Date:         Sun, 2 Jan 2000 19:25:57 -0600
Reply-To:     Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Subject:      Re: DEAD in my garage on New Year's Day
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Hi Ken,
    Great advice to compare the temp 1 and temp 2 for equal resistance
before startup, tells a person a lot about the sensors.  Also checking from
the ecu end as you suggest eliminates the possibility of miss diagnosing
bad connection at the sensor end. This is also good advise for air cooled
L-Jetronic.
    I have experienced several temp 2 sensors that were intermittent. To
prove they are functioning correctly when an anomaly develops one can attach
a volt meter to the sensor wire and observe the voltage while driving
around. The voltage should be steady and very near zero volts on a warm /
hot engine.  Of course a digitool  will check them with the flip of a
switch.

Darrell Boehler

----- Original Message -----
From: kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: DEAD in my garage on New Year's Day


> John;
>         The best way to check the TEMPII sensor is with a digital ohm
> meter. Take the measument first thing in the morning before the vehicle
> is started. Note the ambient temperature i.e. the engine temperature
> should have equalized. Remove the connector from the ECU and measure
> across the appropriate pins(Digijet=2&7, Digifant=6&10). Compare to graph
> in Bentley manual.
>
>         Don't have a Bentley manual? Shame on you but all is not lost.
> The TempI sensor should have the same resistance as the TempII if they
> are at the same temperature. The pins at the ECU connector are 14&6 for
> Digijet and 6&9 for Digifant.
>
>         Digijet Digifant
> TEMPI   14&6    6&9
> TEMPII  2&7     6&10
>
> Drive Safely & Good Luck
> Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe
> For Sale: 61 AustinHealey Sprite(not Bugeye);Daily driver $2500
>
> On Sun, 2 Jan 2000 15:12:42 -0500 "John Lauterbach"
> <jhlauterbach@email.msn.com> writes:
> >Right now, I have confirmed "spark" as whatever is going on line to #1
> >plug
> >will cause the strobe in the timing light to flash. I am having
> >problems
> >getting a good resistance measurement on the Temp II sensor.
> >
> >John Lauterbach
> >Macon, GA
>
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