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• Checking TEMPI & TEMPII sensors.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 17:10:12 EDT
  ...Alternately compare readings between pins nine and ten with the other lead.* Theoretically if both sensors are at the same temperature then their resistances...
• Re: Temp sensors
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:03:11 -0500
  ...Temp sensors > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > TJ, > > To directly answer your question - yes, the temp 2 sensor can definitely be > a cause for...
• Blue Syncro oceanside
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:14:27 -0800
  ...I am assuming that this >> happened when the coolant temp sensor told the ECU to turn the heater >> off on the sensor. When I...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 8 Aug 2018 20:05:08 -0700
  ...cap and rotor, new air filter, adjust the TPS, check the timing, new temp2 sensor. and I put in a new thermostat, (when I...
• ground @ water pump housing
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 22:36:35 -0400
  ...Is the temp II sensor ground wire connected to the housing through the sensor's body? Brad
• Re: questions on temp gauges
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 00:08:17 -0500
  ...This type sensor has a resistance that changes proportionally with temparature. Both VW and VDO use an NTC,(negative temparature coeffecient), type sensor. This...
• Re: Changing temp 2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 9 Oct 1999 17:55:50 -0700
  I wouldn't. Jim
• Re: 87 Westy Engine Running Warm---At Wits End
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 7 Jul 2007 10:28:50 -0400
  ...Temp gauge sensor is at 75 Ohms. (I have tried 3 different temp gauge >sensors with the same results.) >4. Coolant temp in reservoir...
• Re: 82 cold starts fine; stalls after 5 min.; Temp II??
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:13:03 -0500
  ...Have you run the tests in Bentley 24.13? If so you know whether you have 1) a good sensor, 2) a good sensor...
• 1.9 flooding
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:25:16 -0700
  ...Changed the; plugs cap and rotor wires oxygen sensor temp II sensor idle switch works Not sure what to look at anymore Best wishes...
• Re: Low idle at start
  Historical mailing list - Ed Hinchey
  Sun, 5 Oct 2003 09:07:06 -0400
  I just purchased a Temp II sensor from my local VW Stealer - they sensor and the o-ring were $14.00. And, more impressive...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Test. Generic vs VW.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 21:30:06 -0700
  ...of the 4 wires from sensor are flawed. The ground wire on ECU portion, and one wire on temp gauge "side". Neither should be...
• Re: Expansion Tank Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 15:37:06 -0800
  ...Chad wrote: > What is the sensor it the expansion tank for???? Coolant temperature > or amount of coolant in the engine or something different??? [text...
• Re: Digifant problem update
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 20:33:10 -0500
  >>Sounds like it may be a cold start problem- checked the temp 2 sensor? > also it might be failing when the O2 sensor warms...
• breather hose sensor thingie
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 19:38:16 -0700
  ...What is this thing? Also, can the intake air temp sensor be replaced without replacing the entire air flow meter? Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Check out the...
• Engine runs no differently with idle stablizer removed...
  Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 01:17:52 -0700
  ...i know without data from the sensor the computer (digijet) reverts to default values. and yes, i have already replaced the temp II sensor...
• O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor-follow up, still having problems
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:17:12 -0500
  ...I replaced this sensor about 4 years ago and I am sure that it is the correct sensor (not the coolant gauge temperature sensor...
• horrible cold start idle, running rich
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 7 Nov 2010 13:00:02 -0500
  ...There is so much written about idle, fuel mix, temp II sensor, etc. that I find it difficult to parse pertinent info. Will appreciate...
• All Sensors Are Not Created Equal
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:02:52 -0400
  All Temperature Sensors Are Not Created Equal I went to my (non-VW) FLAPS to buy a Blue Temperature Sensor. The one they sold...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion, swapping harness/ecu
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:46:15 -0400
  ...The temp II sensor on the 2.1 is in a different > spot along with being a different style sensor. Is the 1.9...
• Curious Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Mary Creasy
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:55:37 -0500
  ...connections, temp sensor 2 etc. After about 15 mins. we set out again to Christmas shop and all was well. Starting and stopping all...
• Re: Vanagon Electrical Puzzle 2
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:07:28 -0500
  ...Temp2 should be Temp1, the IATS should > > be Temp2 & the Gauge Sender/Sensor should be Temp3 ~ > > So back to Original ? > What in the Temp3...
• Re: Temp 2? Where?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:01:27 -0500
  Ed, The temp II sensor is one of the two sensors in the body of the thermostat housing. You pop the metal clips out...
• Re: low coolant indicator lamp
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 22:10:04 EDT
  ...The red blinky on my temperature gauge sometimes refuses to go out after startup even though the sensor is immersed in coolant. I understand...
• Re: temp2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 22:46:22 -0600
  ...or stalling at red lights... > > ...It turned out to be the Temp2 sensor acting up intermittently. > This > caused me learn to become my own...
• Re: coolant temps
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:55:06 -0700
  ...So if an air bubble > gets inside and the sensor freaks out saying it is low on coolant why would > the temp needle go...
• Re: intermittant rich running problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 26 May 2009 14:35:15 -0700
  ...and I almost never change a Temp II sensor. I have seen problems with making good contact to them though. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don...
• Coolant light mysteries continued!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:59:48 +0000
  ...There is a ground connection through the foil and other connections, and there is the wire to the temp sensor, also connected to the...
• Re: O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 1 May 2009 07:35:53 -0400
  ...Re: [VANAGON] O2 Sensor? > O2 sensor should remain connected and be up to operating temp for > monitoring output voltage. a high impedance volt meter...
• Re: Coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:36:30 -0400
  ...the level sensor, both the sensor and the expansion tank, >or could I just get away with putting some high temp sealant around the...
• Re: temp sensors?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:24:48 -0400
  ...The one that faces forward is for the panel temp gauge, and the one that faces left is the coolant temp sender for the...
