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• Re: How easy is it to .....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 12:53:59 -0700
  ...coolant temperature sensor? By >> 'coolant temperature sensor' I don't mean the sensor that controls the temp >> gauge, I mean the sensor that feeds...
• O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:48:14 -0800
  ...sensor. For some reason, my van just doesn't seem to consistantely get hot enough (especially at idle) to get up to temperature to...
• Re: temp II & temp I sensor tests
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:57:48 -0400
  ...at the same temperature.I assume you are not talking abut the gauge sender, which is different. The TEMPI sensor resides inside the AFM...
• Re: Hard start, rough idle, stalling
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:02:53 -0400
  Jeff, The O2 sensor does not have any affect until the engine reaches a certain temperature. I would suspect the TEMPII sensor. First I...
• Re: Blinking Red Light--solved?
  Historical mailing list - Noto-Gaudette
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 17:31:31 -0400
  ...coolant level sensor for continuity. * Check for loose connection of wiring at terminal 14 connectors of instrument cluster, nuts of temperature gauge, ground connection...
• Re: Oil sensor still buzz after going to Mahle oil filter,now what?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff or Tamara Nelson
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 23:13:32 -0600
  ...My recently purchased '86 Vanagon GL oil pressure sensor > buzzer and light alarms intermittantly only once the engine temperature > rises above the midpoint of...
• Re: 2 Cups low on coolant made my vanagon overheat?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 05:26:45 -0400
  ...in the early style wasser boxer engine there is a sensor in the tank. this is not a temperature sensor but a level sensor...
• Re: Temperature Sensor Light/Difficulty Starting
  Historical mailing list - madsen
  Mon, 13 Dec 1999 04:09:40 -0500
  ...Temperature Sensor Light/Difficulty Starting > The coolant is always around the line in the reservoir. > > The light will blink when the coolant in the...
• Re: Drop in gas mileage update
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:16:32 -0400
  ...Do this with the engine up to operating temperature. With the ECU seeing 1.5 volts, the output of the O2 sensor should go...
• Re: Temperature sensor connector (name?)
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:28:30 -0500
  ...I now have oil pressure/oil temperature gauges hooked up and working fine. :) -Ry http://www.google.com/profiles/rylincoln On Sat, Apr 23...
• Drop in gas mileage update
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:45:10 -0700
  ...In just measuring the O2 sensor output when disconnected, it starts out giving voltage but when it reaches temperature, there is nothing in the...
• Re: Diesel Westy Glow Plug LED
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Wed, 06 Nov 1996 22:58:07 -0500
  ...The temp sensor on the upper radiator hose flange on the side of the head is for the temperature gauge. They are both the...
• Re: Why does O2 sensor requi
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  30 May 1996 08:20:35 -0700
  ...sensors is that the electrical heating element comes on immediatly upon startup and brings the temp of the sensor up to operating temperature faster...
• Temp Guage problem
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 10:02:43 -0700
  ...started blinking constantly and the actual temperature reading was never reaching normal temp. I cleaned the sensor in the coolant resevoir and the blinking...
• 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...
• Re: 91 runs rough cold
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Wed, 27 Nov 1996 22:25:03 -0700
  ...There's a sensor for the intake temperature and the water temperature that tell the EMU to activate the cold start valve (5th injector...
• 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...
• ECU & Coolant Temp Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:20:45 -0800
  ...One thing is unanswered in my mind. �Does the stock sensor give temperature readings to the ECU? �I'm wondering if this is one...
• Re: Temperature Sensor Resistance in AFM
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:23:57 -0400
  ...What I found was >that the resistance across the Temperature Sensor (the one in the AFM) >was only 1300. Bentley spec is 2300 - 2500...
• Re: ECU & Coolant Temp Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:19:58 -0800
  hi, re Does the stock sensor give temperature readings to the ECU? I'm wondering if this is one of the reasons why my...
• Re: Is John right about the temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:12:07 -0700
  ...My 87 clearly has the coolant sensor > unrelated to the temperature sensor when the coolant > level is low in the tank. The temperature gauge...
• Re: Cold Start Valve
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 May 1996 20:21:19
  ...After a short warm-up period, the temp sensor is supposed to vary resistance based on head temperature, causing the computer to alter the...
• Re: Procedure for checking computer Temp sending unit
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 18:05:38 +0000
  Hi Ken, If the Digijet is like the digifant, the sensor is an NTC or negative temperature coefficient device. The hotter it gets the...
• 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: Water Temperature Light
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:58:32 -0800
  While on the subject of the coolant tank/sensor, how does the coolant sensor come out of the tank? Wanted to pull mine the...
• Re: Tooooooooooooo ritch a startup...com on guys!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Kuecker
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 06:42:54 -0500
  A note about the temperature sensor - I found out where those grey wires I spliced come from. Yep, the coolant temperature sensor. My '91...
• sensor not hot enough
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:16:05 -0800
  ...The sensor is not monitored for > function. Neither is the exhaust temperature to > make sure that it is hot enough for the cat to...
• Warning Lights and Gauges
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 14:01:14 -0500
  ...temperature Voltage (house and starting battery) Amperage (house and starting battery) Refrigerator temperature Photo-sensor (candlepower) Seismometer Geiger counter (milli-rads) Hull temperature Warning...
• Re: Coolant temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2008 17:02:24 -0700
  ...Mark John Reynolds wrote: > Can anyone tell me if the coolant gauge temperature sensor (in thermostat housing - not the level sensor in the expansion...
• Syncro Temp Gauge Sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 21:22:06 -0400
  Howdy, I'm looking for a used Syncro temperature gauge sensor (brass, 1 terminal, screws into the metal 2.1L thermostat housing on the...
