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• Re: 86 digifant running rich
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 08:16:32 -0500
  ...The voltage from the temperature 2 sensor ( coolant ) should be around 0.1 volt with engine that is warmed up. Darrell Ps. you must...
• Re: FW: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:13:17 -0500
  ...This trick will only work when both >sensors are at the same temperature, like first thing in the morning. At >the ECU plug, hold...
• Bad in town Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:17:51 -0700
  ...So even thought the O2 sensor must be at operating temperature, it appeared to me that the Temp II sensor in my case was...
• Re: Low oxygen monitors
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:33:00 -0800
  ...Up until relatively recently, oxygen sensors have been like the zirconia O2 sensors in our exhaust systems, requiring high temperatures (meaning lots of watts...
• Re: 87 syncro water temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:17:00 -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: Oil sensor still buzz after going to Mahle oil filter, now what?
  Historical mailing list - David Harrison Ransom
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 19:21:18 -0700
  ...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: Idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:27:57 -0400
  ...sensor, the resistance measurements were at the > specifications at the temperature ranges specified in the Bentley manual. > I checked > the temperature of the sensor...
• Re: Coolant temperature sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:28:36 -0400
  ...Coolant temperature sensor Hey all, first time post, but I'm feeling squirrely about a minor fix that seems to have gone bad. I...
• Re: Temp sensor II replacement
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 24 Sep 2001 07:38:55 EDT
  ...Temp sensor II replacement I have a in my 90 Vanagon Westy. Does anyone know if I replace the Temperature Sensor II if I...
• Re: Cold Morning Puzzlement Part Deux
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 18 Feb 2000 06:30:14 EST
  ...I have found TEMPII sensors read good at operating temperature but the resistance at freezing be off by a factor of two! I have...
• Re: fan switch or sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:14:40 -0400
  ...key back on, the temperature was much higher than I'd like to see. (On diesels the temperature sensor is on the head, so...
• 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...
• Re: 2.1L coolant light problem
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 13:20:58 -0700
  ...I > > suspect the temperature sensor for the fan is > poorly > > placed. > > It's placed halfway through the radiator. That's an > odd but reasonable...
• Re: Coolant light mystery
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:33:50 -0400
  I believe the coolant light circuit measures resistance between the two pins of the sensor in the plastic tank. If the resistance is out...
• Re: o2 sensor question again sorry
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 07:57:58 -0500
  ...O2 sensor is perhaps THE most important sensor in the late Vanagon injection. After as all of the other inputs are considered (temperature, air...
• Re: VANAGON digest 495
  Historical mailing list - Jens Dominik Muller
  Fri, 16 Jun 1995 14:02:12 -0400
  ...the engine temperature sensor of the FI unit to check your engine temperature. Can you hook up a gauge to that sensor in parallel...
• Re: Vanagon Electrical Puzzle 2
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 23 Apr 2022 23:25:49 -0700
  The answer is that temp gauge led is first and foremost an "over temperature warning" led. The coolant level warning aspect was added on...
• Re: And now for something REALLY important
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:59:27 -0400
  ...long as the sensor is out of direct sunlight. Anywhere near the headlight I think would falsely increase the temperature, esp. at night...The...
• Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 16:14:01 -0800
  The true O2 sensor circuit ground point is nowhere near the O2 sensor and does not share any wires with the O2 sensor wiring...
• Re: Best placement for outside air temperature sender?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 14:28:36 -0600
  In my '81 air-cooled I have had a temperature probe wire-tied to the horn. That seemed to give a good reading. If...
• Re: Redline Water Wetter (was: Temperature guage}
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 08:15:58 -0500
  ...I guess the way to prove it would be to have two water temp sensors. Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Stearns <gstearns@OPTONLINE.NET...
• Re: temp gauge and coolant light trouble
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:12:58 -0700
  You probably have a defective coolant temperature sensor or a short of the sensor wiring. The resistance value of the sensor is too low...
• Re: Temp II voltages
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:31:48 -0500
  ...listed 2 different acceptable ranges for the Temp >II >> >sensor voltage at normal operating temperature. The first was 0.1 >to 0.2 >> >volts...
• Re: Won't start cold
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:02:02 -0400
  ...Also, the temp II sensor is new, so I think I can rule that one out as a problem, unless perhaps the connection isn...
• 85 GL Home and Well :) Thanks
  Historical mailing list - D. Pestle
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 22:37:01 +0000
  ...A new coolant temperature sensor seems to have cured the Beartooth Mtn. Blues. My baby is home and resting well in the garage. Red...
• Re: sensor not hot enough
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:16:44 -0500
  My interpretation of the whole thing (I'm dealing with similar issues) is that the O2 sensor works, no matter what temperature it's...
• Re: Syncro stutter
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:43:23 -0800
  Funny - I was having similar problems and closely watching this post...I > replaced the O2 sensor and found the symptoms returning a few days...
• RE: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 13:32:16 CST6CDT
  ...tester' The three-wire sensors utilize 2 wires to drive a heating element keeping the sensor at optimum temperature, the third wire is the...
• Re: Last call for overheating help
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:10:26 -0400
  ...Of course the only way to test what's really going on is to use one of those external hose temperature sensors that nasa...
• 2.1L Vanagon Cooling - Philosophical Design question
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:12:33 -0400
  ...The temp sensor is always measuring the temperature of the hot coolant in the bottom of the thermostat manifold. The thermostat is mixing the...
• Re: Atlanta to Moscow Road Trip (Awfully Long)
  Historical mailing list - Seth F Gordon
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:44:04 -0500
  did you replace the coolant temperature sensor, or at least check it. It is fairly cheap but important. Check and re-check all grounds...
