Temp sensor operation on 81-83s

["Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, already!  I give!   I'll dig one out when I get a chance and see what
happens when I dip it's little sensor bulb in a pot of boiling water - in
particular, I'll try to figure the thermal conductivity between the sensor
cartridge and the mounting threaded portion.  I have an infrared thermal gun
which will tell me what the temperature difference is between the two areas,
maybe we can make more sense of this then.  For the mean time, though, I've
got other fish to fry!

Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: D. Dardalis <dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Dick Benjamin <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Temp sensor operation on 81-83s


> At 08:11 AM 8/22/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >On the EFI cars, the sensor is in the water jacket right next to the
upper
> >radiator hose connection.
> >
> >Dick Benjamin
>
> Some gentleman in the IML suggested the insulation on the sensor (deleted
> his message, cannot answer directly).  This is not the answer to your
> question though.  The insulation would only delay a bit the temperature of
> the sensor to reach the block temperature.  The explanation is still what
I
> said.  As the sensor is in the far front, is virtually insulated from the
> heat generation in the engine when the coolant is drained. D^2
>
>