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• Re: Power loss when engine wet and cold
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:01:46 -0400
  ...O2 sensor very unlikely here, and it can be temporarily disconnected in any case to eliminate possibility. ditto temp sensor. O2 sensor and, though...
• Re: Simple diagnostic/lifesaving tool?(electronics gurus?)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:39:36 -0500
  Matt; I have never heard of the air sensor going bad. On the other hand, I carry a spare TEMPII sensor with me because...
• TEMP I SENSOR
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 18:32:55 -0500
  The Temp I sensor on my '84DL (1.9L gas engine) appears to have gone "crazy" with the advent of cooler weather here in...
• westy cold = rich
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 1 May 2005 12:47:42 -0700
  Well on the surface the symptoms match a faulty Temp I sensor, The Temp II is a good just replace because item. I had...
• Re: What is Function of temp sensors? (Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:19:28 -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: Runs great--for a minute or two ??
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:17:23 -0500
  Unplug your oxygen sensor and see if it helps. Also you can trick the computer into thinking that the tempII sensor is good by...
• questions on temp gauges
  Historical mailing list - Edward Claiborne Gould
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 11:31:19 EDT
  ...I was wondering first of all, where is the predrilled mounting spot on the heads for a temp sensor? When i got the bus...
• Re: North American Vanagon in trouble in France
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 19:52:52 EST
  Sounds like maybe some of his temp sensors are bad or maybe some bad grounds. Check all the basics first like plugs, wires, cap...
• Re: Cylinder Head Temp Sensor- stripped threads!
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:13:30 -0700
  You can put JB weld in the hole and rethread it but be sure to ground the temp sensor after doing this, JB weld...
• Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 07:13:04 -0800
  ...No high temperature was indicated. Checked the expansion tank and sensor and it was fine. Checked the temperature sensor and the connection and sensor...
• Quick note on coolant distribution manifold ( Syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Sep 2019 08:11:23 -0700
  ...The temp sensor is very much like a temp II sensor in that it’s a push in device with an o ring and...
• Re: How easy is it to .....
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 16:35:23 -0700
  Engine cold, you will loose very little coolant swapping the temp II sensor. Good to have a catch pan handy though. One might use...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution
  Historical mailing list - Joe Glisson
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 09:53:31 -0400
  Eric - I'm the guy who had the start won't start problem and fixed it by replacing the temp II sensor. This sensor...
• Replacement of coolant temp sensor (help needed)
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:09:48 -0700
  I'm trying to replace the coolant temp sensor (temp gauge sensor - black connector) in my van. By that I mean reinstall the original...
• Starts day, won't at night ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:07:13 -0700
  ...I know, there are two temp. sensors and usually the temp. II sensor is the one I would change. I just haven't experienced...
• Temp II Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:52:15 -0600
  ...Anyway, I may have a problem with the Temp II sensor. I seem to have a short in that area that is causing Billy...
• Re: ECU & Coolant Temp Sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:10:33 -0500
  ...Does the stock sensor give >temperature readings to the ECU? I'm wondering if this is one of >the reasons why my fuel economy...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 2 May 2013 21:25:18 -0700
  ...hence the two wire temp sensor with dedicated ground wire as part of a two contact temp sensor. in later VW's ..jettas etc...
• Temp I & Temp II Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Gina
  Sun, 5 Mar 2000 01:17:22 -0500
  Would someone please explain to me the difference between these two sensors...which controls what? Thanks much :-) Gina 85 Vanagon GL (running beautiful THIS...
• FS: Temperature Gauge Sensor Switch
  Historical mailing list - Lewis Horn
  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 07:07:53 EST
  Part # 049-919-501 made by Vernet.� New in Box. � Temperature Gauge Sensor Switch - For Vanagons 1983 to 1985� $5.00 plus shipping from...
• Re: Temp II sensor o-ring confusion
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 11:38:42 -0500
  ...When you buy the temp sensor from me for $9 I always include this o-ring (I checked BD site and they sell the...
• Re: What are the symptoms of a failing TEMP II Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:54:45 -0400
  I have gone through 3 [! ] temp II sensors in the 2 years on my 90 Van. In the case of the second and third...
• Re: Temp I sensor
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Thu, 10 May 2001 19:26:58 -0400
  Alfred; I am pretty sure the TEMPII sensor IS the same type of sensor as the TEMPI on your bus, it is on my...
• Re: What are the symptoms of a failing TEMP II Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:09:51 -0400
  ...What are the symptoms of a failing TEMP II Sensor? I have gone through 3 [! ] temp II sensors in the 2 years on my...
• Thermometers was One More 'Fridge Thread
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:13:58 -0700
  If you look around you can still find the stuff from Oregon Scientific (and others) that will take more than one remote temp sensor...
• temp sensor ii issues
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Minton
  Wed, 15 May 2013 15:03:33 -0600
  Hi everyone, I've got an 83 air cooled vanagon, and recently discovered my temp sensor ii was completely corroded and not operating correctly...
• Re: Telemetry (was Re: Coolant pressure test... video.)
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:54:30 +0000
  "BUT WHY WHY WHY WOULDN'T VW PUT A TEMP SENSOR ON THE ENGINE, INSTEAD OF IN THE COOLANT???? " I might be wrong, but...
• Re: Gas Mileage and Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 11 May 2001 15:20:05 -0400
  The Temp I sensor is in the AFM air inlet--you're thinking of the single connection coolant sensor next to the Temp II.
• FS:Vanagon Temperature Guage Sensor Switch
  Historical mailing list - Lewis Horn
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 11:22:14 EST
  ...New in Box. � Temperature Gauge Sensor Switch - For Vanagons 1983 to 1985� $5.00 plus shipping from 33063
• Re: How easy is it to .....Temp 2 sensor connector
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:05:13 -0400
  Except for color the temp 2 sensor connector is the same as the injectors and lots of other stuff in fuel injection systems. You...
