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• Re: CSI: Vanagon...Smog results!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:38:10 +0000
  ...You should be > able to see > >the sensor reading vary from .2 to.8 volts. You now have O2 > sensor control. > >If the throttle...
• Gree O2 Wire replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Thu, 7 Aug 1997 17:03:29 -0600 (MDT)
  Hi all, According to my Bentley the green signal wire leading from the O2 sensor to the ECU is available seperately from VW. Has...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Jun 2016 14:57:45 -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: Use Oxy Sensor light to re-set odometer?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 20 May 2006 22:50:39 -0500
  ...The O2 sensor light in the odometer is in no way connected to the O2 sensor itself. For that reason, you can choose to...
• Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 19:55:44 -0500
  Hey, Thanks, I could not tell yet, which system my 85 had... Thanks...! Lyle
• Re: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:18:23 -0700
  Does anyone out there know enough chemistry to identify how the o2 sensor generates the current. What I think is that???? 1) high hydrcarbon...
• Re: AFM ADJUSTING
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:31:02 -0800
  ...Temp II sensor, the wire from the O2 >>>>sensor to the ECU, common short, and a intermittant one at that. The AFM >>>>is a...
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 09:53:43 -0600
  ...The O2 sensor generates a voltage directly related to the *difference* in O2 content between the ambient(outside) air and the exhaust stream. Lean...
• Re: Gastester(schon wieder!)
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 15 May 95 01:18:08 EDT
  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: O2 sensor testing
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:57:27 -0500
  ...O2 sensor testing Is there a way to check if the O2 is operating under normal parameters? This communication is for use by the...
• Re: digitool readings help needed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:04:02 -0400
  At 12:43 PM 6/12/2002, Vanagon man wrote: >Hello, just replaced my O2 sensor with digitool hooked up.....prior to >replacent, it...
• Re: O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 12:59:36 PDT
  ...I expect it's that pesky throttle switch again, but with all this talk of O2 sensors, I wanted to check mine... Shawn '88...
• O2 sensors and those little balls.
  Historical mailing list - Antony P Marsh
  Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:37:09 -0500
  Dear List What does the List offer in the way of recommendations on where to purchase an oxygen sensor (because everybody seems to be...
• O2 Sensor Wrench Size
  Historical mailing list - David Baker
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:12:59 -0600
  Anyone happen to know the size wrench I need to replace my oxygen sensor? (85 1.9L Westy) I have an British Engineering System...
• Digifant & the Throttle Position Switch
  Historical mailing list - Brad Estergaard
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 22:13:56 -0800
  ...Just wondering if the Digifant ECU ignores ALL sensors until the engine is warmed up or is it just the O2 sensor it ignores...
• Mike's TP switch question from digest
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:16:00 -0700
  ...One cause could be the O2 sensor is not reading "Fuel-rich" from the exhaust, but rather is seeing some "blow-by Rich" coming...
• When the O2 sensor cools down...
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:59:53 -0400
  ...what happens? I rigged up a air/fuel mixture meter (just a voltmeter coming off the O2 sensor) a few months back. On our...
• Re: FI mixture adjust?/ Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 17:07:17 -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...
• 1.9 ltr WBX O2 sensor question?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:21:48 -0400
  Hello Folks, How quickly does the O2 sensor give a signal to the ECU? I notice a split on the green wire connector to...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:09:26 -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...
• Intermittent Power Loss - '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Sat, 20 May 2017 10:48:08 -0700
  ...In addition to the O2 sensor / sensor wiring possibility, Chris has also suggested it could also be a faulty ECU. The ECU is original...
• Re: Can't get the %&#*!!! OFF!
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:34:46 -0400
  ...to replace an O2 sensor for a 84 vanagon and a 88 vanagon, I tried to use a o2 sensor socket. It broke in...
• Re: trying some new timing settings...
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Fri, 31 Jan 1997 13:33:04 -0500 (EST)
  ...Old Thermostats gets lazy and tend to run cool.If OK, Check wiring to the O2 sensor and the sensor it self. ERic Zeno
• Re: digijet FI adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:32:19 -0400
  ...Shut off engine, reconnect stabilizer and O2 sensor. Restart, and check O2 sensor operation. After 30 seconds or so, you should be able to...
• 91 syncro troubleshoot ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 19:24:06 -0700
  ...I just installed a new O2 sensor. It was a Bosch which needed to be spliced in. I know how to solder and made...
• Re: speedometer cable installation question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:10:11 -0800
  ...This may well account for dropping the OXS light as it was found that the O2 sensor didn't need to be replaced as...
• Re: O2 sensor transition time
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:26:54 -0400
  ...5/9/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >>For the record, my O2 sensor cycles at 126 beats per minute according to >>my metronome. That...
• Re: Catalytic converter question...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 19:00:23 -0700
  If memory serves, early model, air-cooled vanagons in the 49 states required a catalytic converter but did NOT require an O2 sensor; however...
• Re: Idea for gauge placement
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:19:04 -0400
  Best use for one of those little slots is Ken Lewis's O2 sensor monitor.
• New quirks with my van! PLEASE READ/HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Sun, 10 May 1998 19:25:00 -0700
  ...I think it's the O2 sensor and the cat. I only know this because I shut off the engine, disconnected the O2 sensor...
• Re: '85 1.9L Stumbles Off Idle When Warm
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 22:23:41 EST
  ...connect a digital voltmeter to the output of the O2 sensor. The output should fluctuate which is normal, but if it's going much...
