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  • Re: 1986GL update

    Dieter Knittel · Mon, 7 May 2001 10:17:04 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    OK, I have disconnected the O2 Sensor and drove up the Hill without any problems, but the Vehicle was still running at around 2000...

  • Re: Oxygen Sensor

    Tom Young · Wed, 13 Aug 1997 16:05:25 -0700 (PDT) · Mailing-list archive

    ...Did you pass smog with a new O2 sensor? If so, you were probably running rich (and the faulty O2 sensor couldn't tell...

  • Re: O2 sensors

    Geza Polony · Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:20:05 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    (See my reply to your earlier post as well, William.) The voltage meter I installed shows my (new) O2 sensor to produce correct voltage...

  • Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)

    dooley · Fri, 8 Sep 2006 21:23:54 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    The heater element in a heated O2 sensor draws high current when cold, but tapers off when hot. The accepted method is to wire...

  • Re: O2 Sensor Voltage

    Larry Alofs · Sat, 3 Feb 2001 01:28:11 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

    ...This indicates > a rich condition or to little O2.When there is O2 in the exhaust (lean), > the inside and outside of the sensor...

  • Running HOT!, help, '80

    · 03 Jul 97 06:38:54 PDT · Mailing-list archive

    ...Tried hooking a 1.5 volt AA battery to the O2 sensor lead, no effect. Disconnecting O2 sensor had no affect. Bentley indicates that...

  • Re: fuel pump?

    Tony Mysyk · Thu, 28 Aug 1997 00:38:01 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

    Jesse, On my 86 water-cooled I was having very similar problems, the o2 sensor was the culprit, your symptoms would show up in...

  • Re: New O2 sensor - hesitation when cold

    Dennis Haynes · Fri, 14 Dec 2001 21:45:28 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Why would the temp sensor suddenly start acting problematic after the O2 sensor was changed? Brian -- __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great...

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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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