• =?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 07:19:54 -0700
  So - I swapped out the new coolant temp sensor with the old one last night and went for drive in pretty warm weather - and...
• Temp gauge on dash? Which sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Paul A. Cianciolo
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:04:44 -0500
  ...Can anyone tell me if the coolant sensor that is locate right next to the thermostat is the same one that runs the tempreature...
• Re: How to test the Temp I Sender?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 09:39:44 -0400
  Ed as far as i know the temp I sensor is the intake air sensor in the afm. do you mean the coolant temp...
• Re: 83' won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:28:45 -0400
  I have a similar problem with my 82, where is the temp2 sensor? Is that the same as the temp head sensor? Not much...
• Re: gauge recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:08:13 EST
  ...G-tech accelerometer, recording on road dyno. (in the mirror) digital compass with exterior temperature monitoring, switches with sensor in refrigerator. (additional sensor warning...
• Re: Temp II sensor o-ring confusion
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 25 Jan 2003 22:40:17 -0700
  ...Temp II sensor o-ring confusion > I'm trying to resolve some confusion I've run into before I go to > install my new...
• Re: Temp2 removal, best way to get at it??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 19 May 2010 14:33:42 -0700
  do you have the 2.1 plastic thermostat housing where the Temp II sensor is located ? If so, no hoses need to be removed...
• Re: '86 F.I. probs continued.
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 08:47:17 -0500
  ...I have grounded the temp2 wire on air cooled engines to prove a temp2 sensor was good or bad (I had no tool to...
• Re: Temp I sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 May 2001 00:26:17 -0400
  At 10:09 PM 5/8/2001, Alfred Bagdan wrote: >When measuring the Temp I sensor during the rough running, the voltage is >only...
• Location of Temp Sensor II
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 14:04:45 -0800
  I know that the temp sensor II is in the thermostat housing, ('88 2.1) However, is it the sensor that faces forward or...
• Re: Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 10:35:58 -0600
  ...No high temperature was indicated. Checked the expansion tank and sensor and it was fine. Checked the temperature sensor and the connection and sensor...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems-Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 3 May 2013 08:59:14 -0400
  ...I have no problem with the Temp II sensor in this 2.1. It clips into the plastic thermostat housing and there is also...
• Re: What is Function of temp sensors? (Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 10:39:43 -0700
  ...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: No start after temp II replacement - conclusion
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:59:15 -0800
  When people talk about the running temp after one guy just talked about replacing his Temp Sensor II, which is for temp sensing for...
• Re: temp sensor !--ohm value
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 16:11:20 EDT
  ...It shows pins two and seven as being connected to the temp II sensor. If the sensor is bad (your are looking at the...
• Re: westy cold = rich
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 May 2005 23:12:36 -0400
  I have never seen a temp 1 sensor go bad and the temp 2 sensors are not wear or even common failure items. I...
• Re: Gas Mileage and Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 11 May 2001 13:03:10 -0500
  ...Gas Mileage and Fuel Pressure Regulator > Listmembers, > > I wrotee about the Temp I sensor below in two previous post. After > re-reading my original...
• Re: Coolant Temp Indications
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 01:38:30 -0500
  ...If the sensor doesn't "see" any liquid then the light flashes requardless of temp. Gary, Baltimore
• Re: Temp 2 Sensor Questions
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:22:59 -0500
  ...Jeff Lincoln wrote: > Well, back in late April or Early May I replaced the Temp 2 Sensor and it > cured what ailed my 90...
• Re: Water temp increase after changing hoses, thermostat, and plastic parts
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 11:32:44 -0700
  There is no direct connection between the level sensor and the temp gauge. The level sensor just has a wire to the coolant level...
• Re: Temp II sensor o-ring confusion
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 00:26:46 -0500
  When I bought my Temp II sensor from BusDepot I think I got one with the package. I didn't actually use it however...
• Re: Temp II Again
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 23:06:07 -0400
  The ECU does not actually change fuel mixture in any relationship to temp except for cold start. The ECU basically uses the temp sensor...
• Re: Temp 2 Sensor Questions
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:25:09 -0700
  ...Temp 2 Sensor Questions > >Well, back in late April or Early May I replaced the Temp 2 Sensor and it >cured what ailed my...
• Re: Cold Morning Puzzlement Part Deux
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 18 Feb 2000 06:30:14 EST
  Chuck; Reading the voltage of the TEMPII sensor does not tell you if they are in _tolerance_. You MUST use an ohm meter, a...
• Re: sensor in coolant reservir
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:03:37 -0800
  ...Now I am wondering whether the sensor has anything to > do with the temperature gauge or measures only coolant *level*. > > Also, a flashing light...
• Re: Running rough, dies as temp gauge starts to register
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:43:22 -0800
  ...It relates only to the OX (O2) sensor. Mark Gregory Smith wrote: > Mark, > > I'd test and/or replace the coolant temp sensor, as...
• oil temp sensors
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:53:23 EST
  hey all, anybody out there with an aircooled van that has installed an oil temp sensor or any type of sensor to determine engine...
• Re: oil pressure/temp sensor location
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Jul 1996 13:02:09 -0500
  ...I cannot find any location to install the screw in temp > sensor that I bought. Has anyone installed an oil temp sensor? > If so...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Test. Generic vs VW.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 6 Oct 2009 12:16:16 -0700
  On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Neil > My Temp II sensor wires were all...
• Re: No start after temp II replacement - conclusion
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:47:05 -0500
  ...talk about the running temp after one guy just talked >about >replacing his Temp Sensor II, which is for temp sensing for the ECU...