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• Re: Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:38:18 -0400
  ...http://www.vanagon.com/problems/oxs-light.html If you haven't replaced it in a while, I'd pick up a spare OXS...
• More specific arning light prob.
  Historical mailing list - (Christopher j. Pierce)
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 18:03:45 EDT
  ...But it is all three lights that are lighting up on the dash, not just the 2 typical oxs and Alt lighyt but the...
• Re: oxs/charge light flickering????
  Historical mailing list - Tony Thompson
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:56:07 -0400
  I had that happen this summer, I checked the voltage and all was OK, the VW dealer found a short near the alternator which...
• Re: Alternator and O2 Dash lights on
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 09:19:22 -0400
  ...It's telling you that the alternator is not charging! The OXS light always comes one when the alternator light does, it's wired...
• Re: How to reset Oxy Sensor light on 84??
  Historical mailing list - Jacob M. Kaplan
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 19:28:29 -0600
  ...reset. > >How do I reset the counter so I can shut off the light? <http://www.vanagon.com/problems/oxs-light.html> cheers... -Jacob
• Re: OXS sensor reset? --THANKS
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Wed, 17 May 2000 09:48:06 -0700
  ...I reset the sensor light last night. It was the easiest service I have ever done on the Vanagon. Thanks, Vince.
• Re: 85 water-cooled Vanagon and OXS
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 9 May 2002 08:23:36 -0400
  ...85 water-cooled Vanagon and OXS Hello all, I am sure that this has been covered, but... The oxygen sensor light in the dash...
• oxs light
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 15:53:34 EDT
  just had my oxygen sensor light come on today. 85 westy with 93k miles. what should i do? is it just as simple as...
• Re: OXS Light... what model years was it used?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 18:58:34 -0600
  ...GERRY.VANAGON.COM wrote: > Does anyone know what model years the OXS light appeared on the instrument > panel? I know I don't have...
• Re: 86 Dash lights
  Historical mailing list - John Elliott
  Wed, 3 Feb 1999 22:45:43 EST
  ...I did get the water temperature light to go off which was due to the mixture being way off and considerably low. The OXS...
• Re: OXS and battery light on intermitant
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 08:29:53 -0600
  ...Though I did not notice right > away...someone has put a square of black tape over the > OXS light... errrr.... maybe to hide it...
• Re: O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:27:02 EST
  ...There is no OXS marking anywhere on the cluster. There is a red light in the coolant temp gauge but I assumed it was...
• Re: alt light at high RPMS
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 20:15:15 -0700
  ...Mark Patrick Rueb wrote: > > my ALT light and OXS light is coming on at high rpms and sometimes lower > flickers or solid. voltage is...
• Re: oxs light
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 23:20:05 -0500
  ...oxs light > Don't forget. The O2 Sensor light is telling you to service the O2 > Sensor, ie prol'ly replace it. You can...
• Re: OXS light on dash
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:44:30 -0500
  ...OXS light on dash Now, the light is triggered by a mileage counter box in line with the speedometer cable. The light comes on...
• Re: oxs light came on
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 11:13:03 -0800
  ...oxs light came on > This is my 1st vanagon , only 3 months now and the OXS light just came on. > I > checked to owners...
• Re: OXS light
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 20:26:41 -0600
  ...Happy detent depressing~~~ -{;<)> John Rodgers 88 GL Driver > > My OXS light just came on, what are the possible causes for this? It seems > to...
• Re: alt. & OXS lights freaky
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 17:20:16 -0400
  >Started yesterday, battery and OXS lights are coming on together. >They'll stay on a while then go off and stay off a while...
• Re: Chick Magnets & that pesky OXS light
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 13:57:57 -0500
  Ellen wrote: > When the odometer turned over 60,000, the OXS light came on. I know I have read there is a specific procedure...
• red lights come on.
  Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:31:46 EST
  When I drive over 4200 RPM my batt & OXS lights used to flash (last week) now they come on & stay on over 4200 RPM...
