Hi Jim,
    Right on about the #3 cylinder / temperature 2 sensor. I would like to
add a quick way to eliminate it as the problem is to ground its wire going
to the ecu to frame after warm up. You can also ride around with a meter
attached to the sensor it will read about 0.1 volt after warm up and must be
steady.

Darrell Boehler

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: I'm rich, filthy stinking rich...

> Air-cooled, right?  On the front (FIF) left hand top of the engine you'll
> probably see a single wire that disappears into the cooling shroud.  Right
> over the top of cylinder #3.  On the other end of the wire is the
notorious
> 'temp sensor #2'.  If it has loosened up a bit or if it has failed it will
> give you an extreme rich condition.  Takes a 14mm as I remember.  Might
give
> it a look-see.
>
> Jim Arnott
> WetWesties
> Union, OR
>
>
>
> Carl Krucke wrote:
> >
> > So rich in fact, I can't drive the thing...
> >
> > 82 Vanagon L was cruising merrily along at a pretty good clip a couple
weeks
> > ago, when I suddenly lost power and started blowing huge clouds of dark
> > smoke, proportional in density to throttle position.  Limped a few more
> > miles and eventually parked it.  Was able to restart it a couple times,
but
> > it skipped and stuttered and smoked heavily, definitely wouldn't idle.
Rode
> > home with the flatbed driver.  For the day, about 40 miles on a fresh
tank
> > of gas, and it was down to nearly a half tank when the sun fell.
> >
>