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Manifold pressure sensor fault



 
 
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Old January 20th 10, 09:09 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.vw.watercooled
Joseph Craine
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Default Manifold pressure sensor fault

I was giving my mk4 golf (1.6 se auto) a routine scan with vag com and
it shows a manifold pressure sensor short to B+ fault. I cleared the
fault and have driven about 3 miles and the fault has not returned.

The car drives fine, no loss of power or anything, no extra petrol being
used, all seems well.

Any ideas if this is something to worry about ?

(any ideas where this sensor is so I can inspect the connection and if
the wires are intact)
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Old January 21st 10, 10:53 AM posted to uk.rec.cars.vw.watercooled
Chris Bartram
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Default Manifold pressure sensor fault

On 20/01/2010 21:09, Joseph Craine wrote:
I was giving my mk4 golf (1.6 se auto) a routine scan with vag com and
it shows a manifold pressure sensor short to B+ fault. I cleared the
fault and have driven about 3 miles and the fault has not returned.

The car drives fine, no loss of power or anything, no extra petrol being
used, all seems well.

Any ideas if this is something to worry about ?


Just rescan the car in a few weeks. If it doesn't return ignore it.

(any ideas where this sensor is so I can inspect the connection and if
the wires are intact)


Sorry, no.
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Old January 21st 10, 07:02 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.vw.watercooled
Joseph Craine
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Default Manifold pressure sensor fault

Chris Bartram wrote:
On 20/01/2010 21:09, Joseph Craine wrote:
I was giving my mk4 golf (1.6 se auto) a routine scan with vag com and
it shows a manifold pressure sensor short to B+ fault. I cleared the
fault and have driven about 3 miles and the fault has not returned.

The car drives fine, no loss of power or anything, no extra petrol being
used, all seems well.

Any ideas if this is something to worry about ?


Just rescan the car in a few weeks. If it doesn't return ignore it.

(any ideas where this sensor is so I can inspect the connection and if
the wires are intact)


Sorry, no.


Ok, I'll keep an eye on it and report back if it comes back.

Did a little digging and found the sensor, if it does need replacing its
about £60.

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Old January 23rd 10, 04:33 AM
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most applications of Wireless Sensor Networks the sensors are deployed on unfavorable environment such as chemical reactor or battlefield that with high temperature, noise, and interference, could probably incur sensor nodes sense, compute, or communicate improperly. Those also raise error responds to the data collectors.In this paper, a fault estimation model is proposed.
 




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