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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Deefadog on 22 July 2005, 09:38

Title: Help identifying 2 pin connector
Post by: Deefadog on 22 July 2005, 09:38
om my 16V K jet engine, there is a two pin connector in the engine i need to identify what is does and for -

It's the (brown) one below the water outlet on the block under the middle of the three temp senders! it's kinda hidden from normal view because of the water pipe!
Title: Re: Help identifying 2 pin connector
Post by: Judderi on 22 July 2005, 09:39
Sound like the warm up regulator.Can you get a pic?
Title: Re: Help identifying 2 pin connector
Post by: Deefadog on 22 July 2005, 10:11
It not the WUR! it's to the right of the WUR is the water hose and it's behind that going straight into the side of the block, i'll try and get a pic, but it will be difficult :)

Cheers
Title: Re: Help identifying 2 pin connector
Post by: Judderi on 22 July 2005, 10:13
Might be the knock sensor, but that is a guess!
Title: Re: Help identifying 2 pin connector
Post by: Deefadog on 22 July 2005, 10:25
Cheers, what does the knock sensor do? i'll get pics later :)
Title: Re: Help identifying 2 pin connector
Post by: Judderi on 22 July 2005, 13:32
Not sure exactly. I know it detects knocks to the engine and cuts the revs. Not sure why though. Might be a safety feature to cut the engine in a crash?
Title: Re: Help identifying 2 pin connector
Post by: rubjonny on 22 July 2005, 13:57
Knock sensor detects when the engine is pinking and retards the ignition timing until it stops. I'm 99.9% sure you don't have one on your 16v, AFAIK its only fitted to engines with Digifant management systems.
Title: Re: Help identifying 2 pin connector
Post by: Deefadog on 22 July 2005, 14:06
I thought i may not have one :)

Any idea what that connector is for? i know it's difficult to explain without a pic! I am guessing it must be some temp sensor as it's in the block below the other thre temp sensors!
Title: Re: Help identifying 2 pin connector
Post by: rubjonny on 22 July 2005, 15:18
I have a gut feeling it might be the temp sensor for the ISV.  If not that all I can think of is a temp sender for the rad fan, some VWs have an extra circuit to switch the fan on if the block gets to a certain temperature.
Title: Re: Help identifying 2 pin connector
Post by: Deefadog on 22 July 2005, 19:05
Cheers, i have been tryiong to remove it, just to clean it up, as i have done all the other connections, but the dam thing will not budge, because of the awkward postion i guess!

Any ideas on how i can find out exactly what it is? I have looked through the haynes but can't find anything!