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• Re: Upgrading Digijet to 3-Wire O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steve W
  Tue, 13 May 2003 19:34:35 -0700
  ...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: 02 SENSOR
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 30 May 2006 13:29:32 -0400
  > Just because the light comes on does > not mean the O2 sensor must be replaced Good point! Duh! I answered the 02 sensor question...
• o2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - joel diotte
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 23:31:35 -0500
  I have a new three wire sensor to install- there are two white wires- does it matter which they are connected to? Any pointers...
• Re: Use Oxy Sensor light to re-set odometer?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 20 May 2006 21:29:33 -0700
  ...O2 sensor : 30,000 miles on early models. 60,000 miles on '86 and newer. Minor correction, NO OXS light on later models, about...
• Re: Diagnosing Issue using O2 Meter during Open-Loop Operation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:45:42 -0400
  At 08:42 PM 9/9/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >I have a Ken Lewis O2 meter and during the initial open-loop...
• Re: Fire Systems/performance parts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chen
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 09:12:03 -0600
  >>Second is an air/fuel ratio monitor which hooks up to your O2 sensor >>and graphically depicts your air/fuel ratio under any conditions...
• Re: When the O2 sensor cools down...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:17:46 -0700
  ...When the O2 sensor cools down... > ...what happens? > > I rigged up a air/fuel mixture meter (just a voltmeter coming off the O2 > sensor...
• O2 senor operation!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 May 2012 16:53:23 -0400
  ...The goal for the O2 sensor is not to provide the ideal fuel-air mixture for economy or performance although that is a benifit...
• Re: Billy won't run
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 12:02:26 -0500
  Warren from your description the engine is running to rich and you have gas fouled the plugs, O2 sensor and the exhaust system. I...
• Re: Idle problems on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 23:14:38 -0500
  Before anyone begins tearing apart AFMs and O2 sensors, I'd suggest checking your vacuum hoses. This fixed my high idle problem immediately. Dave...
• Re: Catalytic convertor
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 07:47:46 -0700
  It affects the O2 sensor, which affects your mixture. The O2 sensor is (as was mentioned) in the cat on the 2.1 Keith...
• Re: Catalytic convertor
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:36:37 EST
  ...The O2 sensor is located before the cat-con, not after it, and therefore would read the same, cat or no. The only difference...
• Re: Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:18:25 -0700
  ...Put in a new > O2 > sensor last year when the old one quit working. > > Paul of Valley Wagenworks says Bosche sold a bunch of...
• Re: Air cooled emissions indentification Fed/ California
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 8 Sep 2008 20:44:25 -0600
  ...The CA models had an O2 sensor while the other 49 states did not. The exhaust system is different because of this. The 49...
• Re: 2.1 l running poorly
  Historical mailing list - Dan Winget
  Sun, 1 Sep 2002 21:12:42 EDT
  Karl sounds like your o2 sensor needs to be replaced Dan
• Re: Can O2-sensor make engine run too lean?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:55:16 -0500
  Make sure you test the O2 sensor immediately after driving. The non-heated sensors cool off quite quickly and may never get up to...
• Re: 86 Camper Engine Elect Problem..Help
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 23:31:25 -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: Oxygen sensor coax
  Historical mailing list - vw4x4
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:33:59 -0500
  ...Hello List, >> >> Looking for a source or if anyone knows the type coax used for the o2 >> sensor. TIA >> >> Joe Beckham >> Joe@willywaw.com >> >> >> >> >
• 02 sensor
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Jul 1996 08:37:47 -0700 (PDT)
  Some folks expressed an interest in the 02 sensor thingy. I'll try to oblige here. >>I'm using the O2 sensor on anything...
• Re: Rich Running....Vanagon Syndrome? HELP!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 6 Jan 2016 17:22:03 -0500
  ...Drove home and then disconnected the wires >to the O2 sensor. Took the van for a drive. Ran like a champ for >about 5...
• Re: Diagnostic Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:13:22 -0500
  Sounds like an O2 sensor issue. To confirm, when it happens, hold throttle steady and turn ignition off and back on. If it works...
• Re: O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:33:37 -0400
  ...Checked the voltage output from the O2 >sensor (disconnected) and just wildly varies from about .05V to about .15V, >nowhere near the .45V ish...
• starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Donald Welch
  Wed, 9 May 2001 09:02:12 -0500
  ...I am presently running without the O2 sensor hooked up do to hessitation problems during acceleration.. I think that can be atributed to a...
• Re: orphaned wire in driver's side of engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Timothy O. Crooks
  Sat, 15 Aug 1998 01:27:27 -0400
  Is your O2 sensor hooked up? This sounds like the wire you disconect for the O2 sensor when you are making adjustments to your...
• Flashing battery and O2 Sensor light
  Historical mailing list - James Lipman
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 22:26:22 -0800
  ...the battery light and O2 light flicker on and off. Any Suggestions. Do I just need to change my sensor? Also I think I...
• good FI books?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Nov 94 13:57:40 PST
  ...I figgered the O2 sensor had finally bought the farm. I went to Mr. FLAPS and bought the $65 three-wire O2 sensor (with...
• O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Arlene K Sondergaard
  Tue, 30 May 2006 10:24:40 -0700
  i wish it was just the o2 light that was the problem. my 1987 wolfsburg vanagon is bairly driveable. within a week of the...
