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• SEAKING IDLE
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 05:24:45 -0700
  ...Turns out that I had forgotten to reconnect the O2 sensor. With the O2 sensor connected, I again have perfect idle (no seaking). Something...
• Can the O2 sensor get wet and cause problems?
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Jones
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:06:03 -0400
  About three weeks ago I had a reputable VW Mechanic, Baum's in New Cumberland PA, put a generic Bosh O2 sensor on my...
• Re: vanagon syndrome week
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 11 Jun 2005 20:42:47 -0600
  ...From my experiences with a Digitool, I suggest that you check the O2 sensor carefully. In my 2.1 '87, after a warm restart...
• Re: CSI: Vanagon...Smog results!
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:03:17 -0500
  ...You should be able to see >the sensor reading vary from .2 to.8 volts. You now have O2 sensor control. >If the throttle...
• Re: Boston Bob Big Valve Update? Not really... (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:18:33 -0500
  ...I pulled over to the side, disconnected the O2 sensor and it ran fine the rest of the way home. My catalytic converter went...
• Re: O2 sensor shield and grill clips
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:21:59 -0500
  ...O2 sensor shield and grill clips > Opps- The correct part # is 035-906-274. Still available through the > dealer for the amazing list price...
• Re: 84 Vanagon: Would you fix if it yourself (if you were me?)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Oct 1996 20:46:13 -0700
  ...This is a similar situation to a bad O2 sensor. Disconnect the O2 sensor and see if it runs better (the single wire if...
• Re: More O2 Sensor confusion...
  Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 23:01:36 -0800
  ...Symptoms > > >returned with the new properly installed o2 > sensor. > > > > An exhaust leak that lets oxygen into the exhaust > system will cause the o2 sensor...
• Re: The Dying 86 Vanagon - engine cuts out
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 00:35:00 -0500
  Perhaps your wire to the O2 sensor is being grounded out somewhere. I suggest checking the continuity of the wire from end to end...
• O2 Red Warning Light?
  Historical mailing list - PhamA
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:59:02 -0700
  Hi, I just replaced the O2 sensor on my 84 1.9L. Disappointingly, the red warning light still stays ON. Following the Bentley instruction...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:14:04 -0800
  ...The readings from the O2 sensor were too erratic. So I put the screw back to its original position, installed a monitoring cable so...
• Re: new O2 installed - engine dies
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 27 Jun 1998 17:20:50 -0500
  ...new O2 installed - engine dies >Dear List, > >I finally got around to installing a new 3-wire O2 sensor (generic from Ron @ Bus Depot...
• Re: ECU reset, O2 voltage stability
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:31:09 -0800
  ...When the O2 sensor is connected to the ECU, you will see a variation as the ECU adjust for things. It's best to...
• Re: A damn OS question again, yea!!! now i need some help, it's my turn....
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 7 May 2002 12:11:03 -0400
  At 09:34 AM 5/7/2002, Laurence Smith wrote: >Take the reading with the O2 sensor plugged in and the engine warmed >up...
• Re: 84 idling rough when warmed up...
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:01:12 -0800
  ...The o2 sensor on my 83 wbx takes 4 minutes to warm up and get fully operational. 86 and newer have a heated sensor...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:29:41 -0700
  ...Question about temp II sensor and bad running > FWIW, I once replaced an O2 sensor just because it was time and I was > putting...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 31 Jan 2015 16:20:43 -0500
  ...Removing stuck O2 sensor Well, first attempts with a 22mm box wrench and heat have failed. Should I break it off and use a...
• Re: hesitation from a stop and replacing afm
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 11:05:56 -0800
  ...But the open loop setting is richer than I would like ( .7v o2 sensor open loop ). --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA...
• Re: Thread pitch / hole size for 1.9 WBX O2 / oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:21:14 -0500
  ...to be smaller than the 18 x 1.5 of the O2 sensor and larger than a 14 mm spark plug and concluded it...
• Re: ECU Monitor
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 5 Oct 2013 15:54:40 -0700
  ...indicating a poor O2 sensor ground. Does the sensor ground through its mount into the exhaust, or along with the heating element ground wire...
