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• Re: Tii Trading Co. 2.0 South African conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 10:53:22 -0800
  > > No O2 sensor??? Really? That's really strange! > > That's what I understand. We'll see when it gets here. Apparently it is > a...
• AFM spring adjsutment
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Callaghan Jr.
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 08:47:48 -0800
  I have to adjust the spring tension on my 82 westy without a O2 sensor. I know I have to increase the tension to...
• Re: O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:46:17 +0000
  ...Has anyone ever heard of "retraining the computer" for a new O2 sensor? > > > Does this shop advocate changing the air in the tires, too...
• Re: When the O2 sensor cools down...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:50:30 -0400
  ...When the O2 sensor cools down... On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote: > Engine braking is...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:08:28 -0400
  ...O2 sensors brand quality difference? Well, here's another question, and thanks. Is there any problem installing an unheated one in my particular application...
• Re: Can't get the %&#*!!! OFF!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 07:28:05 -0700
  Joe, When I had to replace an O2 sensor for a 84 vanagon and a 88 vanagon, I tried to use a o2 sensor...
• Re: Having trouble getting a good idle when cold and the computer functioning
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:54:43 -0500
  ...Where is this? Never considered that it needed a little outside hole.I think the o2 sensor is disconnected from the computer till it...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 10:46:51 -0800
  ...Without the cat you may not need the O2 sensor. The O2 sensor is there to make the cat do its job. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: black tail pipe
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 11 Oct 1997 16:53:23 -0700
  ...Since there's feedback from the O2 sensor you should, in theory, never have to adjust the mixture manually. First, check the entire ignition...
• Re: O2 Sensor Wire
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:29:11 -0500
  ...Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:16 AM Subject: [VANAGON] O2 Sensor Wire > Anybody got the VW part number for the shielded green wire for...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:02:46 -0400
  ...the O2 sensor i again modulating the fuel > mix properly....When running with the O2 sensor disconnected from the > ECU, I was seeing around...
• Re: O2 Sensors need grounding? (was STILL BUCKING & KICKING!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:26:56 -0400
  Come to think about it, when I "accidently" cured my B&K troubles during the muffler replacement I removed my O2 sensor just to...
• Re: o2 Sensor on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:09:46 -0400
  ...o2 Sensor on 2.1L > Hi All, > > Last week I reported an interbucking problem, well Well I thought I > had it solved. I went...
• Re: Post-waterpump replacement - wires and noises
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 26 May 2007 03:58:30 -0400
  ...should be a 1 wire O2 sensor. connect wire from sensor to inner wire - outer wire is ground shield, and will short sensor if...
• Re: More rant on grounds and vanagon syndrome Friday
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:04:26 -0700
  ...this 0.3 volts introduced by grounding errors is subtracted from the 0.5 > volts that the O2 sensor puts out, and suddenly the...
• O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 11:52:07 CST6CDT
  All this talk about O2 sensors, and yes I replaced mine looking for the miracle cure to low fuel mileage and performance (how slowly...
• Re: '88 stalling, lurching problems increasing
  Historical mailing list - Samuel Scott
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:38:38 EST
  Shawn - Another possible area for this problem, (I've had it in the past), is in the O2 sensor connection. If moisture gets in...
• Re: Lags at low revs + BAD mileage
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:49:37 -0700
  Ditto, just went thru this same situation, installed new O2 sensor, no problema since. YMMV, Tom B.-O2 or not O2, that is the...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 22 Jun 2016 20:37:15 -0400
  ...I disconnected the O2 sensor then installed the AFM started the engine with the O2 still disconnected idled great. Shut everything down reconnected O2...
• Re: ECU question, w/ O2 disconnected
  Historical mailing list - insyncro
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 11:45:27 -0500
  ...ECU question > This type problem is almost always related to the O2 sensor circuit. > Does your sensor have the heat shield/deflector in place...
