What Is This Sensor?
- LiveonJG
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What Is This Sensor?
This is about 6" in front of my Distributor. There's nothing connected to it. What is it?
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- Westy78
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Not exactly sure what that particular sensor is but it's not for anything on your engine. The tin screw for some reason has a larger diameter and different thread pitch than any others in that location so sometimes people stuff whatever will fit there if they loose the special screw.
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- dingo
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interesting....dont know for sure, but id guess that with the two terminals, it opens or closes an electrical circuit based on temp of the block....like a coolant sensor in a watercooled turns on the fan
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" Fill what's empty, empty what's full, and scratch where it itches."
- Amskeptic
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Re: What Is This Sensor?
Some creative effort from some long-ago PO engineeer.LiveonJG wrote: What is it?
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- germansupplyscott
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Re: What Is This Sensor?
no, it is not a PO mod, it is factory, part # 039 919 369. there are two sensors used in this location. i have only ever seen them on 75 and 76 MY. they both seem to relate to the injection system, however i recall that the vacuum based sensor (darker photo) is connected to the vacuum activated EGR valve.Amskeptic wrote:Some creative effort from some long-ago PO engineeer.LiveonJG wrote: What is it?
Colin
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- Bleyseng
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and the 039 number means its a 914 2.0L part....which I have never seen.
Geoff
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
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77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
http://bleysengaway.blogspot.com/
- Amskeptic
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I must be an idiot. That would be the temperature switch to prevent EGR below whatever-the-cut-off temperature is. I do believe, IIRC.
Colin
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles