T-switch on side of block, Early CIS...

[neptunonc at yahoo.com (Neptuno)]

I wonder if that is causing my sputtering...I must
check

Thnx
Tony


--- David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net> wrote:

> G'Day,
>    I discovered this over the weekend, so I thought
> I would share my discovery to try to aid the next
> poor bastard that has the same symptoms...
> 
>   What I am refering to is that little abortion of a
> T-switch that sits on the drivers end of the block,
> connected to a water hose that shoots off from a
> hose to the heater core...  It is basically a tube,
> orginally metal, with a old-fashioned two plug
> connector...  It's function is to tell the computer
> when the car is warm, so that it will read the
> information from the 02...
> 
> The symptoms:  At all times, I my Oil Light and
> Alternator Light would flicker.  This was really
> obvious at night of course, as it would rarely come
> on fully, and if it did, it was only a flash, not
> solid...  The car also drove hurky-jerky quite a bit
> of the time, and this seemed more obvious when it
> was under light load, or light throttle...  It was
> not obvious at highway speeds, but was worsening to
> the point that it would eventually be so.  The last
> time I dealt with this, I replaced the EFI brain
> with a known good unit.  It went away for sometime,
> until the last few months...  One last symtom, the
> car was a bit harder to start.  I have a new warm-up
> regulator, so I knew that was not it...
> 
> The fix:  Replace the damn thing!  Once I unplugged
> it, and put a jumper wire in where the sensor used
> to be, it ran better...  Disconnecting it made it
> run better yet, more solid than I remember in a long
> time...  These sensors are still available, and
> IIRC, the newer ones are plastic.  Even better!  If
> need be, and it is warm, you should be able to get
> by without it jumpered.  Jumpering it puts it in
> enrichment mode (RICH), so you may have to do so if
> it is cold, but I would not keep it connected for a
> prolonged period of time...
> 
> Hope that helps someone, it appears to apply to most
> cars from 80-83 or so...
> 
> Cheers,
>   David
> 
> 
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> 
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