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Re: 86 intermittently cuts out -MN
Historical mailing list - Mark Rovere
Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:50:03 -0500
...some sensor wires that had fallen on the exhaust manifold and taped them up. That's where I'll start when the temperature goes...
Re: '84 1.9L 2-WD -- cold start problems still the same after new O2-sensor, new Temp II sensor, and new plugs
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:12:07 -0700
...Re: '84 1.9L 2-WD -- cold start problems still the same after new O2-sensor, new Temp II sensor, and new plugs > How...
Re: Request for Help - Overheating Problem
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Wed, 3 Jan 2001 05:53:06 -0800
...Re-install the sensor. There is an o-ring under the sensor cap, > so be careful that it seats properly, and the sensor is...
Re: coolant sensor 50/50 tolerance?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 19 Jul 2004 19:35:03 -0700
...In an 89 it is a simple matter to eliminate the possibility that false blinking is due a problem with the coolant level sensor...
Vacuum gauge readings
Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
Sun, 26 Oct 2014 16:58:35 -0700
Hi all, I just completed an installation of a voltmeter, oil pressure, oil temperature and a vacuum gauge in my stock, 1990, 2.1...
Re: Special guages
Historical mailing list
Sat, 15 Jun 1996 08:21:09 -0500
yale jay lubkin <yoel@styx.ios.com> writes: >Also Can I replace my oil sensor with something that will tell me actual >preasure and...
Re: Dex-Cool . . . I hesitate to ask this
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:12:46 -0400
...My personal experience is that after switching to Dex-Cool in a '91 Jetta I developed coolant leaks around the temperature sensors and between...
Re: adding resister to center 1.9 coolant temp gauge?
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Tue, 6 Jul 2010 18:26:09 -0700
Wow -- I was way wrong! The sender is a temperature-dependent resistor? Shucks. I need to keep my mouth shut more often than I...
Re: Engine o2 out of spec
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:33:38 -0800
...line with the Temp II sensor to send a false signal to the ECU about the engine's temperature, altering fuel/air ratio that...
Re: Engine Starting Problem
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:00:32 -0600
...C > >>>>> at this temperature the reading should be 3000 ohm to 3500 ohm. > >>>>> I also checked at the temp 2 sensor, it was 3178...
88 Syncro / cold start surging
Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
Wed, 27 May 1998 01:12:04 -0700
...I found one list message about adding a 500 ohm resistor to the temperature sender II which would fool the ECU into thinking it...
Re: Engine warm-up troubles
Historical mailing list - Dennis Lockwood
Wed, 16 Aug 2000 12:21:26 EDT
...I have replaced the idle stablizer valve, both temperature sensors, fuel injectors, fuel pump, fuel filter, and fuel pressure regulator. Guess what? No help...
Re: WTB: Thermostat Controlled Fan for Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:56:28 -0600
...temperature but opens fully as the temperature reaches the specified range. Many GM cars have little thermostatically controlled fans, unlike to VW the sensor...
Re: Water Wetter questions...
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:02:38 -0400
...As for effecting the sensors and the like the thermostat is still going to wait until the coolant gets hot enough for it to...
Re: Engine running badly
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sun, 1 Oct 2017 15:06:49 -0700
...I disconnected the oxygen > sensor again and things seem to be a bit better. I checked timing, > temperature sensor, throttle switch, compression, all seems...
Re: Temp Gauge
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:12:09 -0700
Actually, it is a temperature warning light first and a coolant level warning light second. Early watercooled Vanagons had no coolant level warning system...
Re: Intermittent running problem.
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:04:51 -0600
...above test, I would then check the resistance of temperature sensor 2 at various temperatures. >> >> And of course "check your grounds" :-) >> >> Good luck, >> Larry...
warm hard start
Historical mailing list - earl j. smith
Fri, 24 Apr 1998 20:42:35 -0700
...Stronly suspect one of the temperature sensors. Anyone else experience this problem. Earl from Sunny Sooke
Re: Need Sender Advice (Step 1)
Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
Mon, 8 Nov 1999 23:05:10 -0500
...Know the type and range of measurements you want to make, characterize the sensors and compensate for the range of input to your logging...
