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• Re: temp guage read-out
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:25:12 -0400
  Scott wrote: > > I have very rarely ever found a faulty temp sensor. In thousands of > vanagons - neither the gauge temp sensor nor the one...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Oil temp gauges, choices? Using water temp sender + gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:00:15 -0700
  ...temp gauge as a 2nd check on temp. I bought a "universal gauge and sender kit" from the FLAPS (Princess Auto), but the sensor...
• Re: Temp 2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 09:53:09 -0500
  ...Temp 2 sensor? > Hello, > > I just bought this '85 GL and already I have a question. > > When I first start it, and I guess...
• 87: coolant temp sensor for syncro
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 7 Jun 1996 14:50:21 -0700
  I'm having a difficult time finding a replacement for the coolant temp sensor on my '87 syncro. The VW part (025 906 041...
• Re: engine compartment temp?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Thomas
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 13:28:34 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: vanagon diesel questions (wires)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Thu, 2 Jan 1997 20:18:53 -0800 (PST)
  ...sensor one to > heater hose heat sensor...ONE GOES TO NOTHING???? The loose wire goes to one of the temp. sensors. One sensor should...
• How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 10:43:42 -0800
  ...Oxygen sensor actually works. Does is work by actually sensing oxygen in the exhaust? Or does it "correlate" by providing exhaust temperature to the...
• Re: engine compartment temp?
  Historical mailing list - Dr. John H. Lauterbach
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 17:48:18 -0500
  ...I would then use a heat >sensor/switch rated just above that maximum engine compartment temperature. >Ideally I would like an actual measured maximum...
• Temperature needle
  Historical mailing list - Solange B�rub�
  Sun, 29 Jun 2003 09:04:22 -0400
  ...My coolant temperature needle on the front board is not moving anymore. I've changed the temperature sensor at the motor without success and...
• Re: 82 Aircooled Temp II sensor ohm's
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:06:40 -0500
  ...The temp II sensor is pretty inexpensive and easy to replace. You may want to replace it just to eliminate that possibility. I actually...
• Re: flashing light on temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Richard Brassaw
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:23:27 -0700
  ...flashing light on temp gauge As always, check grounds. I would think that if the sensor went bad giving a false reading of no...
• Re: engine bucking and bogging - simple answer
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:02:14 -0700
  ...Temp 2 sensor in a bit of an exposed to road splash area. But I will check the connection and wires. thanks alistair On...
• Re: O2 sensor necessary or jumper the wires on 85 GL 1.9
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:23:04 -0400
  ...If I temporarily jumper the wire so it would >seem connected to a sensor would the ECU the assume the o2 is >functioning properly...
• Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:37:40 -0500
  ...So, I swapped out the ECU and temp 2 sensors. No help. When I test this second O2 sensor, I hook up my digital...
• Re: Tuning question--long, sorry!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:49:48 -0800
  ...So at 950 rpm at 185 degrees F (or whatever) the voltage from > the AFM, the O2 sensor, the Temp II, the intake air...
• Re: coolant temperature sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 07:37:10 -0500
  ...coolant temperature sensor > > > >Volks... Daddeo went into the shop to have front rotors replaced > > >yesterday. While we were at it I had my guys...
• Temp II sensor replacement: UPDATE & SOLUTION
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 10:20:18 -0800
  ...Has anyone else discovered that the problem was a corroded or loose wire? Now at least I know where the Temp II sensor is...
• Re: How do I....
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:29:58 EDT
  ...In a message dated 4/28/2007 10:39:13 PM Central Daylight Time, airic1@comcast.net writes: > Check the temp sensor connector, not...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:02:53 -0700
  ...Question about temp II sensor and bad running > Isn't there a test for the O2 sensor where you heat it with a propane...
• Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ellis
  Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:02:16 +0000
  ...as suggested the O2 sensor, the temp2 sensor, the throttle body switch all can give the syndrome... as for the AFM the things to...
• Re: Changed thermostat - temp gauge still reads stone cold
  Historical mailing list - syncro.carboncow
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:05:16 -0500
  ...Low temps = high resistance. He most likely has a ground, wire or gauge issue before a bad new sensor. We still need to know...
• Re: Re(2): Re(2): Rough running when Hot
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 23:07:15 -0500 (EST)
  ...Found the temperature sensor not making a connection. Pulled on the wire right there in the engine compartment where the engine rocks and found...
• Re: UrgentHelp re; Coolant System
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 18:27:18 -0800
  ...I think this is very strange! Since this sensor is for coolant level and not temperature (as I had mistaken), will the temp guage...
• Re: Summer's coming and my van is getting hotter than ever!!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:14:40 -0400
  ...the temp gauge creeps up, although the radiator fan never seems to come on (and I've tested it and the temp sensor in...
• Re: Changing T2-sensor with air conditioning compressor in place
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:07:21 -0700
  ...2.1 wbxr 2WD vanagons have a plastic t-stat housing with a clip-in Temp Sensor II, yes. syncro vanagons have al all...
• turn off O2 light
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 08:09:46 EST
  ...O2 sensor itself was replaced recently. How do I turn off the light? Pls reply to my personal address, as I am temporarily suspending...
• Changed thermostat - temp gauge still reads stone cold
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:53:55 -0700
  ...suspect the sensor/sender. On 29-Nov-07, at 6:18 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Subject: Re: Changed thermostat - temp gauge still reads...
• Getting coolant level warning to work on '82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Wed, 21 May 2008 12:26:05 -0400
  ...but if I unplug the level sensor to test the light, it does NOT start blinking. The temp gauge - and all the other lights...
• Combi Relay
  Historical mailing list - David Chasteen
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 21:09:55 -0600
  OK, problem to date: '82 Westy, air-cooled, no oxygen sensor (no connector for it). Engine starts and runs fine when ambient temperature is...
• Re: 82 westy, custom modifying circut to run cooler (?)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:20:33 -0700
  ...to the temp sensor for the ecu, located on the left cylinder head. And get some way to measure temps so you can tell...
• temp coolant sensor/engine bog
  Historical mailing list - Dean S
  Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:04:27 -0400
  ...By just removing the temp coolant sensor clip smooths out the idle considerably so I replacing the sensor/O ring. I found the Bosch...
• Re: Exploded views and parts lists
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Jan 2014 15:47:27 -0500
  The Syncro temp gauge sensor is the same one used on the 1.9L Vanagons. So is the screw in Temp 2 sensor for...
• Re: Syncro temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:13:31 -0400
  ...So i have a new gauge temp sensor and F.I. temp sensor and a new thermostat on the way. Is there anywhere else...
• Re: 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:23:02 -0500
  ...If not then look at temp 2 sensor. The temps 2 sensor rarely goes bad but the plug connection to it is a real...
• Re: Baffled
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:08:33 -0800
  ...Once it warm, it is fine. > Now, I changed the temp II sensor, the Oxygen sensor, looked at the vacuum lines (although did not...
• Re: Cylinder head gauge
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:20:57 -0700
  ...The cylinder head temp sensor is good for monitoring general >lean conditions, however. > >Dan > >Puzerewski wrote: > >> I have a cylinder head temp gauge on...
• Re: Temp II sensor o-ring confusion
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 00:41:07 -0500
  At 12:06 AM 1/26/2003, Marc Perdue wrote: >is the o-ring for the Temp II sensor. The part number is N90316802...
• Unorthodox Inst. Cluster Electrical Question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:28:29 -0700
  ...This would prohibit installing a WBX temp gauge. My aftermarket Hastings gauge worked fine with it's sensor, but removed that sensor. I'm...
• Re: Coolant sensor LEAKING? (84 vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 06:38:15 +0200
  ...Sensor has melted shapeless (lower temp plastic?). The VW's original has been running well since that. Juha Koivisto 88 Vanagon (Caravelle) 1,6TD...
• AMP Part Numbers for 25 pin Digifant connector
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 23:43:13 -0700
  ...Knock Sensor (Pin 2) 6 BR/W Throttle Switch (Pin 1) 6 BR/W Coolant Sensor (Pin 2) 6 BR/W Temp Sensor (Pin...
