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• Re: When the O2 sensor cools down...
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:19:24 -0400
  ...It makes sense that it would, I just can't verify this with the mixture meter since the o2 sensor is nonfunctional at this...
• O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:02:17 -0600
  > the oxygen sensor generates it > own voltage and uses the exhaust for its ground. So one-wire is 12V, and 3 wire has wire...
• o2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 08:46:51 -0800
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• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:07:44 -0400
  ...now I know what a Vanagon runs like when the O2 >sensor is disconnected. Not very well at all. Nossir, it's pretty, pretty...
• Re: O2 sensor trouble
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:18:26 -0700
  ...O2 sensor trouble > ---- Original Message ---- > From: RAlanen@aol.com > To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > Cc: vanagonstretch@aol.com > Sent: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 5...
• Re: When the O2 sensor cools down...
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:43:46 -0400
  ...a air/fuel mixture meter (just a voltmeter coming off the O2 > > sensor) a few months back. On our recent trip across the country...
• Re: HELP!My vanagon is missing OS sensor switch and trans fill plug
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 08:47:49 -0500
  ...Not that the O2 sensor has failed or failure is imminent, but that it reminds that now is the time to take timely service...
• oxygen sensor test
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Jan 1997 16:35:27 -0800
  ...With the ignition off, I unplugged the O2 sensor and hooked the signal wire up to my multimeter, and the other lead of the...
• Re: New O2 Sensor now stuttering
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:04:04 -0700
  ...wrote: > >> It won't kill your motor to run without the O2 sensor but it will run full >> rich all the time and decimate...
• Re: O2 Sensor in Catalytic Converter - Correct model for each FI system ?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Keese
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:20:31 -0400
  ...Does anyone know the size/thread pattern for the O2 sensor? I�d like to go buy a plug for it and don�t...
• Re: What IS Vanagon Syndrome, exactly?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:12:32 -0700
  ...Improved seat of the pants running after unplugging the O2 sensor doesn't always prove the O2 sensor should be replaced. There are many...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:41:51 +0000
  ...Normal O2 sensor operation is to oscillate from .2 to .8 volts. The goal is to average around .5 or so. The fact that...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 11:21:27 -0700
  ...a poorly running cylinder that empties into the tube with the o2 sensor, it will make the other ones run poorly. If I have...
• Re: O2 Sensor in Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:24:03 -0400
  ...Well, I don't need > to put an O2 sensor there, as there is already one in the connector pipe. > Unfortunately, the plug to...
• jerking, bucking, stalling...
  Historical mailing list - David Peterson
  Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:41:44 -0400
  ...I've read through the archives and the recent forums and it sounds like the O2 sensor may be at the root of it...
• Re: Problem, New Rebuilt Engine, Running Rich, What's Wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:23:35 -0400
  ...If the > setting is > close the O2 system should bring mixture into line when warm. > > The Temp 2 sensor is not on the engine...
• '81 Westy Cold Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - RRR RRR
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 19:21:43 -0800
  ...I don't think it's the O2 sensor since the idle is fine at all times, and I believe the O2 sensor only...
• Re: temp II sensor (syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:15:53 -0400
  Re- check O2 again, by disconnecting at the plug. Run like this until it acts up. Removing the O2, makes ECU going to a...
• Fuel Injection Wire Harness Meltdown!
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 05:56:35 EST
  ...To recap, I was replacing the oxygen sensor with a generic from the Bus Depot. I very carefully soldered and taped the O2 sensor...
• Re: more idle issues revisited
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 22 May 2006 09:20:05 -0700
  ...If I recall correctly, unplugging TempII basically tells the ECU the engine is cold, making it ignore the O2 sensor input (?) and use a...
• Re: MPG redux
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:02:53 -0600
  ...BTW, it only gets about 17 mpg with the O2 sensor > disconnected. With that much difference, I'd say my AFM is somewhat > maladjusted...
• Re: A Christmas Goose
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:57:13 -0500
  ...Walker SVX O2 Sensors drop shipped to MCM per recommendation. > > > > I. Measuring the new O2 sensors at the sensors gave 0.011 V (11...
• Re: oh No!- My "New" 1984 Westy Shuts Down on the H-Way!
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 22:10:36 -0800
  ...If it happens again disconnect the sensor and see if it goes away. TBill 83.5 Westy ***ALWAYS suspect your O2 sensor!*** _________________________________________________________ DO YOU...
• Help Part 3
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 17:52:29 EST
  I really screwed up aparently...I tried to restart after the O2 sensor was replaced, it started and then the wires to the O2...
• Re: 1984 Vanagon O2 Sensor Removal ?
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 00:40:46 -0400
  ...1984 Vanagon O2 Sensor Removal ? > > > Can anyone offer suggestions for getting an old, stubborn O2 > sensor out so I > can install a new one...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:02:53 -0700
  ...Question about temp II sensor and bad running > Isn't there a test for the O2 sensor where you heat it with a propane...
• Scotty, I need more power...update and ethical dilemma(long)
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 22:13:57 -0500
  ...I'm figuring that this confirms my hypothesis about the O2 sensor. True? Now, if I leave the O2 sensor disconnected for the week...
• Re: O2 Sensor problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 22 Mar 2020 14:26:37 -0400
  ...and exhaust carboned up so I assume running rich. > Oh, it will run turrible rich with the sensor voltage jammed up like that. d
• Re: Not typical bucking
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:27:02 -0400
  ...Do the idle position sensor alignment last. Ken Lewis 86 Transporter Crew Cab, 60 T-5 Coupe http://neksiwel.20m.com/ O2 sensor monitor...
