meet, symptoms...
• Re: 87 Westy Engine Running Warm---At Wits End
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:59:03 -0700
  ...procedure successfully in the past. > > What is the temperature of coolant at the gauge sensor when the gauge needle > is at LED center? Anyone...