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• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Update
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:25:59 -0400
  ...I did not see anything on your list about the O2 sensor. Maybe you could use one of my O2 sensor monitor gadgets? See...
• Re: Weird stalling problem
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Wed, 24 May 2006 23:08:44 -0400
  Jay, The O2 sensor is a good place to start, but it is best to be systematic and not proceed based on guess work...
• Generic O2 Sensors - What is the real deal?
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Jones
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:23:34 -0400
  So are the generic O2 sensors several list vendors sell (I bought mine from Bus Depot) legit or not? I've read on GoWesty...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 3 Feb 2015 20:01:32 -0800
  yes carbon build up is bad... I use Lucas injectors/rings cleaner every other fill up the gas
• Re: A Christmas Goose
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:00:15 -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: Did the mechanic do something?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 04:08:43 -0500
  ...While the O2 sensor of the WBX is not an EGT sensor, it does send signals to the ECU about the oxygen content of...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:16:42 -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: engine bucking and bogging - simple answer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:49:50 -0400
  ...engine bucking and bogging - simple answer Nope, no change with O2 sensor disconnected. No change when O2 sensor connected and ign switch cycled. Only...
• Re: Subaru was: 2.1l engine for sale too $900.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 19:38:56 -0700
  ...On another occasion had my >O2 sensor was "disconnected" by road debris on a logging road, didn't >notice any driveabilty problems at all...
• Re: Intermittent Power Loss - '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 21 May 2017 04:47:15 -0700
  ...Subsequent test drives also went > without problems. > > > > On Chris' suggestion we disconnected the O2 sensor and I've been driving > it, > mainly on short...
• Re: AC causes engine reduction in performance and stalling
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:18:18 -0400
  ...I checked the 3 wires > coming from the new O2 sensor. The single wire had a little corrosion > on it, so I cleaned that...
• Re: CA Smog Failed - 1985 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:57:10 EDT
  ...This was about 4" from the O2 sensor and was most likely throwing it off. I installed a new O2 sensor. Exactly, just like...
• GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:38:17 -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: Failed Smog Test
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sat, 23 Jan 1999 09:41:53 -0600
  ...If I spend $150 or more (cat and > o2 sensor) the state will give me a waiver, but I'd rather find out what...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 14:01:32 -0700
  ...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: OXS sensor on 85 watercooled vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 20:55:22 -0500
  ...Again, the light is NOT connected to the O2 sensor in any way. It's just a way to tell you the van has...
• Re: O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sun, 7 Feb 1999 13:41:36 -0500
  ...O2 Sensor > > > Hi Guys! > > I'm in the process of changing my O2 sensor on my 84 Westy. The > old sensor > seems to have...
• Re: Oxygen sensor-replace or unplug?
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:08:53 -0700
  ...is > this wrong? > ('88 2.1 L Engine) > > BD Three wire O2 sensors have One Signal Wire and Two Heater wires; One for Ground...
• Running rich floods
  Historical mailing list - Cooper Jonathan
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 23:26:51 -0400
  ...First, I got a new O2 sensor and put that in. With that came a new Muffler (Thanks Cherry) that I put in at...
• Re: O2 Sensor voltage
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 14:50:22 -0500
  ...Then I reconnect my O2 sensor and consider that part of the >injection system adjusted. Makes sense. Playing with it just now (my AFM...
• Repost of low power update (long)
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 23:42:08 -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: Still running rich, now what
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 15:49:14 -0700
  ...Start by replacing the cheapest first, the O2 sensor. >($35 Bosch universal from list vendors). Then move to the fuel pressure >regulator ($70), AFM...
• Re: Flashing battery and O2 Sensor light
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:07:36 -0500
  ...Flashing battery and O2 Sensor light I just bought an 85 Westy and the battery light and O2 light flicker on and off. Any...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 23:17:37 -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...
• Re: Continuing Engine Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Fri, 10 May 1996 19:33:48 -0500 (CDT)
  ...voltage at the connected Oxygen sensor connector. [...] Forgot to mention that this was a brand new O2 Sensor. -- Gerry Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@med.umn...
• Re: Failed Smog Test
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 11:11:24 -0500
  ...I have read (on the list) an alternative procedure using the O2 sensor and a voltmeter(search archives). In the mean time I would...
• Re: 1.9 ltr WBX O2 sensor question?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:19:21 -0400
  Air Flow Meter On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:21 AM , T Collins wrote: > Hello Folks, > > How quickly does the O2 sensor give...
• Re: Idea for gauge placement
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:53:00 -0400
  Wes, Here is my O2 sensor monitor: http://neksiwel.20m.com/photo5.html Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 13:51:43 -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...
• Air Flow Meter/'81 Van/Failed smog
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Sat, 21 Dec 1996 16:15:13 -0800 (PST)
  ...Since the leak is downstream of the O2 sensor, I wouldn't think this would matter. Questions: 1) is 11% O2 out the pipe...
• O2 sensor. How does it effect performance?
  Historical mailing list - kormak
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:51:52 -0700
  ...I came to the O2 sensor, which is quite old and blackened. (to the point where the little slits were completely clogged). Just playing...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:59:34 -0500
  ...I'll disconnect the O2 sensor and check the Temp II when I get back and it's warmed up. I just put a...
• Re: O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Sheila Pearson
  Sun, 7 Feb 1999 09:56:33 -0500
  ...O2 Sensor > > > > > > Hi Guys! > > > > I'm in the process of changing my O2 sensor on my 84 Westy. The > > old sensor > > seems to have...
