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Subject:Re: Missing Female at Oil Breather Base
From:Neil N
Date:Thu, 4 Dec 2014 11:13:26 -0800

Is the other end of the plug at or near the flywheel area on passenger
side? If so, it's likely an OEM sensor VW used with one of their VWxxx
diagnostic machines. IIRC, this sensor is used to determine TDC or RPM
for certain tests.

pic of TDC sensor on my '88 Westy:

http://tinyurl.com/pfm7jkq

Neil.

On 12/3/14, Stephen Engel <sengel543@yahoo.com> wrote:

> There's a male plug at the base of the oil breather on my 87 Syncro 2.1 WBX.
> Is there a missing female plug/sensor?

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Neil n

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