Take a look at one of these sensors, then tell me what keeps the temperature
of the casting into which it is threaded from being sensed at the core of
the sensor, which is inside a brass cylinder, which in turn is in contact
with the threaded outer case. I think it has to read the temperature of the
water jacket - there isn't anything cooler in the vicinity to confuse it.
If the water jacket is cooler than the coolant, it's a mystery to me as to
how this can be. Hotter I can understand, but not cooler.
Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: D. Dardalis <dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: IML: HELP! I overheated/Is it done/adapter gasket found
> DB, I do not think this is really a huge mystery. If there is no water to
> transfer the heat, the sensor will read the "ambient" temperature in the
> vicinity of the sensor. The outlet of the coolant of the engine may be
> significantly cooler if there is no coolant to transfer the heat from the
> cooling jackets, even if the cooling jackets are very hot.
> D^2
>
> At 01:39 PM 8/21/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >OK, thanks for the update. I'll file away your mystery temp sender
reaction
> >in my "look into it some day" file!
>
>
>
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