Date:         Tue, 16 Jan 2001 13:45:34 +0000
Reply-To:     Peter Cassidy <pcassidy@APPLE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Peter Cassidy <pcassidy@APPLE.COM>
Subject:      Running rich - the sequel!
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Hi all,

     Well! Re. to my posting yesterday about my van running extremely
rich and getting about 2MPG, it turns out the culprit was ....... the
Temp II sensor. Surprise!! 8-). It cost £20 ($28) to get the 40 miles
in and out of work yesterday.

     I got home late last night & at about 1AM got down to work. I
found a Temp II sensor lying around in my toolbox - a leftover from
my bucking/idling problems of two years ago. Pulled the old sensor
(lost a bit of coolant) and popped in the 'new' one! Woohoo - fiiixed!!

     Anyways - the strange bit. The Temp 2 sensor that was in there
was a new one, datestamped 10/98 and had an alloy body. The one I
replaced it with was the original, dated 7/87 and had a copper body.
The dud sensor made a 'thwong' noise when I tapped it. Sounds like
the thermistor has un-bonded itself from the body of the sensor.

     So all's well again. Thanks to David Beierl for the spot-on
advice!

Regards,

Pete C

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Pete  Cassidy,                              pcassidy@apple.com
Cork, Ireland                           http://www.iol.ie/~pcassidy
'88 Wolfsburg "Muriel", '71 Westy         *not speaking for Apple*