• Re: Stubborn oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:04:09 -0800
  ...I was amazed, the first time I tried it on a rusted up mess of an O2 sensor! mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM> wrote...
• Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 15:40:01 -0700
  ...After all, VW ran a shielded wire from the ECU plug to the splice to the O2 sensor, so maybe the long unshielded wire...
• Who needs an O2 sensor, cheap?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:59:27 -0800
  ...That is until I looked at the O2 sensors. They're saying Bosch #11025 Single Wire Universal Oxygen Sensor are $19.49! Take 15...
• O2 Sensor upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Wed, 25 Dec 2002 07:46:44 -0500
  Volks, For those of you who have '83-85 Vanagon's using the single wire O2 sensor I believe the three wire sensor used...
• Re: Rough idle,Hesitation,and Backfire
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:55:32 -0700
  you can first just unplug the sensor and see what that does. Sometimes that can be the miracle cure. btdt. regarind o2 sensor btw...
• Exhaust flange gaskets on 84GL manual 4
  Historical mailing list - william greenamyer
  Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:47:06 -0700
  ...In addition, where the O2 sensor screws into the Y-pipe is leaking between the sensor and pipe. All other gaskets are good. The...
• SUMMARY: drive 1/4 mile and dies
  Historical mailing list - Darie Duclos
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:03:24 +0200
  ...Other possible causes that were suggested: - fuel pressure (pump or regulator) - bad O2 sensor - bad temperature II sensor - grounded O2 sensor circuit (coax wire...
• Re: disconnect 02 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:51:56 -0800
  ...He probably isn't getting as good of gas mileage or engine performance as he would if he had a good O2 sensor in...
• Re: Buckin' Like a Bronco, Stalling
  Historical mailing list - Matt Heydon
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:34:45 -0600
  ...Is there an O2 sensor on the part of the exhaust that's loose? If so, I would suggest that it's not grounded...
• Re: o2 Test
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:57:21 -0400
  NO, the wire from the O2 sensor should read .5 to .7 VDC. Doktor Tim <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 08/19...
• Re: O2 Sensor Readout
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 06:07:32 -0500
  ...A long lead will cause all sorts of problems as the O2 sensor circuit is low voltage, long wires will pick up electrical noise...
• Re: 87 Westy has loss of power, also '87 westy O2 sensor...
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Mark Shankland
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:14:48 -0700
  ...I ended up tearing the guts end of the o2 sensor off with an adjustable wrench and heating the flange with the mapp gas...
• Re: Stalling '86
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Apr 1996 10:43:45 -0500
  ...Might this be the O2 sensor? Or some other sort of >temperature sensor? Or is it a short as a result of water in...
• O2 sensor is a thermistor
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 1996 18:02:50 -0700
  ...In simple terms, the O2 sensor is measuring the exhaust gas temperature. The computer compares the heat with a calculated factor based on rpm...
• '86 F.I. probs continued.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 07:52:06 -0500
  OK, after many suggestions (O2 sensor, thermostats, other wiring, etc) and much checking (O2 seems OK) the thermostat temp sensor (the blue one on...
• also '87 westy O2 sensor...
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Mark Shankland
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:20:20 -0700
  ...87 Westy has loss of power, also '87 westy O2 sensor... Use a real penetrating oil. WD40 is basically kerosene and it's use...
• Re: Splicing O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Wed, 26 May 1999 22:28:43 -0700
  ...I think its time to > put in that new O2 sensor. > > The Sensor I have in the van differs slightly from the one I...
• rough running
  Historical mailing list - Jason Nilsson
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:18:47 -0500
  ...Have new air flow meter Have been running with o2 sensor disconected The van is acting as if it had a bad o2 sensor...
• Re: o2 sensor troubles
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 10:38:51 -0400
  ...wrote: > John, > That's pretty cool but have you seen the O2 sensor monitor I make? > http://neksiwel.20m.com/photo5.html > > Ken Lewis...
• Re: New O2 Sensor now stuttering
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:46:37 -0400
  ...If you disconnect the O2 sensor the ECU will know it and control the mixture according to its internal maps. As I said, this...