• Re: Meter Recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:14:45 -0800
  While talking about meters, Radio Shack has the hand held (very small) remote temperature sensor on sale right now at $29.95, Christmas special...
• Re: Help! stinky exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 19:23:05 -0500
  ...Temperature sensor Bad grounds, and other bad connectors. Fuel pressure regulator Air flow meter Oxygen sensor Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net
• Re: Overheating - Radiator temperature?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 27 May 2005 09:30:40 -0700
  ...In hot weather it can't keep up, so the temperature rises until the fan sensor turns on the fan, which brings it back...
• Need information on Bosch temperature sensors (More on 8 miles to the gallon)
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 23:23:56 -0400
  ...Does anyone know where I can find the specs for the following sensors? Bosch 191 Bosch 346 The 341 came with my engine. I...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 14 Nov 1999 to 15 Nov 1999 - Special issue
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:06:39 EST
  I have found the TEMPII sensor can be right on at room temperature but be twice (or even half of) the proper resistance at...
• Re: Update: permanent fuel pressure gauge - Source!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:30:45 EST
  ...In particular, I use two sensors. One at the inlet yo the oil filter, since it is closest to the oil temperature as picked...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:31:16 -0400
  ...intake air temperature, engine temperature, engine rpm, throttle-position switch. Once the engine is up to temp and the oxygen sensor is also working...
• Re: 87 syncro water temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:44:48 -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...
• Coolant temp gauge not working
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:39:11 -0700
  ...I am thinking of getting this coolant gauge replacement at VC ( http://www.van-cafe.com/temperature-gauge) what else I have to do...
• Re: Overheating - but no to windward
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:32:35 -0600
  ...I'm getting it looked at tomorrow, but suspect the little temp sensor switch screwed into the radiator, that turns the fan on. Does...
• Re: 87: coolant temp sensor for syncro
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 12:39:11 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The 1990 engine had a > plastic thermostat housing and the temperature sensor with the "clip". The > wiring connection on the sensor was different than...
• Re: temp 2 sensors?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 14 May 2005 07:36:28 -0700
  ...One of the last items listed under that heading is the temperature sender that is Temp2. If you have a Syncro their website lists...
• Where is temperature sensor & why does needle drop when heater is on?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 10:06:46 -0600
  ...On that note, what temperature range would the coolant be running at when the engine is "up to temperature". I'm considering getting an...
• Re: O2 sensor question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jun 1997 08:17:32 PST
  ...I have a dash mounted LED (O2 sensor) monitor. I have NEVER seen the system go into open loop once it reaches operating temperature...
• Temperature Sensor Light/Difficulty Starting
  Historical mailing list - Harold Jaynes
  Sat, 11 Dec 1999 18:35:44 EST
  ...First, sometimes the temperature sensor light starts to blink upon starting occasionally and will not stop blinking for a mile or two. Sometimes it...
• Re: adding resister to center 1.9 coolant temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 6 Jul 2010 23:19:14 -0700
  ...The sender is a temperature-dependent resistor? Speaking of which.... A while back I suspected that my temp sensor was going haywire. (the half...
• COLD WEATHER STUTTERING
  Historical mailing list - Cooper John LCDR ALCOM/J322
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 17:45:05 -0000
  ...T2 sensor. I also ran about four tanks of Chevron Supreme through it, and thought I had it licked... until the temperature dropped again...
• HELP: problem with temperature gauge (or something)
  Historical mailing list - Katherine J. Maas
  Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:03:27 -0700
  ...Thinking something else must have been malfunctioning, he bled the system, replaced the gauge (twice), replaced the temperature sensor, changed the vibrator, and checked...
• Re: Coolant problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 27 Sep 2003 22:17:42 -0400
  ...spurting) out past the o ring that is around the > temperature (level?) sensor that gets screwed into the coolant reservoir. > So... I'm hoping...
• Changing fuel injection temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cote
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:24:45 EDT
  Hi all -- today's message is about changing the fuel injection temperature sender (the one by the thermostat) on my '86 Westy. When I...
• Re: stalling after engine cleaned
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:05:05 -0500
  ...I would also check the TEMPII sensor at operating temperature. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• mechanic time
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 19:07:36 -0400
  ...I finally got the right temperature sensor, and put it in today, hoping it would cure my running to rich after warm up problem...
• Re: Operating temp question/Boston Bob's solution?(long)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Tue, 25 Dec 2001 10:24:04 EST
  ...unplug the sensor and see what happens. The system defaults to "open loop" and a preprogrammed set of parameters. (this temperature, this air flow...
• Re: Re.: hesitation on 87 Vanagon O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 04:27:55 EDT
  ...By the way I have recently a changed the fuel injection temperature sensor (it was bad). Hate to change a part and then have...
• Re: O2 sensor install anti seize-copper based?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:11:16 -0500
  Nickel based tends to work better at high temperatures. Most sensor come with the threads pre-treated. The real trick is to make sure...
• Re: Gauged Animals?
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 09 Nov 1995 18:55:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...sensors... > >A casual perusal of an old issue in my office reveals: single CHT (Cylinder >head temp) guages, single EGT (exhaust gas temperature) guages...
• fan switch or sensor, a busdepot question
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:13:58 -0700
  ...Busdepot sells a sensor switch which is a lower temperature switch for the two speed radiator fan. Does anyone know if it works better...
• coolant temperature sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:28:12 -1000
  ...My mech said he changed the coolant temperature sensor (whatever that is) and she has run perfectly ever since, but it has only been...
• Re: How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 18:56:32 EST
  ...BUT the sensor must reach operating temperature to work(real hot) i.e. the computer ignores any input from sensors on a cold engine...