Re: Distress call...

[Toby Erkson <Toby_Erkson@ccm2.hf.intel.com>]

First, some light on temp sensor I (TS1).  The TS1 measures the ambient air 
temp entering the engine.  It changes the mixture according to the 
temperature and it doesn't seem to be much of a change.  When it goes bad 
idle generally gets erratic.  Unplugging the sensor basically tells the FI 
brain it's really cold out (infinite resistance, close enough to 1200 ohms 
:) to which the FI brain enriches the mixture.  This is a very common 
problem with the D-jetronic FI system and Porsche 914 owners have the same 
problem.  They all say the same thing:  Disconnect it.

Check --> http://www.estinc.com/HyperNews/get/forums/trouble.html
and review message #5 (and its threads).
"...if you want to test your Temp Sensor I with an ohmmeter, here are the specs 
from my Bosch book: At 14 degrees F, resistance should be between 860-1200 ohms;
at 68 degrees F, 260-340 ohms, and at 122 degrees F, 90-130 ohms. Hope that this
helps."

To your initial problem -- when does it stall out?  Only while stopped?  While 
driving down the road?  Only uphill?  If there seems to be no rhyme or reason to
it dying check your ignition system (you may have a bad coil).  Also, as with 
any electronic device, make sure all of the wiring is good in your FI system (no
exposed wiring, all connectors cleaned and making positive metal-to-metal 
contact, etc).
     Toby Erkson
     air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 stock 1.8L for sale

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Subject: Distress call...
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    3/2/97 5:16 PM


I was driving the '73 squareback today, and it was running like CRAP!!
(It's had a problem the past few months, which I atributed to a poor
connection on the numbers 1 and 2 injectors...usually it would feel like I
was running on three cylinders, I would pull over and push the plugs in to
make a better contact, then it would smooth out.)  Now it sometimes stalls
out of the blue, which felt more like a vaccum problem.  So today's
questions:

1)  When I pulled the plug on the temp.sensor in the air intake distributor,
the car ran better/smoother/more powerful.  Is this a bad sensor?  What
happens to the car if I drive it like this until I get a new sensor in?

...

Thanks to everyone in advance. -Mark