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Date:         Mon, 27 Dec 2004 22:07:59 -0800
Reply-To:     jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
Subject:      Re: 2.1 waterboxer oil temp gauge?
In-Reply-To:  <b3a1e7ad04122720526ac0b4fa@mail.gmail.com>
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At 08:52 PM 12/27/2004, you wrote: >I'm in the process of stripping a 2.1 engine to the long-block so that >I can put the cooling system from a 1.9 onto it. I notice that there >is some type of sensor that is mounted into the block by the oil >filter. See picture below. Is this an oil-temp sensor? The 1.9 >does not have this sensor.

Yeah, that's the .9bar sensor that monitors pressure when you're running over 2000rpm. It connects to the extra circuitry in the later model speedometer. I first discovered that sensor when the bonehead Jiffylube guy knocked it loose and the oil pressure warning buzzer scared the dickens out of me.

John Bange '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"


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