• Re: crank, wont start
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 17 Nov 2015 08:11:13 -0800
  Temp2 sensor and fuel pressure regulator
• Re: Changing temp 1 sensor on '87
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 17:44:20 -0400
  could b 12mm
• Re: Another odd issue, temp gauge gone
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 17 Apr 2016 08:12:32 -0400
  ...Someone could probably tell you where to look for the connection to the sensor for your temperature gauge if you remind us about the...
• Re: You need a spare temp 2 sensor NOW!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:25:33 -0500
  Well - I blew it!! I read that as your were having an O2 Sensor problem - not Temp 2 sensor. Anyway - you now have something...
• 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...
• running rich--> Solved!?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 11:27:59 -0700
  ...I did this at a few different temperatures and the temp sensors where fine. But i did notice an unstable oxygen sensor reading 1...
• Re: Piece on Water pump!!
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 18:31:20 -0600
  ...1.) The wires to the temp sensor are not polarized, i.e. you can swap them. 2.) If you need to get this thing...
• Re: temp sensor Q
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 10:06:03 -0600
  Rolf Pechukas wrote: > > so > latest in the cooling problems saga of 82 diesel vanagon "Bike" > electrical problem > now eng temp needle comes all the...
• Re: Changed thermostat - temp gauge still reads stone cold
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:48:27 -0800
  ...housing and ground, then ditto for sensor housing, and gage > will read cold irrespective of engine temperature. > > dan > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09...
• Re: Wet weather power loss
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 02:10:49 -0400
  ...ECU inputs are Coolant temp, Air temp, AFM opening, rpm and TDC from Hall sender, lambda sensor, throttle switch (WOT and closed throttle [should...
• Re: O2 sensor is a thermistor
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 23:35:17 -0400
  ...In simple terms, the O2 sensor is >measuring the exhaust gas temperature. The computer compares the heat >with a calculated factor based on rpm...
• Idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:14:38 EDT
  ...the temp II sensor, the resistance measurements were at the specifications at the temperature ranges specified in the Bentley manual. I checked the temperature...
• RE: Temp. gage/location of T-sending unit
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Ufer
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 18:33:38 -0400 (EDT)
  I had the very same problem installing the temperature sensor for the VDO CHT gauge in the spark plug hole. I "fixed" it the...
• Re: temp guage read-out
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:11:21 -0700
  ...I have very rarely ever found a faulty temp sensor. In thousands of vanagons - neither the gauge temp sensor nor the one that talks...
• Re: timing does not advance
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 14:25:01 -0400
  ...Check those. >> Eric >> >>Chad Morris wrote: >> >> >> >>>Could that mean that my temp sensor II needs to be replaced? Would a bad >>>temp sensor cause...
• Re: high idle sometimes
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 12:20:03 -0700
  ...ended up replacing > my AFM and OX sensor, still had problem. Replaced Temp2 sensor - fixed me up. Always replace the cheap & easy parts first...
• Re: Telemetry (was Re: Coolant pressure test... video.)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:38:58 -0800
  ...coolant level sensor for continuity. * Check for loose connection of wiring at terminal 14 connectors of instrument cluster, nuts of temperature gauge, ground connection...
• Cold Morning Puzzlement Part Deux
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:53:22 EST
  ...I replaced the Temp Sensor II and have a Digitool hooked up. The Temp II reading starts around 1.5v and steadily drops as...
• Re: Oil Temp Sender Ohms
  Historical mailing list - One Morecar
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 21:13:49 +1000
  ...Oil Temp Sender Ohms >Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 13:31:44 -0600 > >I am having a problem with my VDO oil temp sensor...
• *LONG*coolant light blinking, temp soaring and dropping, sporadically
  Historical mailing list - ColForbin
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 22:54:12 -0500
  ...When cruising at highway or neighborhood speed my van's temperature appears fine, temp. needle completely below coolant sensor light on gauge. When in...
• Re: Coolant temp gauge not working
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:45:51 -0700
  ...since I bought it .. > > - replaced the coolant temp sensor > - check and redo the coolant temp sensor wire connector > - check wiring at instrument cluster, blue...
• Re: Temp sensors
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:02:05 -0800
  ...on start-up. > > The temp sensor II doesn't have any default setting. The resistance simply varies with temperature. Cold it might read 6000...
• Re: Erratic temperature gauge
  Historical mailing list - Ray-Corp
  Sun, 12 Oct 1997 08:19:29 -0400
  When my water pump was changed we forgot to reconnect the coolent level sensor on the top of the tank. Upon starting, the temperature...
• Re: Idling....
  Historical mailing list - - James Shinosky
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 01:57:06 EDT
  ...Coolant temp sensor need to be checked for continuity? or just replace it? James 88weekender anaheim, ca
• Re: Temp Warning Light Mystery
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 06:41:17 EDT
  ...For position II(temp needle in too hot zone) resistance equal to 30 ohms. By substituting the sensor with these value resistors you could...
• Re: westy cold = rich
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 7 May 2005 16:16:38 -0400
  ...cold, your van computer is disconnected from all the sensors-water temp- afc-oxygen sensor ect.There for, I would look for something mechanical...
• Temperature Gauge, calibration
  Historical mailing list - Fin Beven
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:12:57 -0700
  On the early and late model temperature gauges there are marks that give a general sense of higher temperature and lower temperature. Does anyone...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:16:29 -0700
  ...Karl Wolz | | I am first going to change the O2 sensor and the Temp II |sensor, see if that does it... | | Anyone have any...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:28:30 -0600
  ...very strange, we are >>> stumped. >>> >>> What we have already tried: >>> Grounds are clean >>> Temp sensors and oil pressure sensors( new o2 sensor going in...