• Re: O2 Sensor Shield
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:06:32 -0600
  ...2 SS hose clamps around the O2 sensor, 2 larger ones around the shield. Figured it would be best to create a little space...
• Re: FI mixture adjust?/ Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 18:50:03 -0600
  ...However, when idling O2 fluctuates normally. All >>other sensor readings on the Digitool are normal. The fuel pressure is >>normal I'm told by...
• Re: Did the mechanic do something?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:56:05 -0400
  ...Wiggling the wire is no test of the O2 sensor. > > These files will give you lots of info on particular symptoms and the > sensor...
• OEM Oxygen Sensor eliminated cold idle cut out syndrome...for me.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 23:56:52 EST
  I just changed to an OEM O2 Sensor and my "cold idle cut out until warm" syndrome has disappeared. All I did was replace...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 15:09:47 EST
  Fellow Suffragons; I have a hard time believing the O2 sensor only affects 1% of fuel management. I know for a fact that a...
• Re: Power loss when engine wet and cold
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:59:34 -0700
  ...Power loss when engine wet and cold > > > > I'll second the O2 sensor. Last winter we had > exactly > > the same symptoms, and were running...
• Tuning with your O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:33:40 -0400
  ...http://www.cfm-tech.com/oxygen_sensor_tuning.htm Mike B.
• Re: head gasket???
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 2 Jun 2003 09:33:01 -0400
  ...Check the sensors connector carefully. The O2 sensor's cable is sometimes susceptible to wet conditions. For trouble shooting purposes only, try driving with...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:29:39 -0700
  ...They talk about "slow" sensors also. I have some info >>>>> (plus >>>>> my O2 sensor monitor) on my website : http://neksiwel.20m.com/ >>>>> Ken Lewis...
• Re: Voltages from O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 10:20:27 -0500
  At 07:34 AM 3/4/2002, WVVW wrote: >1)leave the O2 sensor connected and take the reading from the O2 lead to...
• O2 Senson
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Bibler
  Thu, 17 Apr 1997 22:28:20 -0700
  I was reading in the list about problems associated with the O2 sensor. My 1990 Vanagon has over 102,000 miles and supposedly according...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Gas in Oil?]
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 2 May 97 12:43:33 EDT
  > > > FYI, my '83.5 (H2O) has an O2 sensor. > Charles > Yeah, that would make sense. When VW discontinued the air-cooled engine and went...
• Re: Running issue
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:16:54 -0400
  ...If it > clears for a short while the O2 sensor or circuit is the problem. > > As for testing the O2 sensor heater this is...
• Fuel Injection problem WAS>> Decent Vanagon Mechanic in Eastern Mass...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:44:50 -0800
  ...The guy replaced the O2 sensor and it worked wonderfully. Eventhough the O2 sensor readings were OK on the Digitool. Go with the O2...
• Re: CSI: Vanagon...Smog results!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:41:34 -0500
  ...Normal atmosphere O2 is at least 19.5% these readings tell me the thing is running real rich. There is obviously no O2 sensor...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 31 Jan 2015 15:07:47 -0500
  ...Removing stuck O2 sensor > > > > How much heat? it really needs to get HOT! > > YMMV, > > Mr. BZ > > > > On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 1:59...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:18:59 -0400
  As a 2 check for the O2 sensor signal wire, with the ignition on you should measure ~.5-/6 volt between that wire and...
• Re: Emissions failure Nox (the epilogue)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:22:10 -0700
  ...Are you saying that you are running w/o an O2 sensor connected?
• Re: Bad gas mileage/ecu
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:53:33 -0800
  ...Thanks, Mike On 2/28/04 7:44 PM, "John Connolly, Aircooled.Net" <john@aircooled.net> wrote: > sounds like an O2 sensor to me...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:16:35 -0500
  ...On a newer-style, self-heated O2 sensor, is the ground only for the heating element, or does the sensor also use that same...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Fri, 24 Jun 2016 13:38:19 -0400
  ...Decided to install the new >> reconditioned GOWESTY AFM today. >> I disconnected the O2 sensor then installed the AFM started the engine >> with the O2...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 2 Apr 2002 - Special issue (#2002-376)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 07:47:13 -0800
  Geofffey, Start with the temp 2 sensor if that has not been changed for a while. It is cheap. If the o2 sensors has...