• Re: Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:54:31 -0400
  ...Especially the idle position sensor. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ Vanagon mods, tech info and O2 sensor help
• Re: engine bucking and bogging - simple answer
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:47:22 -0700
  Nope, no change with O2 sensor disconnected. No change when O2 sensor connected and ign switch cycled. Only change with the first 2 occurrences...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:28:39 -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: O2 sensor stuff
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 06:46:32 -0600
  ...O2 sensor stuff >Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 06:17:46 -0600 > >So, if what I have been reading here lately is correct, the...
• Re: O2 sensors - OEM or after-market?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 21:47:18 -0500
  ...O2 sensors - OEM or after-market? > It looks like I need a new O2 sensor. Was wondering what people think on > brands, given the...
• 1.9L - Will not idle cold - when warm idles at 2800RPM
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:29:41 -0400
  ...Any ideas where he should start looking? TempII sensor? AFM? O2? Any of these? -- Thanks, Jeff '85 GL (Gertie) '90 Carat (Grover - the noble...
• Re: O2 Sens. Replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 23:57:00 -0400
  ...I found in the archives that there are generic 3-wire O2 sensors >available as well as some Bosch units that do not have...
• o2 Test
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 21:29:14 -0400
  Is there a simple way to test my 02 sensor, the bentley way requires special tools? Matt 89 GL Westy
• Re: o2 sensor didn't solve it
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:08:12 -0500
  Sorry about the spelling--I meant Mr. Rodgers. Must have been in the wrong neighborhood.
• Re: O2 Sensor problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 22:52:14 +0000
  ...O2 Sensor problem > > OK > New o2 sensor installed and it doing exactly the same as before. > With engine warm and running and o2 sensor...
• Re: Not giving up!!!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 20:29:48 -0700
  ...The O2 sensor is there the provide feedback to the ECU about the state of the fuel/air ratio, but it could as well...
• Update on 1990 automatic
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 11 May 2007 10:09:40 -0500
  ...It doesn't have a stock exhaust (no Cat, No O2 sensor) and I thought maybe the O2 sensor was the problem. Well, thanks...
• Air-Fuel Ratio fluctuation
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:36:33 -0700
  ...some 20% O2, which is pretty much an atmospheric O2 reading. It does the same thing with the stock narrowband sensor in place, as...
• Re: Ox sensor use
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 08:08:59 -0700
  Well, if the O2 sensor isn't working, that is, not generating voltage in response to chenges in air/fuel mixture, then disconnecting it...
• Re: Hesitation, bucking, rough idle then died. The paranoia begins...
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:18:48 -0800
  ...I later found out that RTV and O2 sensors don't play nice > together. I did not use very much RTV, just a film...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 25 Jun 2016 12:18:50 -0700
  ...O2 voltage while it's still connected to ECU? (O2 black wire still connected to green wire) http://www.ngk.com.au/oxygen-sensors...
• Re: OXS light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:19:35 -0400
  Any chance the alternator light is flickering with the O2 sensor light? Is the alternator warning light working? The O2 light goes on with...
• Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 20 Mar 2016 21:13:36 -0500
  Perhaps you should disconnect the O2 sensor and drkve it some distance and see what happens. Then hook it up again and check what...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:59:49 -0700
  David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> writes: > A Vanagon *in proper working order* runs just great without the O2 > sensor. That's why the first...
• Re: Digitool and driveablity issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Apr 2004 17:35:52 -0500
  ...Next the O2 sensor readings the 02 sensor seems to be working fine according to your instruction book my reads are between .33 and...
• 1.9l unstable idle -- two causes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 19:10:38 -0500
  ...Replacing the O2 sensor doubled the mixture flip-flop rate and made the idle rock-steady. Lazy sensor...Ken Lewis's little meter board...
• Re: O2 mixture questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 14 Oct 1997 11:06:31 -0700
  ...The Bently manual tells you to disconnect the O2 sensor when setting idle mixture using your CO sensor (I wish!!) [snip] > I realize I...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:27:29 -0400
  What a great exercise!!! We all felt your pain, and relief! Glad you tracked it down to an O2 Sensor. It is BEST to...
• Some Comments on Generic, three wire, O2 Sensorfor digifant
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:39:01 EDT
  I have followed some of the recent comments on the generic three wire O2 sensor. In my case, when I converted my '82 Diesel...
• No idle when engine cold
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:53:13 -0400
  ...All looking good. - Timing good - Temp II sensor tested good - Throttle switches work fine - tested. - Idle control valve buzzes - O2 heated sensor produces voltage...
• Re: Low MPG & Carbon Monoxide Smell
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Fri, 8 May 1998 01:11:34 -0500
  ...You can get an O2 sensor (Digijet) from Ron at the Bus Depot for $ 29.95 plus $ 3.75 for Priority Mail shipping. I...
• Re: who sells vanagon dashboard switches /IMHO Malo
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:49:19 EDT
  ...In other words, if the van starts running like a pig, first disconnect the O2 sensor monitor before troubleshooting. George
• Re: anti-seize + oxy sensor ??
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:26:16 -0400
  I am quite sure my Bosch O2 sensor came with some kind of anti-seize compound already on it. It had a plastic cap...
• Re: 85 1.9, Intermittent stall then no start but does crank ??
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 1 Oct 2006 23:09:45 -0700
  ...theory, there are breather holes in the O2 sensor that need >to sense the outside O2 content, and compare it to the exhaust content...
• Re: Cat / O2 Sensor Removal
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 5 May 2008 10:04:48 -0700
  ...A properly working cat/O2 sensor etc., will help reduce emissions. Based upon my Westys model year, ('81 air cooled in Canada), I'm...
• OXS light
  Historical mailing list - Steven Sittser
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:44:04 -0400
  ...The O2 sensor was replaced a few months back; a month or so later, the light came on. I tried (many times) to reset...