I bought the green temp sensor from an AAZ Jetta and now the gauge reads
even more off.  It is pinning out all the way to the right within 5 mins of
running.  I still have the yellow one which I might put back in.  The green
one I bought is part number 357919501 is that the one you meant?  Beside
the temp gauge being wacky, the engine is running and driving well.  Just
want a gauge that works before I drive it too far.  It makes me nervous not
having a level sender and an accurate gauge.  I turn on the front and rear
heaters just so I can feel the heat, I know that there is coolant in the
engine.

Ken

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 1:31 AM, Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@westyventures.com>
wrote:

> Ken, which temp sender did they supply? One with a yellow or green ring?
> The
> yellow one reads wrong.
>
> Timing @ 1.05 is actually better power and more responsive. 'Factory
> emission' spec isn't always best. ;-)
>
>
>
>
>  On Wed, 27 May 2015 17:13:46 -0400, kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
> <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>
> >OK guys just wanted to update you all on what is up with the 1.9l TD
> >conversion.  Got it all back together last week but then the timing was
> off
> >and I didn't have the tool to set it properly (a whole different story) so
> >I had to order one.  Fast forward to Tuesday of this week, set the timing
> >back to where it was (.90mm lift) and the van is purring like a rather
> >large kitten!  Running great and the pesky oil light is off.  Driving it
> >around as a test drive, my coolant temp gauge is reading around 3/4 hot
> >however reading the temps with an infrared heat gun it isn't even hot at
> >the hose that goes to the head at that point.  I let it run last night to
> >get hot enough for the radiator fan to come on and when it did the gauge
> is
> >almost reading full hot.  I think it is just not calibrated to the sender
> >that came with the engine.  I wish you could adjust the gauge somehow, but
> >as far as I know there isn't a way to do that.  My new normal is 3/4 hot.
> >I pulled that relay for the blinking light out because the reservoir for
> >the conversion doesn't have a level sender in it.
> >
> >Driving around, it seems to have power on par with a 1.9l waterboxer with
> >more low end torque.  I can take off in 2nd gear with my unmodified
> >waterboxer transmission and that actually feels better than starting in
> 1st
> >which is almost a creeper gear now.  At 50 mph it is winding up, but not
> as
> >bad as the 1.6l NA diesel does at that speed.  I haven't really driven
> much
> >faster yet as I am still breaking the engine in at this point.
> >
> >It is nice to hear that turbo working which sounds like a hair dryer right
> >now.  I need to do some sound deadening to quiet things up.
> >
> >So, if I hadn't had to deal with that stuck valve in the oil filter flange
> >this would have not been a bad experience.  It is a pretty easy conversion
> >to do and now that I have done one, I could do the next one in probably
> >10-15 hours (as long as there are no gotcha from the engine builders
> >side).
> >
> >I still haven't spoken with the conversion supplier yet about reimbursing
> >me for my time.  I'll let you know how that goes (like a lead balloon most
> >likely).
>

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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
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