• Re: 88 vanagon oxs light
  Historical mailing list - RRESA
  Sat, 25 Apr 1998 15:57:03 EDT
  I have a 84 I'm not sure if the wiring is the same as an 88 but my oxygen light and battery light...
• Re: OXS light on dash
  Historical mailing list - Gary Edwards
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 01:20:17 EDT
  ...The light comes on every xx,xxx miles. To reset it, >crawl under the front of your van (hope it's not a Syncro...
• Re: Alternator Problems
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 10 May 2002 20:00:08 -0700
  ...He installed > it and the alternator and oxs lights would not go > off . He took it back and > the flaps passed it off as...
• Battery, OXS lights stay on after start
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Thu, 25 Sep 1997 15:28:20 -0600
  ...the battery and OXS dummy lights stay on until I blip the gas once. If you turn on the lights, etc. before giving it...
• Re: reset? OS2 indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 15:16:39 -0500
  ...Realize, however that VW is a cheapskate company, and they don't spend money on flashing dash lights to entertain themselves. The OXS light...
• Re: Help locating pin at harness for idiot lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 Jun 2012 00:00:44 -0400
  ...Relabel the OXS light. As a bulb-check function it's wired to always light when the ALT light is lit. d
• OXS light
  Historical mailing list - Fetner Greg
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:13:45 -0600
  Tim, the box that causes the service light to come on every (?) 30k miles is in the speedo cable underneath the van...speedo cable...
• Re: ox sensor/battery ligfht on suddenly
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 17:57:34 -0400
  ...They wired it that way for lamp-test purposes -- anytime the ALT light is on, the OXS light is also on. d -- David Beierl...
• battery and oxy lights staying on too long
  Historical mailing list - Nate Saylor
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:21:29 -0700
  So my battery and oxs dash lights have always come on under startup and stayed on until my van gets about 1500 rpms at...
• Re: Battery, OXS lights stay on after start
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 26 Sep 1997 09:41:43 EDT
  ...one too? > >When I start the van -hot or cold- the battery and OXS dummy lights stay on >until I blip the gas once.
• OXS light on
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:10:42 -0500
  Is this light coming on from a setting after so many miles on the speedo box, or is it a sign of something else...
• Re: "Recorder with warning switch" - what is this? (Solved, thank s!)
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:08:33 -0400
  ...go! - Doug >I believe it is the counter for the oxygen sensor indicator light. >check out: >http://www.vanagon.com/problems/oxs-light.html
• Re: speedometer cable installation question
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:48:15 -0800
  ...OXS Recorder/Switch on the speedo > My '90 doesn't have it (a US vehicle) and no OXS light on the dash. IRRC > it...
• Alternator & O2 lights on
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 09:03:53 -0500
  ...lights were not on. Has anyone seen or experienced these symptoms? Answers and insights are certainly appreciated. Oh, I last reset the OXS milage...
• Re: OXS light on dash
  Historical mailing list - -Chip
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 22:28:39 -0500
  How about checking the archives? I know for a fact it is in there cause that's how I learned to remedy it! -- Chip...
• Re: alt. & OXS lights freaky
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 19:02:27 -0500
  ...Beetle Tonya, My OXS and Alt. lights come on together too when there isn't enough voltage. I found my problem was the alternator...
• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:50:47 -0400
  Not so arcane, the LED and resistor and flex circuit wiring are the same as for the OXS light in gasoline-powered ones. Glad...
• Re: exciter circut, alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Deb
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:02:32 -0700
  ...The OXS light is connected to > the alternator light to provide a bulb test function for the OXS light, > which would otherwise never light...
• Idioit Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Holmdahl
  Tue, 14 Jan 97 09:40:00 CDT
  ...Two days ago the last 2 lights starting acting up - My battery light and OXS light blink intermittently and at the same rate. Both...
• Re: OXS light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:19:35 -0400
  ...OXS light > > >My OXS light on the dashboard has started flickering. > >The O2 sensor was replaced a few months back; a month or so...
