[V8] Dave's 4.2 5 spd running problem

[Buchholz, Steven]

... if you have ProDiag/VAGCOM you can read the engine temp value via
the data blocks ... on my cars I see the temp sensors functioning
properly ... ISTR that the reading displayed in the data block is
basically the temperature reading in degC.

Steve B
> 
> That was my next suggestion as well.  Of course, you could have the
screwy
> problem I had with an almost totally stripped Oxygen sensor sending
wire
> that caused the car to run super rich.  I ended up replacing the OXS
and
> re-splicing the wire AND replacing the coolant sensor at the back of
the
> passenger side head as Keith suggests.
> 
> >
> >  Unplug the ECT sensor in the rear of the right (pass) head. It
sounds
> like
> > the sensor is acting screwy and keeping the ECU in cold running
strategy.
> >
> >  It "could" be a wiring issue but I doubt it since a short should
show  up
> in
> > the codes and an open will definitely do so.