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Re: Failed emissions for third time
Historical mailing list - David M
Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:16:02 -0700
...They said they connected a diagnostic tool to the ECU (he called it a ';break-out box') and it indicates the coolant temperature sensor...
Re: weird happening
Historical mailing list
Thu, 9 May 1996 00:11:02 -0400
I'd check the head temperature sensor - if it is going bad the engine dying thing will happen more and more frequently. You need...
Re: Cold start woes
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Sat, 11 Sep 1999 14:59:07 EDT
I dont think I can help with your cold idle woes except to suggest that you check the water temperature sensor as this is...
Re: Oil Light
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:53:57 -0400
...Trace the wire connected to the sensor under the water pump and clean all the connections associated with it. The best insurance is a...
Re: O2 sensor question
Historical mailing list
Fri, 6 Jun 1997 10:53:54 -0700
...I have a dash mounted LED (O2 sensor) monitor. I have > > NEVER seen the system go into open loop once it reaches operating > > temperature...
Re: Temp guage not reading anymore 89
Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:04:40 -0400
...contacts on the sensor to see if it falls within the spec. in the Bentley manual. There is a resistance/temperature chart in the...
Re: Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:42:04 -0800
...reasonable temperature, but It's also probably a highly optimistic reading. It's a long run to the sensor, and the sensor is in...
Can't find a 1.9 fuel injection problem?
Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
Thu, 19 Jun 1997 16:31:09 -0400
...mine weep a little, but not serious) coolant temperature sensor ECU Air Flow sensor Oxygen Sensor The fuel pressure is OK (30lbs). Fuel pressure...
Re: Why am I stalling?
Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
Sat, 13 Sep 1997 23:48:38 -0700
...Columbia, MD Dave, Check for the proper function of your engine temperature sensor II. This device provides the ECU with the basic information required...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:26:36 -0700
> On Oct 1, 2015, at 2:19 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote: > > High oil temperature. Simplest answer for a 200K miles engine...
Re: Cooling System Nightmare. Sorry for the Old Thread
Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:09:49 -0800
...The temperature continues to climb at idle, but fan doesn't come on = bad temperature sensor in the radiator. jump the fan wires so...
Re: Drivability Problems with Vanagons
Historical mailing list
Thu, 10 Oct 1996 03:30:20 -0400
In a message dated 96-10-09 22:56:39 EDT, you write: << Someone mentioned replacing the temperature sensor. >> This would have been the...
six guys update
Historical mailing list - Ted Titcomb
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:19:35 -0400
...I got some good advise from vanagon members, and the internet, and all things point to the temperature sensor. They were driving from San...
Re: Clip for temperature sensors at thermostat housing (2.1L)
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:48:08 -0700
...Clip for temperature sensors at thermostat housing (2.1L) > This might seem a bit crazy, but right now I am having a hard time...
Progress with the engine RPM problem but not repaired yet
Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:41:14 EDT
...The temp II sensor reads normal resistance at both the high and low temperatures as specified in Bentley. Does anyone have advice on how...
Bad Temp Sensor?
Historical mailing list - David L. Chasteen
Sun, 27 Apr 1997 12:56:06 -0700
...I believe that it is some sort of temperature sensor that is going (or has gone) bad. Unfortunately, I dont have a Bentley book...
Re: Another operating temp question
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 24 Dec 2001 13:32:11 -0600
...you are > really > seeing the case temperature as the oil is not actually flowing past > the > sensor. This may through the reading off by...
Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:05:38 +0000
Toss in the various sensors for the FI system....temperature sensor, throttle sensor, O2 sensor, and of course my favorite, power steering pressure sensor...
Re: COLD WEATHER STUTTERING
Historical mailing list - Beckham, Chip
Mon, 28 Jan 2002 13:19:36 -0500
...T2 sensor. I also ran about four tanks of Chevron Supreme through it, and thought I had it licked... until the temperature dropped again...
Re: LP tank level detection proposal, its Friday..
Historical mailing list - David Greenland
Fri, 21 Apr 2000 08:26:51 -0700
...temperature, inexpensive thermistors will be used >> - A minimum of two sensors is required to detect that LP is below a >> threshold, more sensors could...
Re: Diesel Westy Glow Plug LED
Historical mailing list - Strano Foreign Car
Thu, 7 Nov 1996 12:06:38 -0500
...Is there a >>temperature sensor which tells the LED to go out?? > > There is a Temperature sender in the engine (I think that it...
Re: Progress with the engine RPM problem but not repaired yet
Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:36:39 EDT
...The VOM has a temperature probe so I was reasonably sure of the coolant temperature. Thanks, Rico In a message dated 10/24/2009...
Re: '85 Oil Light/Thermostat Questions
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:16:41 -0500
...up for, theres no change in temperature as indicated on >the guage. Oil: sounds like the sensor wire might be rubbing/pinched, worn through...
Re: defeat
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:10:09 EDT
...The cold start enrichment is provided by the coolant temperature sensor. Also there is an auxilliary air regulator fitted below the air intake bellows...
Re: Procedure for checking computer Temp sending unit
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Sun, 8 Sep 2002 09:29:01 -0400
...If the Digijet is like the digifant, the sensor is an NTC or > negative > temperature coefficient device. The hotter it gets the LESS > resitance...
87 Westy Coolant Temp Puzzle
Historical mailing list - John W. Parkins
Thu, 8 Sep 2005 20:14:01 -0400
...I inserted a thermocouple (temperature sensor) into the reservoir tank (not the overflow tank of course) and it reads 210 deg F. Now, this...
Re: engine surge on idle --- FIX
Historical mailing list
Sat, 16 Apr 94 19:20:34 EDT
...800 (VW repair sucks) I tracked it down to the idle temperature sensor. Seems that it is a thermsistor that senses when the engine...
Re: start - won't sart - solution
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Fri, 22 Aug 2003 17:57:56 -0700
...Second, and again limiting myself to air-cooled Vanagons, a temperature sensor gives information to the ECU which enriches or leans out the basic...
Re: 82 cold starts fine; stalls after 5 min.; Temp II??
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:13:03 -0500
...Have you run the tests in Bentley 24.13? If so you know whether you have 1) a good sensor, 2) a good sensor...
Re: Water Pump-Oil Pressure
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:20:11 -0500
...Also where did you install the oil temperature sensor? It needs to be in the case or someplace oil is actually flowing past it...
Cooling System Weirdness
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 10 Jun 2000 19:13:03 -0500
...know...the one in the temperature indicator gage on the instrument panel. You knoww....the coolant level sensor indicator light.. I was tooling down...
Re: 83 temperature gauge goes berserk
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 26 Apr 2005 05:14:07 -0700
This could be the coolant level sensor. The main coolant tank has a sensor to warn you if the coolant level is getting low...
aging problems
Historical mailing list - Felix Bello
Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:55:25 -0500
...up. ???? 3- Temperature light blinks constantly, but temperature does not go up. This, even after flushing and filling the system. Sensor ???? 4- Steering rack...
Re: flashing LED
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:29:37 -0400
...to say coolant temperature gauge, right? ;-) >> If that is flashing it's probably the coolant level is low or the >> sensor >> not sensing / disconnected...
Re: Temperature gauge reading wrong?
Historical mailing list - George Jannini
Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:59:35 -0500
...Glad I have the other type of sensor. <G> George/ATL '89 Westy, Wernher ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM...
Re: Update on AFM testing procedure
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Sat, 5 Jul 2014 10:42:42 -1000
the ecu doesn't read the temperature of the wires in the MAF sensor. it reads the change of resistance that occurs as more...
Re: And now for something REALLY important
Historical mailing list - BA
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:04:27 -0700
...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: Update on AFM testing procedure
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Sat, 5 Jul 2014 17:42:02 -1000
...com> wrote: > >> the ecu doesn't read the temperature of the wires in the MAF sensor. >> it reads the change of resistance that occurs...
Re: huge loss of power
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 14:41:52 -0500
Hi Steve, I would check the o2 sensor,the temperature 2 sensor and the afm (air flow meter). The engine will naturally have a...
Diagram Request 1985 Volkswagen vannagon Complete (fwd)
Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
Thu, 3 Aug 2006 13:38:09 -0400
...temperature sensors in radiator. May need to find adapters to hook up gauge manifold to compressor. What size are the hook up ports on...
temp gauge-coolant level sensor questions
Historical mailing list - Brian Jones
Tue, 14 Nov 2000 15:46:09 EST
...the temperature gauge does nothing until after the low coolant light flashes-then it shoots all the way up to hot and stays there...