• Re: flashing LED
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 21:44:48 -0400
  You meant to say coolant temperature gauge, right? ;-) If that is flashing it's probably the coolant level is low or the sensor not...
• RE: Temperature needle low: thermostat or sensor?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 20:06:04 +0100
  ...I replaced the sensor. No luck. I pulled the dashboard to check the wiring, and found that a connector "finger" had been bent by...
• Re: Temperature sensor connector (name?)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:27:07 -0400
  ...is the name of the connector that would >properly fit >this sensor? I think they just take common "spade" (AKA "Faston") connectors, slid on...
• Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  February 29, 1992
  CONDITION Coolant overheat / low coolant level indicator LED is flashing at normal coolant temperatures. SERVICE Check the coolant indicator LED according to the list...
• Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures
  February 29, 1992
  CONDITION Coolant overheat / low coolant level indicator LED is flashing at normal coolant temperatures. SERVICE Check the coolant indicator LED according to the list...
• 2.1 WBX Warm Start Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Tue, 1 Nov 2016 20:32:51 +0000
  ...the Oxygen Sensor with a known good one.New Air Filter.New Fuel InjectorsNew Fuel Injection Temperature SensorNew Air Temperature SensorNew Throttle Position SwitchPer...
• Re: coolant temperature sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 16:44:59 -0400
  At 04:28 PM 6/6/2001, Mick Kalber wrote: >My mech said he changed the coolant temperature sensor (whatever that is) >and she...
• Clip for temperature sensors at thermostat housing (2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 05:42:22 -0500
  ...The one piece that neither of us can find, so far, are the spring clips that hold the two temperature sensors onto the thermostat...
• Re: Coolant temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 4 May 2008 18:40:31 -0400
  ...temperature sensor (in thermostat > housing - not the level sensor in the expansion tank) uses an O-Ring? I' > can't tell if this sensor...
• need dealer part # for coolant temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Gary E Thaxter
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:47:45 -0400
  ...Anyone know the dealer part number for the coolant temperature sensor on an 86 syncro? He cannot find a listing for it. He keeps...
• Re: Rough starting in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 08:23:10 EST
  ...Do it first thing in the morning and note the ambient temperature. If the van has NOT been run the TEMPII sensor should be...
• Re: Weird Stuff----
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 10:12:06 EST
  In a message dated 2/11/02 12:57:37 AM, tubaman@WOMBAT.NET writes: << coolant temperature/pressure sensor >> ?????
• Re: Working ranges for Temp sensor and AFM
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:13:40 -0400
  ...At equal temperatures, though, the Temp I sensor in the AFM should measure about the same as the Temp II sensor in the motor...
• 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...
• Sensors, rough running and problems
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 11:45:52 -0600
  ...I thought I had this fixed by replacing the distributor (hall sensor problem), adjusting the timing and replacing the temperature sensors. These things helped...
• Re: Temperature Sensor Resistance in AFM
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:14:10 -0400
  ...What I found was > >that the resistance across the Temperature Sensor (the one in the AFM) > >was only 1300. Bentley spec is 2300 - 2500...
• What is Function of temp sensors? (Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 13:26:05 -0400
  Hi, On my '87, there are two temperature sensors on the black plastic housing by the left front corner of the engine bay. There...
• 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: temperature gauge under reporting temperature
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:02:28 -0500
  I forgot to mention that you can rule out the gauge with some certainty by grounding the wire going to the sensor. If the...
• Re: Temp.-dependent Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Thu, 16 Jan 1997 00:42:57 -0800
  Scott, Check your coolant temperature sensor that goes to the computer. It may be telling the 'puter that it's hotter than it really...
• Re: flashing LED
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:23:40 -0400
  That little led is not for oil pressure, and that temperature gauge is not oil temperature. Check your manual and you'll find that...
• Re: Idle Problem (87 Wasserboxer)
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 22:32:55 EDT
  It sounds like something temperature related to me. Have you ever changed your temp sensors? Ken Wilford John 3:16
• Re: Temp II Gets Bad Rap
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:59:40 -0400
  ...However if it were badly designed it could fail from mechanical stress as the sensor body temperature-cycles. As to the stories of "tests...
• Oil Temp questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Tue, 9 Jul 96 16:12:49 UT
  ...Is there a 20 degree delta or more? When one says max oil temperature is that max temperature reached regardless of measurement location? Or...
• Diesel Westy Glow Plug LED
  Historical mailing list - Robert Zezoff
  Tue, 05 Nov 1996 12:28:04 -0800
  ...Is there a temperature sensor which tells the LED to go out?? We haven't heard anything out here in the west coast about...
• fan switch or sensor
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:35:49 -0700
  I am wanting to replace the switch or sensor that turns the radiator fan on at various temperature. The three speed fan on my...
• Idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:14:38 EDT
  ...I checked the temperature of the sensor with my nifty new VOM that has a temperature probe so I was sure of the temperature...
• Re: The Vanagon Syndrome and Outside Air Temperature
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 18:55:28 -0800
  ...Maybe the ECU is temperature dependant and not the sensors? Joel Rochester NY. Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM> wrote:John Schaper wrote: > > I recently...
• Re: 87 syncro water temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:23:47 -0400
  ...I always thought that there was a temperature sender and the Temp Sensor II was a separate temperature sensor for the fuel injection. Does...
• Re: Drop in gas mileage update
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:34:51 -0400
  ...Do this with the engine up to >operating temperature. With the ECU seeing 1.5 volts, the output of the O2 >sensor should go...