Herb;
The resistance of the coolant sensor at 30 degrees F should be 5000 to
6500 ohms. If anything else,it is bad.  They are less $20 and are common
failures.  Our 85 did exactly the same thing.
Hear me now , believe me later.
Good Luck
Ken Lewis
kdlewis@juno.com
86 VW crewcab
85 VW Vanagon GL
60 356 coupe

On Wed, 8 Jan 1997 11:08:47 -0600 Herb Harmison <herbh@iastate.edu>
writes:
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>Checked continuity for the O2 and coolant temp sensors
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>Any ideas you could offer would really be appreciated.
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>Thanks,
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>Herb Harmison
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