[V8] Coolant temp sensor

[Dave Saad]

What happens if you put an ohm meter on the sensor? Just curious if it  
matches the specs for the OEM unit.
Maybe the previous owner bought into silly performance gimic, and  
tried a different sensor to fool the ECU.

Remember the guy who was selling the super dooper (as in doggie doo)  
V8 performance kit that was basically a resistor in series with the  
air temp sensor so you could fake out the ECU to believe you were  
driving at the North Pole (before it melted anyway) and therefore  
increase your power by up to 700 hp*?

Dave

* estimated - your results may differ




On Jun 29, 2010, at 8:02 PM, toml99 at todomundo.com wrote:

> Well I sure hope this is the end of my story ;-()......After a
> thorough search from above and below, I'm confident there's no errant
> connector.  I have nothing but a threaded plug where the white sensor
> should be.    I did also look at that sensor/plug that I was
> wondering about, and it's actually Violet(faded, and not
> Orange).....and the wires going to it are Brn/Blk-Violet which is
> what the wiring diagram says is for the Coolant Temp Sensor for the
> Motronic control unit.    The connector exits the large harness along
> with the Hall connector which as I recall is the same configuration
> as my Lago car.  The car was a California car.  Camera battery died
> right after downloading the fuzzy pics(doesn't focus well when
> low)....First pic shows the plug, although not very well.  Second
> shows the connector/sensor directly below large harness just to the
> right of intake screen....
>
> http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc268/blackmouth_photos/Audi/
> DSC00066.jpg
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