Re: Water Wetter...??
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Mon, 14 Aug 2000 08:45:40 -0400
...It has helped in that car as it has an aftermarket computer chip along with high compression and a knock sensor. Hot days would...
Re: Failed emission test
Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:59:03 -0700
...I > replaced the O2 and temperature sensor(not the dash sender). > So I replaced the O2 and temperature sensor yesterday. > > This time, the idle...
Re: running problems, 2.1
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Sat, 4 Feb 2006 21:53:39 -0600
...Even after I took the O2 sensor wire off. I > suspect something temperature related. Possibly even the Hall sensor. > So, both 2.1's...
Re: not all thermostats are equal
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:41:33 -0600
...higher than normal operating > temperature for some time. Yes I have replaced the > thermostat and the relays and sensors. What was a > major clue...
Re: 84 temp. gauge and idle stabilizer electrical problem
Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:44:42 -0400
Kurt Stoppkotte wrote: > On a trip back from the West coast my temperature gauge and the red > warning light suddenly indicated that my van...
Re: Brake problem
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sat, 6 Apr 2002 12:07:02 -0800
...Like when I put my >infra-red remote temperature sensor, it's off the readable range in a >drive of this distance. The van...
Re: My poor Engine..
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Sun, 21 Mar 1999 07:26:00 -0600
...Try it with the O2 sensor unplugged. If it is still rich test the coolant temperature sensor per bentley. Darrell -----Original Message----- From: Jason...
Re: Water Level Indicator Red Blinking Light
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:34:58 -0600
...the > > sensor unit before doing anything more. > > > > John Rodgers > > 88 GL Driver > > > > > George Averill wrote: > > > > > > I need some ideas for replacing the temperature gage...
Re: Low idle at start
Historical mailing list - Roger Donahe
Sat, 4 Oct 2003 10:41:59 -0700
...when the two sensor are at the same temperature. They theoretically should be identical but allow for ten percent. Let me know what happens...
Re: Intermittent running problem.
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:31:53 -0700
...above test, I would then check the resistance of temperature sensor 2 at various temperatures. > > And of course "check your grounds" :-) > > Good luck, > Larry...
Re: Cooling system questions
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:45:34 -0500
...sensors will be out of range so the gauge needle position will be off. Get some means of getting the actual coolant temperature in...
Re: More Problems - Starts then runs great for about a minute...
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:45:03 -0700
...sometimes the temp sensor gets all crazy also. Joe -----Original Message----- >From: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> >Sent: Aug 4, 2008 10:26 AM...
Re: Running rough, dies as temp gauge starts to register
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:07:20 -0500
I would try disconnecting the oxygen sensor and see if that fixes it. It's super easy to do and will eliminate that as...
Re: Oil Pressure observation.
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:29:26 -0400
...But of course, our vans have catalytic converters and oxygen sensors. So, what gives? > > mcneely > > ---- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: >> I have never...
85 Vanagon dying while driving
Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
Sat, 10 Jul 1999 00:10:09 -0600
...I have already had the temperature sensor problem years ago, but this problem is different. Van starts when hot but runs rough at slow...
Re: Still running rich, now what
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Mon, 21 Aug 2000 12:41:10 -0400
...The temp sensors were the exact same ohms > and were correct with temperatures (did it twice), oxygen sensor wire is > ok, oxygen sensor is...
Replacement AFM technology
Historical mailing list - tinker man
Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:02:20 +0200
...Bentley provides a graph just for the temp1 sensor vs. temperature, but non for the variable resistance vs. air flow. 2. Anyone know what...
Re: making a Tach?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:43:16 -0500
...Not to mention pressure drop along every inch of the induction passage, body temperature of all properly seated passengers (better get permission for that...
Re: Engine Starting Problem
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:58:34 -0600
...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: Coolant temp gauge not working
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:33:12 +0000
...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: MAF Sensors and the Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:07:14 -0500
...wrote: >> >> �Has anyone any new information about using/developing a MAF sensor for >> our beloved Vanagons? > > Just a thought about that -- does it seem...
lief is an Oil temp guage on an '81...
