Date:         Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:15:50 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: When in Doubt - Temp 2 - thanks to Digitool
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> So where can I get this digitool? I dont really believe it exists.  I got
> about 20 days seft on my state emission extendsion, ant it still runs like
> cr@p. Temp 2 ya say.
>

Well, you could try and build your own Digitool using Darrell Boehler's
notes
<http://www.loam.org/vw/Vanagon/DigiTool/>,
but like he says, it ain't nuthin' you can't do with a digital multimeter
and a stickpin already. At eight bucks (86+ 2WD) or twenty bucks (pre-86,
all syncros) a pop, I'd replace Temp2 whether I knew it was bad or not. Of
course that's my typical repair method-- swap parts until the symptom
disappears. Now I have a whole box of good-used parts that AREN'T the cause
of my intermittent misfire, just waiting for my NEXT vanagon...
Yeah, a bad Temp2 will bugger your emissions pretty good.  If Temp2 shows
more than 400-500 ohms resistance with the coolant up to operating
temperature, you'll run way too rich.
--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"