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Yeah, mine went bad a while ago...

Posted by: DAP on 2002-06-07 05:40:56
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In Reply to: To anyone with potential Rich or Lean conditions read this!!! posted by SlvrBulletS4 on 2002-06-06 19:29:06

Threw a coolant temp signal too high and implausible signal DTCs.

The dealership replaced it without much question (other than how I knew about the DTCs).

-Dave Pramanik

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To anyone with potential Rich or Lean conditions read this!!! - SlvrBulletS4 2002-06-06 19:29:06 (7666 views)

Re: To anyone with potential Rich or Lean conditions read this!!! - bottali76 2004-04-24 21:40:20 (176 views)

Re: To anyone with potential Rich or Lean conditions read this!!! - bottali76 2004-04-16 10:13:14 (145 views)

Re: To anyone with potential Rich or Lean conditions read this!!! - bottali76 2004-04-06 13:41:21 (119 views)

I pulled out of the dealership in my brand new car. 10 miles later BLAM my first DTC for the temp - Blitzkrieg 2002-06-07 07:27:47 (1036 views)

Yeah, mine went bad a while ago... - DAP 2002-06-07 05:40:56 (950 views)

Yep. Saw this on LCP's car last summer. Coolant sensor can really foul up the works. - donp 2002-06-07 05:35:59 (1008 views)

Don, my how time flies. It was August of 2000 when this first surfaced for me; 2 summers ago! - LCP 2002-06-07 06:43:15 (627 views)

Heard this from another source as well. Thanks for posting Mark, - Milpitas2.7T 2002-06-06 22:35:04 (701 views)

I thought you were going to put a Mass-Air system back on? - FunkWeasel 2002-06-06 21:10:46 (605 views)

Yes I am but... - SlvrBulletS4 2002-06-06 21:16:20 (777 views)

Interesting...come on give at least some more hints...cowl-induction? something else? tell us!! ;) - FunkWeasel 2002-06-06 21:32:39 (661 views)

I'll post pics as soon as its done. Its something different but very "cool"! - SlvrBulletS4 2002-06-06 21:52:01 (612 views)

My coolant gauge has been flaky lately...(M) - s4IRIsH 2002-06-06 21:07:17 (1412 views)

Nope its the sensor-what your seeing on vag is the sensor default value! - SlvrBulletS4 2002-06-06 21:13:14 (1013 views)

Thanks, is this going to change the behavior of my car at all? - s4IRIsH 2002-06-06 21:33:54 (793 views)

coolant sensor is on the passenger side just behind the head in the coolant pipe! - SlvrBulletS4 2002-06-06 21:48:11 (1620 views)

Any pics? - s4IRIsH 2002-06-06 22:08:32 (844 views)

Green thing - Nick Gustas 2002-06-07 05:47:32 (1403 views)

Thanks 8^ ) - s4IRIsH 2002-06-07 10:38:45 (656 views)

Mine went south over a year ago... - LCP 2002-06-06 20:39:35 (868 views)

If it's bad enough it can leave you stranded for a few minutes with a flooded car. - Nick Gustas 2002-06-06 19:47:06 (759 views)

Yeah, constant warm-up (rich) mode = burned out cats, washed out cylinder walls, etc. Eek - DarinS4Turbo 2002-06-06 19:50:20 (932 views)

cold start is where most of the potential problems occur... - SlvrBulletS4 2002-06-06 19:54:14 (1065 views)

In my case power was inconsistant from moment to moment, and I had a few implausable temp faults - Nick Gustas 2002-06-06 20:03:37 (756 views)

And here I thought that piss gas you putin the car did it :P - KAOS, AZ (Papa Smurf) 2002-06-06 19:37:05 (662 views)

That crap is finally out of my tank---BOOST BABY! - SlvrBulletS4 2002-06-06 19:46:59 (664 views)

have the part numbers handy? - Buckhood 2002-06-06 19:31:51 (773 views)

sensor-059-919-501A $3.85/O ring-N 903-168-02 $1.10 - SlvrBulletS4 2002-06-06 19:45:30 (1332 views)

gracious - Buckhood 2002-06-07 05:35:09 (674 views)

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