Re: temp. gauge warning light
Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
Mon, 2 Jul 2001 22:41:38 -0700
...sensor due to changing capacitance. May be time to change coolant. Leon 85 Subwagen Westy Brett Ellingson wrote: > My 87 westy's coolant temperature...
Re: Idle problems
Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:36:27 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...
Temperature gauge
Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
Thu, 2 Sep 1999 08:12:03 -0500
Can anyone on the list tell me which ,if any , temp sensor acts as the sending unit for the temp gauge? Is there a...
Re: O2 sensor is a thermistor
Historical mailing list
Thu, 6 Jun 1996 23:35:17 -0400
...In simple terms, the O2 sensor is >measuring the exhaust gas temperature. The computer compares the heat >with a calculated factor based on rpm...
Re: oil pressure light
Historical mailing list - Phil Dennis
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 14:26:48 -0700
...and the temperature outside would make the oil at freeway speeds get just thin enough that slowing down would trip the sensor. With mine...
Re: diesel warm start ??
Historical mailing list
Tue, 4 Mar 97 13:13:36 EST
I wrote: > Anyway, for a quick, dirty fix, just pull (and leave unconnected) the > wire to the glow plug temperature sensor on the head...
Re: A/C cycling
Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
Wed, 24 Sep 2003 04:33:39 -0400
...1) The temp guage is wrong and the van really is overheating. (the sensor for the guage has nothing to do with turning on...
Re[2]: Coolant Temp Indications
Historical mailing list
Thu, 16 Nov 1995 08:06:02 -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...
Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
Historical mailing list - Skip
Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:52:00 +0000
...a less than really hot temperature. In other words, I'm not totally convinced that my Temp II sensor is the root cause of...
Re: fuel injection woes
Historical mailing list
Tue, 09 Aug 94 15:29:10 -0700
...I had a similar problem with my '78 van and it turned out to be an intermittent head temperature sensor. At times the idle...
Checking TEMPI & TEMPII sensors.
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Tue, 15 Aug 2000 17:10:12 EDT
...Alternately compare readings between pins nine and ten with the other lead.* Theoretically if both sensors are at the same temperature then their resistances...
Radiator Temperature Sensor Fittings NVC
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:40:35 -0700
...sensor over to the new radiator, I noticed the threads in the new rad are much too large for my old sensor. The parts...
Re: Gauges & sendinig unit installation
Historical mailing list - John
Sun, 14 Jan 2001 15:25:50 -0500
...the wordy one is my procedure for > >installing the oil temperature sensor in the crankcase. If you don't > >want to drill the case...
head temp gauge
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Tue, 28 Dec 1999 22:45:32 EST
...Each sensor's display would be a ten LED bar graph. What kind of temperature range should it monitor? I will probably make a...
Re: Failed emissions for third time-Some helpful hints.
Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
Sun, 21 Jul 2013 19:20:56 -0700
...Failed emissions for third time-Some helpful hints. > > > The air temperature sensor was never readily available as a separate part. I > have never seen...
Re: fan switch or sensor
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Sat, 27 Sep 2003 21:07:23 -0400
...fan switch or sensor I am wanting to replace the switch or sensor that turns the radiator fan on at various temperature. The three...
Re: Warning Lights and Gauges
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Sat, 2 Mar 2002 20:36:36 +0100
...temperature > Voltage (house and starting battery) > Amperage (house and starting battery) > Refrigerator temperature > Photo-sensor (candlepower) > Seismometer > Geiger counter (milli-rads) > Hull temperature > > Warning...
Auto Transmission Fluid Ports
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Thu, 1 Mar 2012 17:11:40 -0800
...fetish, this time by adding a transmission oil temperature gauge. I want to put the sensor on the UNcooled side, but can't find...
Re: My O2 sensor is NOT faulty..(follow-up to a question yesterday)
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Tue, 9 Sep 2014 10:33:11 -1000
...sensor is related to 'operating temp' ( I assume that means coolant temperature ). 'taint so. They're not related ..you could have NO oxygen sensor...