• Re: ECU reset, O2 voltage stability
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:11:49 -0800
  ...After about 2 to 3 minutes, it reverts to "Closed Loop", thus depending on the signal the O2 sensor is giving it. However (and...
• Re: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:56:44 -0400
  ...oxygen battery description of what the O2 sensor > system does. I have a "working knowledge" of the sensor, but between > Dennis's description and...
• O2 Sens. Replacement
  Historical mailing list - ZUMBRENNEN JOSEPH CORY
  Sat, 6 Apr 1996 21:41:53 -0700 (MST)
  Hello all, I found in the archives that there are generic 3-wire O2 sensors available as well as some Bosch units that do...
• Re: Need O2 sensor shield help / advise
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:24:28 -0600
  ...Very few analog meters do. > > david But then of course digital meters usually don't update quickly enough to follow the O2 voltage. ;-( Larry...
• Re: EV Problems/cost - Any sugestions?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 01:19:37 EDT
  ...it has two) O2 sensor went out. the emissions warrenty covers the sensor for 2yr/24,000miles. I complained and the dealer paid labor...
• Blue Syncro oceanside
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:14:27 -0800
  ...I recently (approx 500 miles ago) replaced my O2 >> sensor after having a problem with my 1990 Wesfalia that caused it to >> bog down...
• Re: 89 backfires, sputters when warm. MYSTERY problem!!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:54:54 -0700
  ...continuity > between o2 > sensor and brain is fine, too. resistance of o2 sensor is fine, too. temp > sensor at intake is fine as well...
• Re: O2 Sensor '85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - K & K
  Mon, 16 Sep 1996 18:28:14 -0400
  ...everyone, could someone please tell me how to turn off the O2 sensor, >> or at least direct me to the page in the bently...
• Re: Circuit 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:50:29 -0500
  ...Circuit 85 Vanagon I need to know what circuit(s) control the dash lights, O2 Sensor diode, and heater switch light. -- "Until one has...
• Re: Air fuel tuning technique - Gurus wanted
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Engineering
  Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:36:26 -0700
  ...Just to clarify, for > the > O2 sensor reading I used a digital automotive multimeter (a good one) > using > millivolts. I rounded the figures in...
• Re: Gas Mileage Improvements?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:06:55 -0700
  ...Not saying a bad O2 sensor just that that is what I got with the O2 sensor unplugged.
• Re: Hunting and radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:19:54 -0400
  ...Watching my O2 sensor monitor gadget http://neksiwel.20m.com/photo5.html , I notice that rhythmic idle fluctuations correspond with changes in the output...
• Re: Reduced Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:25:09 -0500
  ...A bad O2 sensor, that can make for a 2-3 MPG drop on its own. But as Ben said, the seasonal variation in...
• ECU Monitor
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 5 Oct 2013 12:50:50 -0600
  ...It is indicating a poor O2 sensor ground. Does the sensor ground through its mount into the exhaust, or along with the heating element...
• Re: AC causes engine reduction in performance and stalling
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:55:30 -0700
  ...I checked the 3 wires coming from > the new O2 sensor. The single wire had a little corrosion on it, so I > cleaned that...
• Digijet O2 Sensor Wiring Issue
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 12 Mar 2005 12:33:33 -0600
  ...While trying to get Roland ready for the state emissions check I replaced the O2 sensor. I tried setting the AFM per the instructions...
• Re: oxs light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:43:34 -0400
  ...Did >the PO have some sort of magic wand to make the van run so well without an >O2 sensor or is something hopelessly...
• Re: oxy sensor check
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 21:14:51 -0600
  ...No or low reading is either a bad o2 sensor or very lean running engine. If you haven't replaced the sensor in 122...
• Hesitation problem driving me bonkers!
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Mon, 26 May 1997 10:55:31 -0600 (MDT)
  ...I have replaced the ignition wires, distributor cap, rotor, plugs, fuel pressure regulator, O2 sensor (several times), blue coolant sensor. I have checked the...
• Re: O2 Sensor - lean/rich indicator
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Fri, 28 Jul 1995 15:44:19 -0700
  ...How > difficult would it be to set up a three LED indicator that would tell the > driver if the O2 Sensor is reading rich...
• Re: Fwd: EV Problems/cost - Any sugestions?
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 10:38:25 -0500
  A O2 sensors generally last only 30K to 60K? Then why Vanagon(88+) and EV have maintenance interval of 90K? BTW, I thought emission...
• Speedo Saga
  Historical mailing list - Denys Mueller
  Mon, 24 Nov 1997 21:06:29 -0800
  ...Upon returning home I diconnected the upper cable from the O2 Sensor Mileage Meter and attached a drill motor - the upper one turned fine...
• Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:33:03 -0700
  ...Ideally the O2 (and all other sensors) should share a common ground point with the ECU signal ground. Damned if I know where the...
• Re: Air fuel tuning technique - Gurus wanted
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:35:16 -0400
  ...Just to clarify, for the O2 sensor reading I used a digital automotive multimeter (a good one) using millivolts. I rounded the figures in...
• O2 sensors - OEM or after-market?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 20:38:10 -0600
  It looks like I need a new O2 sensor. Was wondering what people think on brands, given the really major differences in price between...
• Re: oxygen sensors checking and theory
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 20:41:48 -0700
  Jeff wrote: >http://www.wps.com/LPG/o2sensor.html Hey, now that was a worthy little chunk. Thanks! Steve
• Re: Running rough, dies as temp gauge starts to register
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:09:21 -0800
  ...Nice and smooth! > > Looks like I need a new O2 sensor. Oddly the one in there was fairly > new and couldn't have more...