• Re: idle fuel calculations
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:34:22 -0500
  Who told you the ECU does not use the O2 sensor at idle? It definatley is. Only if something is worng or the settings...
• Re: Intermittent Power Loss - '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 20 May 2017 11:31:08 -0700
  ...Spray a little WD40 at black boot (cover) on green wire connecting to the wire from O2 sensor. Pull the boot back, look for...
• Re: A Yukon gal and her Westy need help
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 18:34:07 -0700
  ...The problem was a leak in the connector pipe where the o2 sensor is connected. The O2 was getting faulty readings because the exhaust...
• air flow sensor unit needed for '85
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, Scott
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 20:17:00 -0500
  Well, my new mechanic (who seems to know what he's talking about) says I need an air flow sensor unit and an O2...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:09:03 -0400
  ...original Bosch O2 sensor on my '84 for 250,000 miles, and my '85 > has 140,000 miles on the sensor. You can save...
• Re: High elevation adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 21:44:38 -0700
  ...My O2 sensor (90 GL) fail just as if it was at sea level, a slow degredation over time. Two ways to by pass...
• Re: Reduced Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:23:08 -0800
  ...Last tuneup was a year ago, I don't know if Mike put in an O2 sensor at that time. Matt -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: One more %^$ part...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:56:07 -0700
  Yup... 30 seconds = O2 sensor. It should engraved on the dash. BTDT. Cya, Robert
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 22:49:16 -0600
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• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 21:51:11 -0700
  Mark Ingalls wrote: > > Rich = Power : ) : ) : ) > Mark, I guess you're talking dollars here? Larry
• Re: HELP NEEDED ON THE ROAD
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:20:19 -0700
  Or... Air Cleaner. Stephen Steele wrote: Rich equals air or O2 sensor. >
• Re: Hard start, rough idle, stalling
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:02:53 -0400
  Jeff, The O2 sensor does not have any affect until the engine reaches a certain temperature. I would suspect the TEMPII sensor. First I...
• O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:28:25 -0500
  ...price for the '85 >>O2 sensor is about half the price of the '87 sensor. I assume that >>there must be some difference. > >I...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:54:59 -0600
  ...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: Problem, New Rebuilt Engine, Running Rich, What's Wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:12:03 -0300
  ...If the setting is close the O2 system should bring mixture into line when warm. The Temp 2 sensor is not on the engine...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 12:29:45 -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...
• 87' Syncro runs rough until warm
  Historical mailing list - Dana E Hager
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 19:08:10 -0700
  ...I was told that if I disconnect the O2 sensor and start the engine it would default the ECU and if the problem went...
• engine tuning after muffler and o2 install??
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:43:52 -0800
  Hi everybody I just installed a new muffler and o2 sensor. the engine is running pretty well but performance seems a bit off. previously...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:59:37 -0400
  ...O2 sensors brand quality difference? > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > The Vanagon operates the O2 sensor heater continuously. Since it is so far away...
• timing spec and tune up and Ed's being fixed
  Historical mailing list - The Buslady
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 20:24:43 EDT
  ...What's the timing supposed to be at for 2.0L? And if I DO need a o2 sensor, are they easy to install...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:22:48 -0700
  If you suspect the o2 sensor just disconnect it and see how the van runs. With it disconnected the computer uses internal maps to...
• Re: Power loss when engine wet and cold
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:43:21 -0700
  I'll second the O2 sensor. Last winter we had exactly the same symptoms, and were running a splice-in type 02 sensor. I...
• 2 EFI tips from Import Service magazine
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 24 May 1996 11:05:32 CST6CDT
  ...O2 sensor wires: As Gerry Skerbitz found, the O2 sensor wire is actually a co-axial wire and subject to shorting out between the...
• Re: O2 Sensor in Catalytic Converter - Correct model for each FI system ?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Keese
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:02:34 -0400
  The thread diameter/pitch for the O2 sensor is 18 x 1.5 mm. I went to my flaps and they were useless, although...
• 87 automatic- acceleration off idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:07:46 -0800
  ...The first check is to warm the motor up, disconnect the O2 sensor, and connect a Voltmeter to the O2 sensor. The computer in...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:59:04 -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...
• AW: Fuel consumption
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 23:33:53 -0800
  That must be why my mileage is down- the shop left three leaks in my "new" header that is upstream of the O2 sensor...
• Re: Gastester(schon wieder!)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 May 1995 22:41:57 -0700
  >I whiled away 1.5 afternoons this weekend doing the O2-sensor-as-mixture- >tester trick. Paid $45 for generic three-wire O2 sensor...
• Re: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:38:16 -0400
  ...called an oxygen > deficiency sensor! This thought is based on the voltage being produced by > the difference in the O2 level in the exhaust...
• temp o2 sensor...where??
  Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:07:25 -0500
  ...Where's the Temp 02 sensor located? Thanks! Alan
• O2 sensor output voltage test
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hammerstrom
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:05:03 -0700
  ...Mine reads fairly steady at .91 volts, I believe this is a working sensor reading a rich mixture, correct? Thanks
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:05:54 -0700
  ...My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay > >As I've posted previously, my 84 1.9L auto only gets about 15.5 MPG >while...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:48:39 -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...