• Re: 81 Westy - should it have an O2 sensor or not?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Mon, 11 May 1998 17:30:46 -0600
  Jack -- I have an '81 and it most definitely should NOT have an O2 sensor. And it's mighty hard to pass the CO...
• Re: Billy bones
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 22:19:50 -0600
  ...I just replaced the O2 Sensor with one from VolksCafe. I bought the lesser expensive one which required that I splice my old harness...
• Re: Can't get the %&#*!!! OFF!
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 09:54:43 -0400
  ...Because this is the O2 sensor he is unwilling to treat it as a simple removal but insists on charging full labor for replacing...
• Re: Our beloved digifant
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 10:41:50 EDT
  ...I put in the OEM sensor and it worked. The ECU and O2 sensor deal in micro-voltages and a splice in can createa...
• New O2 Sensor now stuttering
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:32:07 +0000
  So I had this O2 sensor that I picked up a few years ago but never installed since the old one didn't want...
• At what point do you need to worry about bad mileage?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:36:21 -0500
  ...In addition the O2 sensor, coil, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fuel pressure regulator, air filter, were replaced. What is weird is it does seem...
• O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:48:14 -0800
  On oxygen sensors, I am looking at changing my 1984GL sensor over to a heated sensor. Anyone got a part number and wiring for...
• Re: AFM question---O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:59:50 -0600
  ...a > whole for an oxygen sensor and weld in a bung then you could use an oxygen > sensor to tune. You need Ken Lewis...
• Re: O2 sensor transition time
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 9 May 2009 14:27:36 -0400
  At 11:32 AM 5/9/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >For the record, my O2 sensor cycles at 126 beats per minute according...
• Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:03:44 -0400
  ...O2 sensor in gutted cat question "What is more important is to have the clip on shield in place to keep off wind and...
• Re: Fuel Injection Discussions
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:13:29 -0700
  ...Another source of contamination is if the sensor is sprayed > directly with a silicone based spray, O2 sensor breathe in fresh air as > part...
• Re: '87 vanagon camper hesitating/bucking and burning gas in Mexico
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Sun, 6 Nov 2011 21:06:44 -0800
  ...I unplugged the o2 sensor and still had issues. It turned out to be a broken wire in the harness . It was fixed by...
• Re: Fuel air mixture or timing adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 17:29:53 -0700
  ...2)Stop engine, disconnect the signal wire from the O2 sensor (don't know if you have a 3-wire or 1-wire O2...
• Re: Speedometer cable replacement question.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:58:11 -0500
  ...I have a >single piece cable to replace the factor one that goes through the O2 sensor >counter box. Came from one of our...
• Re: Loss of Power after carwash
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 23:54:46 -0400
  ...large that when I drove through it the water was over O2 sensor! Once I disconnected it the problem went away. Later when the...
• Re: OXS and battery light on intermitant
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:49:08 -0500
  The OXS light does not indicate anything about the operation of the O2 sensor. It is wired to come on with the battery light...
• Re: Bad O2 Sensor Symptoms?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 3 May 2006 12:33:15 -0400
  I dont think it is the O2 sensor,but if you want to try, just unplug it and see.You can drive just fine...
• Idiot lights
  Historical mailing list - wogdog
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 06:09:43 -0700
  ...The O2 sensor and the charging system light, the one with the battery next to it. Tried resetting the O2 sensor but no luck...
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 03:27:47 -0500
  ...Not quite true... > In other words if the fuel injection system is in proper >adjustment, you should be able to disconnect the O2 sensor...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:31:32 -0600
  ...failing O2 sensor in my inline VW > motored van and I wanted to see what the List take is on O2 sensors. > There is...
• Re: gas maleage dropped to 10.1
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:18:55 -0400
  ...Also made sure the O2 sensor was connected. Van still >drives fine, and power seems as usual. Anybody got any ideas until I can...
• Re: She's bucking...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:57:44 -0500
  Disconnect the O2 sensor, drive it a bit and see what happens. It does not hurt to do this. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver...
• Re: At Idle: AFM Flap, CO Screw Relationship. Explanation Found
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 08:57:32 -0400
  With the sensor disconnected from the engine the mixture screw should affect the O2 sensor reading. You want to adjust for about .5 volt...
• Re Is this the Vanagon Syndrome?
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:53:34 -0800
  ...If you do have the spliced O2 sensor, consider forking over the money for the vanagon oem O2 sensor. I've encountered several serious...
• Last word on tach going to zero?
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Thu, 3 May 2007 07:44:06 -0600
  ...This guy put in a new OEM O2 sensor ($$$$$ yikes). A new ground strap and played with the ECU. The van is now running...
• Re: Boston Bob Big Valve Update? Not really... (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:25:36 -0500
  Marc, I have some O2 troubleshooting tips on my web site plus I made up a few gadgets which display the O2 sensor output...
• Re: My Sunday project
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:10:03 -0400
  ...relay to alters the output of the O2 sensor to (falsely) report a >leaner exhaust. No O2S on a Federal '81. The AFM could...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:17:55 -0700
  ...The breakthrough was understanding that the soot in the exhaust was causing my new O2 sensor to get clogged up. Also, it's possible...
• Re: hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:55:14 -0700
  ...Problem was defined by disconnecting the O2 sensor, ran great then but very rich. Replaced O2 sensor, problem still there, isolated to the #2...