On 26 Jul 96 at 14:43, DHaynes57@aol.com wrote: > To answer the above questions, I offer the following: > 1) Do not replace the sensor with the wrong type. The heater is needed both > for quick warm up, and during extended idling. Not having the heated sesor > can cause all sorts of wierdness during engine warm up. Is there any easy way to test if the heater element is working? I assume it's like a glow plug which can be checked with a meter <?> My '88 has recently started stalling when pushing clutch in during first few minutes of driving cold. Runs great otherwise. I expect it's that pesky throttle switch again, but with all this talk of O2 sensors, I wanted to check mine... Shawn '88 Westy 332k (Kyra) '85 Jetta TD 350k (Jenni)
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