ur-q/4kq oil temp sender?

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <337FA059.790C@ti.com> Luis Marques writes:

> And now I ask:  Are we all talking about the same sensor?  I was asking
> about the sensor that screws directly into the back of the cylinder
> head, near the distributor, and has one of those Bosch connectors like
> the one on the ISV.  There is another sensor that has two male
> connectors on it and screws into a small bracket on the valve cover (I
> think that is the one Allan is referring to).  It doesn't have one of
> those facy connectors, just two wires each with a female connector on
> it.
> 
> Now, it makes sense for the connector on the back of the head to be the
> coolant temp. sender for the gauge, but then what it the other sensor on
> the valve cover for?  Is it the "engine temperature sensor" for the
> computer?  I doubt it's the coolant temp. sender, since it simply
> measures the temperature of the air around the engine.

Anything measuring air temperature back there is likely to be driving the 
injector cooling fan.  If, that is, you have one.

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 Phil Payne
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