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Subject:Re: No start after temp II replacement - conclusion
From:Mike S
Date:Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:47:05 -0500
At 06:59 PM 2/15/2008, Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote...
>When people talk about the running temp after one guy just talked
>about
>replacing his Temp Sensor II, which is for temp sensing for the ECU,
>which
>has zip to do with what temperature the engine runs at,

Huh? What do you think it's measuring, except the engine temperature?

>But no amount of changing the Temp Sensor II has any affect on what
>temp the
>engine runs at.

The ECU uses it to adjust the mixture. The mixture has a definite
affect on engine temperature.