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Subject:Re: Cold start issue
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Mon, 6 Jun 2011 10:50:25 -0700

Reads 3.4K ohm @ 13 degrees C, which is smack dab in the middle of the
expected correct reading per figure on Bentley page 24.19.

So I must look elsewhere for cause of trouble.

On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 13:59 -0400, David Beierl wrote:

> At 01:22 PM 6/5/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> >Stupid thing. I already replaced it once, about four years ago. What's
> >up with that part? Lousy design?
>
> Good to have a spare, even though the 1.9l ones cost more than the
> 2.1l.  But certainly no harm to unplug/replug, exercise the
> connection.  And to get more information, before you do that wait
> overnight then unplug the ECU and do the resistance check on 24.20,
> third step.  If you get a reading at that plug that's within spec for
> the temperature (see previous page) it would suggest TII is not the
> problem.  If it's out of spec, check/clean connection at sender, see
> if that fixes.
>
> Yrs,
> David
>