Date:         Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:13:03 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: 82 cold starts fine; stalls after 5 min.; Temp II??
Comments: To: Kw <kokopellis@ATT.NET>
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At 02:10 11/1/2000, Kw wrote:
>This can't be a $40 part. Dave Beierl, electrical guy,  please tell me
>what makes these sensors gold?

They have them and you don't.  Also, it costs real money to keep stuff in
inventory.  Further, if they quit making them a while ago, the remaining
dwindling supply will get more and more expensive until it's cheaper to
make a new one yourself at which point prices might stabilize.

But don't buy one unless you need it.  Have you run the tests in Bentley
24.13?   If so you know whether you have 1) a good sensor, 2) a good sensor
with corrosion between it and the head, or 3) a bad sensor.  If the sensor
tests good but you still suspect a problem in the area, monitor the voltage
across the sensor during warmup -- it should decrease smoothly.

If it really is the sensor, you need a good one, new or used -- or you need
to build the functional equivalent.  They give you three points on the
temperature curve, so it should be possible to do, but it's going to cost
you more than $40 in time...

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"