• Re: Need an O2 sensor heat shield...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:19:12 -0700
  ...Need an O2 sensor heat shield... I just might have one in my basement, forgot to look over lunch, I will look tonight though...
• Re: Not giving up!!!
  Historical mailing list - P.Dooley
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 23:48:26 -0400
  The O2 sensor does give lower emissions than open loop. If the motor goes lean, NOx emissions go up. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: O2 sensor necessary or jumper the wires on 85 GL 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:34:29 -0700
  ...O2 sensor necessary or jumper the wires on 85 GL 1.9 >I just picked up an 85 GL and there are several things...
• Re: 1988 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:55:07 -0800
  ...O2 Sensor and/or Temp-II Sensor. Bentley covers the operational checks for both these parts. Good hunting to you. Phil Z.
• Stubborn oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:46:53 -0500
  ...I sense a new O2 sensor in my future... -- mordo 1990 Carat
• Re: Smog test help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 7 Oct 2012 21:01:27 -0400
  ...Any voltage here gets added to the O2 sensor reference and effectively adds to the O2 sensor voltage the ECU is looking for. Higher...
• Re: Digfiant being defiant
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:50:42 -0500
  --------------------- Hi Larry, Your van should run near normal with the o2 sensor pulled. Possibly your afm (air flow meter) main spring has relaxed a...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:49:05 -0400
  ...They talk about "slow" sensors also. I have some info >>>>> (plus >>>>> my O2 sensor monitor) on my website : http://neksiwel.20m.com/ >>>>> Ken Lewis...
• Update #2 - Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ellis
  Mon, 11 Apr 2016 15:20:02 +0000
  ...as suggested the O2 sensor, the temp2 sensor, the throttle body switch all can give the syndrome... as for the AFM the things to...
• Re: Where is *your* O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 18 May 2002 11:55:58 -0400
  > On my '89 Westy, my O2 sensor is screwed into my catalytic converter. It's > attached just beyond where the exhaust pipe connects to...
• Re: O2 sensor testing
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:13:14 -0500
  ...O2 sensor testing Is there a way to check if the O2 is operating under normal parameters?
• Re: 86 Camper Engine Elect Problem..Help
  Historical mailing list - Psychic Trucker
  Fri, 09 Feb 1996 15:51:29 +0500
  ...Check the connections to the O2 >sensor, temp sensor, and all low voltage grounds. See if you have a groung >wire connected at the...
• Re: O2 sensor outlet in new CAT, size?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:05:25 -0400
  ...You could use your old O2 sensor, too. The hole doesn't care. Mike BJ Feddish wrote: > I though that my gaskets went bad...
• Re: O2 sensor testing
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:13:17 -0500
  Forgot to add, on my '85 (single wire type), the ECU seems to feed 0.5V into the O2 Sensor loop until it starts...
• RE: Dying in the rain 2
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Thu, 3 Jul 97 18:44:51 UT
  ...I've never had to replace a Bosch O2 sensor with lower than 80,000 miles use, usually get much more. Perhaps the generic...
• Surging Idle fixed! / High O2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 00:12:55 EST
  ...If anyone has a good idle stabilizer for sale please p-mail me! While going through the troubleshooting, I disconnected the O2 sensor and...
• Re: How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:07:39 EST
  Horace; The O2 sensor fine tunes the FI system to achieve stoichiometry. A rich condition produces a voltage output from the sensor, about .9...
• Using O2 sensor for fuel mix adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:27:13 +0100
  Listees! I've seen references to using the O2 sensor present in some Wasserboxer vans to adjust the fuel mix, or CO level, or...