• Re: O2 sensor transition time
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 May 2009 18:39:46 -0700
  ...O2 sensor transition time > Running an '89 2.1l -- how fast should the O2 sensor change > states? I don't mean how often, but...
• Re: How do I reset the O2 sensor light?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Sun, 15 Aug 1999 19:28:33 -0400
  Just for clarification, the O2 sensor light box (anybody have a better name?) is the same as on all German built vehicles with CIS...
• Re: '89 vanagon poor engine performance
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 09:09:31 -0400
  ...Definite O2 sensor or wiring problem. Bad ground, shorted O2 senor lead, etc. Bad temp sensor would effect the starting or the richness would...
• Re: Vanagon O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 07:59:25 -0100
  > Good news! You can get a stock Bosch O2 sensor at German Parts & > Restoration for $118 + shipping... > The counterman let me go through the...
• Re: Hesitation, bucking, rough idle then died. The paranoia begins...
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:30:26 -0500
  ...The O2 sensor could be my problem as well -- another suggestion was the AFM or its connector. In my case I may have harmed...
• O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sun, 10 Jul 2005 19:58:40 -0700
  Greetings All, I have sent the posts on the oxygen sensors and splicing. The question: with the $40 one with the splice how well...
• Re: Upgrading Digijet to 3-Wire O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 May 2003 20:35:41 -0400
  ...Upgrading Digijet to 3-Wire O2 Sensor So how do you get the digijet system to fire up the "hot" wires on the 3...
• Re: new O2 installed - engine dies
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 27 Jun 1998 17:58:33 -0500
  ...new O2 installed - engine dies > > >>Dear List, >> >>I finally got around to installing a new 3-wire O2 sensor (generic from Ron >@ Bus Depot...
• Fuel consumption
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 20:00:04 -0800
  ...BEFORE the O2 sensor. O2 sensor reads lean mixture from lessened and diluted exhaust and tells the ECU to richen it up to compensate...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 31 Jan 2015 14:04:43 -0500
  ...Should I > break it off and use a regular 22mm socket? Get a 7/8" special O2 sensor > socket, which is slightly larger, so...
• Re: WRONG INFO - O2 Sensor, Bucking, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:50:22 EST
  ...net writes: << The minus signal must travel from the sensor device assembly, to the o2 case, to the exhaust system, to the engine, and...
• Re: O2 Sensor problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Mar 2020 23:35:55 -0400
  > > go down from .92 to .45 and stumbling go away? > If the sensor cools off and goes off line you'll see 0.45V...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:28:44 -0700
  ...net> wrote: >> Zero volts shows a bad sensor, assuming proper measurement setup. >> >> Replacing the o2 sensor is the logical step now. Then you need...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 06:41:10 +0100
  ...and also includes good info on Lambda (O2) sensor, and the work it performs. *Build an O2 indicator: http://www.students.tut.fi/~eppu...
• Pre-smog
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 06:19:43 -0800
  ...Distributor cap Rotor Plug cables Plugs Vacuum lines O2 sensor is working I am looking suggestions as to any adjustments/sensors that might be...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:08:51 -0700
  ...O2 sensors brand quality difference? > > Heating is purely an emissions enhancement for cold running. Sensor is > useless until it heats up, which doesn’t...
• Re: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems.
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 15:00:45 -0400
  It is likely that with the trauma of the O2 wires being ripped off that the green coaxial O2 wire that goes into the...
• Sans O2 Sensor - Problem??
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 12:00:59 EDT
  ...So, I figure it must all have to do with a leak in the exhaust somewhere affecting that pesky O2 sensor. But, I can...
• Re: Tooooooooooooo ritch a startup...com on guys!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:09:49 -0400
  ...Regards, Ben http://www.benplace.com/vanagon_engine6.htm Dennis Haynes wrote: >Temp 2 sensor, ignition or valve problem? O2 sensor does not affect...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:05:13 -0700
  ...O2 sensors brand quality difference? > > Don: ..... > > Does your version of Digifant use a Heated O2 Sensor (HO2S) relay or > "module" ? > > Looking online it seems...