• Re: temp gauge lite flashing
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 13:00:01 EST
  Darrel; Did you possibly replace the wrong sensor? The TEMPII and gauge sensor are very close together. If memory serves me they look the...
• =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CNew_temp_sensor_indicates_high=E2=80=9D_post?=
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 2 Jun 2021 09:33:09 -0700
  ...Re: “New temp sensor indicates high” post > > So - I swapped out the new coolant temp sensor with the old one last night > and went...
• Rough running, black smoke, running rich, no idle
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Tue, 4 Feb 2014 17:05:53 -0500
  ...New Temp 2 sensor-no change. O2 sensor, no change connected or not. Starts smooth but within minutes, runs really rough, misfires, running *super...
• Re: timing does not advance
  Historical mailing list - Chad Morris
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 09:30:12 -0600
  Bingo! I double checked that the plug to the temp sensor was securely in place. No problem there. Then I started wiggling around the...
• Re: crazy o2 sensor prob
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 23:26:14 -0500
  ...i just put in new temp sensor and o2 sensor. > only way i can drive it normal is keeping the o2 sensor disconneted. runs...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:05:00 -0700
  ...Question about temp II sensor and bad running > http://volkscafe.com/vanagonparts.jsp?pa=ip&ip=345100050 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Poor power until warm
  Historical mailing list - Jared Planter
  Fri, 17 Aug 2018 22:12:00 -0700
  ...On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 21:48 Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > then check the wiring/connector of the temp2 sensor... check...
• Re: Temp II (for ECU) Sensor: Voltage Range?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 09:56:14 -0700
  ...The temp sensors sinks that circuit to the chassis. As the sensor warms up the resistance goes down, current increases and voltage drops. > > Even...
• Re: good gas consumption?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 11:32:33 -0500
  ...O2 sensor may be driving the ECU full rich (or maybe a Temp II sensor problem, similar effect). Try unhooking the O2 sensor and...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:49:44 -0400
  FWIW, I once replaced an O2 sensor just because it was time and I was putting a new exhaust system on anyway. The engine...
• bad gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 09:11:27 -0400
  ...Someone mentioned the Temp II sensor. I presume the Temp I sensor is for the guage (which works fine) and the other one (Temp...
• O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:10:27 -0700
  ...that the O2 sensor in the stock position in a 2.1 wb will not get to optimal operating temp if cat is gutted...
• Re: AFM
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 20:16:18 -0700
  ...ohms change as sensorflap is opened measure through wiper arm (flap must move freely) 6 and 22 intake air temperature sensor ohmmeter reading should...
• Re: 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:10:59 -0800
  ...If not then look at temp 2 sensor. >> The temps 2 sensor rarely goes bad but the plug connection to it is a real...
• Re: Outside Temperature
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:43:53 -0800
  ...The outside temp is a unit that has a long wire on it with the temp sensor on the end. I mounted this on...
• Re: Tooooooooooooo ritch a startup...com on guys!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:09:49 -0400
  ...Regards, Ben http://www.benplace.com/vanagon_engine6.htm Dennis Haynes wrote: >Temp 2 sensor, ignition or valve problem? O2 sensor does not affect...
• Re: question about replacing temp 2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:24:53 -0800
  ...Thanks again, David On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 Wolfvan88@aol.com wrote: > I put the temp sensor in so that I could remove the...
• 1.9 to 2.1 conversion, swapping harness/ecu
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:09:34 -0700
  ...The temp II sensor on the 2.1 is in a different spot along with being a different style sensor. Is the 1.9...
• Re:Coolant Temp Indications
  Historical mailing list - Steve Hoge
  Wed, 15 Nov 1995 20:16:22 -0800
  ...light part of the indicator, and the temperature sensor signal *only* (ie, no coolant level sensor) leading to the "gauge" part. The interesting part...
• 91 Vanagon cold start problem[via LSMTP - see www.lsoft.com]
  Historical mailing list - by way of Ron Lussier
  Mon, 24 Nov 1997 11:00:45 -0800
  ...I have checked every sensor input to the computer and they are ALL FINE. All sensors checked good including the water temp, air temp...