BTW spark plugs are clean and show no telltale leaking - simple compression test shows all cylinders within 5%. Idle speed motor working fine. Additional info: Temperature gage is erratic - dropping from midway to off in a second and rising back up a second later. Unrelated symptom arrived at the sa...

Dan, Thanks for your post, but I have a couple more questions. I have attached wiring information on a V90 6 cyl 1997 and it shows that sensor (17) in place. So..I believe you when you say I never had one because it unscrewing and disappearing with all of the wires doesn't make sense, but what goes ...

Here were the symptoms: Running rough on start for about the first 5 minutes with white smoke out the exhaust. Typical head gasket issues. Losing about a pint of antifreeze a day. Seems like too much for the amount of white smoke I was getting. Next issue - Erratic idle but mostly zooming up to 3000...

Just fixed this problem on my 1996 960 like I did on my 1993 940. Thought some pictures might help. Thanks to those with suggestions for this fix. Remove rear panel under steering column (940 - two plastic turn clips) or entire lower cover on the 960 (two torx screws 3 snap connections). Way up unde...