Historical mailing list - Leavitt
Tue, 15 Apr 1997 23:54:51 -0400
...I found a VDO oil temperature guage [VW#321919541A] in a junked watercooled VW, I think that it was a Rabbit, I forget. Anyway...
Problem recreated under static environment (was more problems)
Historical mailing list - David Chasteen
Tue, 16 Sep 1997 10:35:50 -0700
...Shut it off and took the #2 temp sensor out (again). Cleaned the area around the seat with a piece of sand paper until...
Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 16 Feb 2003 20:17:40 -0600
...zolo wrote: > > Yeah, I have been through this myself... > I can only think of the temperature sensor that is located on the > left side...
Blinking Dash Warning Lights! - reply
Historical mailing list - George Averill
Sun, 30 Aug 1998 09:20:02 -0400
...The >engine temperature is well within it's typical operating range (about 1/2 >way up the LED or below), the coolant levels in...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 17 Nov 2013 13:49:57 -0500
...at that temperature. The '95 Subaru meter I'm reading about right now for the EJ22 engine uses a thin-film sensor instead of...
Re: .9 bar oil pressure sender replacement
Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
Thu, 5 Mar 2015 17:11:58 -0600
Dennis, I'm thinking that method would not work for oil temperature though right? I assume temperature sensors would need to be somewhere where...
Temp 2 sensor, was: No low end Power
Historical mailing list - Pernice, Vincent
Wed, 26 Mar 2003 14:07:09 -0500
...On this metal thing, you will see one wire going into it on the right, that is your temperature sensor, to the left of...
Re: Hesitation with acceleration
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Sat, 13 May 2000 17:00:51 -0500
...3) I have a bad temp sensor (though this problem appears to be independent >of operating temperature. > >4) Others? > >Thank you for any assistance...
Re: Oil temp, safe or not?
Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 17:35:41 -0400
...I have my oil temp sensor in my waterboxer in the oil pan, so it is cooler than most other locations. Steady long uphills...
Re: Flashing Coolant Light Sensor Test
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:08:38 -0400
...It is > not a problem with coolant level or temperature. I have read some > of the many archives which would suggest a ground in...
Re: Running rough, dies as temp gauge starts to register
Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:18:48 -0500
...On Jan 12, 2009, at 12:33 PM, Mike Miller wrote: > O2 sensor? > > > On 1/12/09 7:52 AM, "Mark A Kippert" <vanagon...
Bay Area Vanagons... wow.
Historical mailing list - Earthlink.net
Fri, 25 Jun 1999 13:06:48 -0500
...Still, after seeing the CA Vanagons, I think I got a great deal on mine--after I replaced the Coolant Temperature Sensor. chris r...
Re: Stumbling problem solved
Historical mailing list - BILL
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:41:24 -0600
...I tried all of the various suggestions >regarding temperature sensors, fuel injector cleaning, reseating >connectors, etc. Here's what finally isolated the problem and...
Re: continuing almost overheating problem.
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Tue, 2 Jul 2002 14:25:45 -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...
Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 27 Aug 2012 03:42:55 -0400
...I still have not read a crystal clear explanation of what the >Temp II sensor does. I mean, what does the varying ohm signal...
Re: Cooling system questions for 1.9L
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:52:51 -0700
...The factory temperature guage is not a reliable indicator of > dangerously high coolant temperature - anything past half way actually > indicates an over temp condition...
Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 9 Feb 2009 20:38:54 -0800
...if it runs better then........that would make me think that the oxygen sensor circuit or the sensor itself might be 'the problem' or...
Re: Darrell Boehler's digifant tool
Historical mailing list - Robert Williams
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:01:04 -0700
...pin layout that > >| allow one to check the oxygen sensor, afm, and both temperature sensors > >| with a multimeter- and do it while the engine...
Re: Cold Start problems: Pressure regulator?
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Wed, 9 Dec 1998 06:41:48 EST
...I can hear the fuel pump click on, throttle switch clicks and in >spec., temp sensor 2 reads ok, oxy sensor working, but as...
Re: preheat light won't turn off -diesel vanagon-
Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
Thu, 12 Oct 2000 15:43:54 -0400
...Is it because my battrey can't supply enough draw to turn off the glow plug light? Is it a temperature sensor problem? thanks...