At 08:52 PM 12/27/2004, you wrote:
>I'm in the process of stripping a 2.1 engine to the long-block so that
>I can put the cooling system from a 1.9 onto it.  I notice that there
>is some type of sensor that is mounted into the block by the oil
>filter.  See picture below.   Is this an oil-temp sensor?  The 1.9
>does not have this sensor.

Yeah, that's the .9bar sensor that monitors pressure when you're running
over 2000rpm. It connects to the extra circuitry in the later model
speedometer. I first discovered that sensor when the bonehead Jiffylube guy
knocked it loose and the oil pressure warning buzzer scared the dickens out
of me.

John Bange
'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"