• Re: O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 05:42:05 -0500
  ...by the battery light. It is labeled OXS. > >Where is the O2 sensor indicator light located on a 90 instrument cluster? >Coop Chris DeLong...
• O2 sensor light on means?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 8 Jun 1997 16:33:43 +0000
  Ironically from the way back from the VW show, my OXS light came on. I went back to the discussion about open/closed loop...
• Re: reset? OS2 indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 08:17:52 -0500
  Melissa- The EGR fix isn't as straight-forward as the OXSensor. The lamp basically indicates (Like the OXS light) that a certain number...
• Re: Dash light problem...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 1 May 2003 16:53:01 -0400
  ...battery" > > lights have ceased to work (no longer come on when the key is turned on > > before starting van), and the OXS light is...
• Re: OX and charge lights on
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:34:16 -0500
  ...ALT light -- it's hooked in to that circuit to give a lamp test function for the OXS light -- all those warning lights are...
• Re: oxs light came on
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 15:26:19 -0800
  My van is on its second O2 sensor and original engine (205k) Simply atrocious reliability for both, huh?. -- Casey '87 300TD '94 100CSQ Avant...
• Oxs lite stays on.............
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Sun, 27 Oct 2002 18:02:33 EST
  Hey Volks, I went on a camping trip this weekend and somewhere along the way the oxygen sensor light came on. Engine seemed to...
• Re: O2 light
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 10:01:45 -0500
  http://www.vanagon.com/problems/oxs-light.html > My O2 sensor light is now on permanently. The engine is running fine; O2 > sensor itself...
• Re: Rabbit idiot lights
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:53:10 -0700
  is it the upshift light? my $.02 worth --- john schaper <tahljohn@NETSCAPE.NET> wrote: > In an 83 Rabbit above the oil, alt, water, oxs...
• Re: oxs light came on
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 10:50:52 -0800
  ...This is my 1st vanagon , only 3 months now and the OXS light just came on. > I > checked to owners manual and it said...
• 85 water-cooled Vanagon and OXS
  Historical mailing list - Peter Brandt
  Thu, 9 May 2002 07:47:14 -0400
  ...The oxygen sensor light in the dash of my 85 water-cooled Vanagon keeps coming on for a while, then going off. Any common...
• Re: red lights come on.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:01:55 -0500
  ...Mike > When I drive over 4200 RPM my batt & OXS lights used to flash (last week) > now they come on & stay on over 4200...
• Re: OXS light
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:08:55 -0700
  ...OXS light My OXS light on the dashboard has started flickering. The O2 sensor was replaced a few months back; a month or so...
• Re: OXS Light... what model years was it used?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:53:59 -0500
  ...OXS Light... what model years was it used? --- "Fitz-Randolph, Douglas" <Doug@BEACONTEL.TV> wrote: > Does anyone know what model years the OXS light...
• Re: OXS light on
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 16:28:37 -0600
  Vanagon Man wrote: > > Is this light coming on from a setting after so many miles on the speedo box, That's it. Follow the...
• Re: OXS and Battery light stays on
  Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
  Sun, 27 Oct 2002 20:32:04 -0800
  --- Marshall Williams <marshall.williams15@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > Does anyone have any idea why - all of a sudden - my OXS > and Battery Light > remains on...
• westy gauges-help?
  Historical mailing list - Roch Roch
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 21:59:28 EDT
  ...What could the problem be? Also when I start engine, the battery and oxs lights come on and stay on until I tap accelerator...
• Re: OXS & Batt. Lights just came on... the fix
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:42:45 -0500
  ...The "new" alternator is doing its job and the battery is being charged even though the OXS and Alt lights were staying on. The...
• '90 2.1 Syncro: Is my Alternator dying? Rebuild or replace?
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 13:41:24 -0400
  Similar to Greg Hamburg, my battery/alternator light stays on when I start the engine of my '90 syncro. (Not the OXS light, though...
• Alternator blue wire
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:35:36 -0700
  87 Wolfsburg Runs fine, but battery & OXS lights on all the time = blue alt wire issue, right? But never mind the wire, there is...