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Re: [T3] Testing


On 15 Feb 2005 at 7:18, Rhiannon Maple wrote:

> Jim on the passenger side of the intake runners there
> is a small piece that looks like it's about a quater
> inch in diameter and it has two wires that plug into
> it. This is what I thought was the cold start valve. I
> don't see it in the picture in the Bentley so I
> coulnd't be sure. 

In between the intake runners, in the middle, is an alum casting called the 
intake air distributor. If the part you're talking about is on top of this, 
above the intake runners, then that is a temp sensor. The cold start valve is 
on the under side of the intake sir distributor, on the right side directly 
under the center line of the 2 right side intake runners.

> When I look under the runners on that side I see a threaded piece of tin that
> looks as though something should be screwed into it but isn't. It looks like a
> washer that is attached to the car almost. 

That sounds like the plate that is supposed to hold the temp switch for the 
cold start valve. If the temp switch is gone, then maybe the CSV is also gone, 
but that would leave a large hole in the intake air distributor which would 
have to be plugged in order for the engine to run.

I'll try to see if I can point you to a photo of the CSV in the Bentley when I 
get home tonight.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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