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  • Rich Van $$$

    The Martins · Fri, 27 Feb 1998 16:38:07 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

    When I bought my 85 Vanagon, the O2 sensor was disconnected. I reconnected it and found that it ran too rich so I bought...

  • Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds

    mark drillock · Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:05:07 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

    This sounds like it could be related to the oxygen sensor circuit. When the engine is cold the ECU ignores the O2 sensor. Once...

  • Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed lead voltages!

    Dennis Haynes · Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:26:32 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    The O2 sensor is a bit unique in that it actually produces voltage-current. Most other sensors change resistance, capacitance, or inductance based on...

  • Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter

    Larry Alofs · Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:12:18 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    Jim, You didn't say whether you had the O2 sensor disconnected from the harness when you made this measurement. If so, the reading...

  • Re: Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor?

    Aerowolf · Wed, 8 Sep 2004 14:29:16 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor? > > > > If you have a water-cooled catalytic converter [which, by the > > way, is probably a bad idea...

  • Re: O2 sensor testing the wires...

    Jeff Lincoln · Tue, 3 Apr 2007 12:43:23 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    ...sensor wire mentioned in the references > to the O2 sensor. > > How does one check these wires? > > VOM from the connector on the O2 out...

  • Re: Digifant II O2 sensor....My questions answered...

    Don Hanson · Thu, 7 Aug 2014 06:37:05 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    I don't know exactly what O2 sensor WAS in the system, but the wires and the plug, those were from the Digifant Cabriolet...

  • CIS-E FUEL INJECTION BAD O2 sensor TEST , LVC

    Eric Zeno · Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:49:08 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Anyone know what symtoms a bad O2 sensor in this system would cause? I put an digital volt measer on the O2 sensor and...

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  • O2 sensor

    Oxygen sensor, measures the difference in oxygen content between atmosphere and exhaust

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    Number of times O2 sensor crosses rich/lean threshold

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