View Single Post
  #43  
Old 09-26-2009, 05:00 PM
Cal Learner's Avatar
Cal Learner Cal Learner is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Marysville, CA
Posts: 781
Quote:
Originally Posted by allenbistany View Post
Alright i checked out the temperature sensor, my 89 has a 2 pin, its green like the picture above now i didnt know the exact temperature of the engine i used the temperature gauge in the car and i found that the numbers didnt match up like at 80 celcius i got dead on 0.6 kohm which on the page says should be for 60celcius. Also i want to know does the temperature sensor make the car start hard, rough idle, run like garbage?
Yes, it will affect driveability/idle condition. Using your numbers, the fuel and ignition control units would be interpreting the sensor signal at 80C as if the engine were not yet warmed up (60C), and would adjust lean/rich mixture accordingly. Also important that both sensor pins measure close to the same resistance values, so that the CIS controller and the EZL controller are getting the same information.
__________________
1988 California version 260E (W124)
Anthracite Grey/Palomino
Owned since new and still going strong and smooth
MBCA member

Past Mercedes-Benz:
1986 190E Baby Benz
1967 230 Inherited from mom when she downsized
1959 220S Introduced me to the joys of keepin' 'em goin'

There are only 10 kinds of people in the world--those who understand binary and those who don't
Reply With Quote