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• Re: 86 Westy cuts out sporadically, now won't start
  Historical mailing list - Helge Weissig
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:23:54 -0700
  ...Battery and OXS light are still on and the idle drops too low when I take my foot off the gas too fast. When...
• Re: "Recorder with warning switch" - what is this? (Solved, thank s!)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:31:34 -0600
  ...go! > > - Doug > > >I believe it is the counter for the oxygen sensor indicator light. > >check out: > >http://www.vanagon.com/problems/oxs-light.html > > >
• OXS and battery light on intermitant
  Historical mailing list - tunajuice
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:59:23 -0700
  Hello Listees, Any thoughts or suggestions regarding recent intermitant OXS and battery dash lights flashing in 85 vanagon. They flash simultanieously and the flashing...
• *LONG*coolant light blinking, temp soaring and dropping, sporadically
  Historical mailing list - ColForbin
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 22:54:12 -0500
  ...Now, the OXS and BATT lights are off and alternator is charging fine. My coolant sensor light keeps coming and when it does the...
• Re: OXS and Battery Light? Van Dies. (Fixed)
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 10:31:31 -0600
  ...OXS and Battery Light? Van Dies. (Fixed) > Hi all. > > Thanks for all the very helpful places to look and things to check before > replacing...
• Re: cluster troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 6 Jun 2012 11:07:05 -0400
  ...Or it could be for the OXS light that they removed in ?'89. d
• Re: 02 sensor life
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 13:44:15 -0500
  ...Some '87 Vanagon's have a 30K-mile mileage counter box for OXS light which VW chose to pull it from their Golf/Jetta...
• Re: O2 sensor light on means?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Jun 1997 19:30:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Bloss) writes: << Ironically from the way back from the VW show, my OXS light came on. I went back to the discussion about open...
• Re: '89 Westy - Canadian?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Wed, 4 Mar 1998 12:53:04 -0800
  ...I have two Canadian-origin Syncros, BTW, neither has the OXS light or box. Neither had *any* MPH markings on the speedos (but DOT...
• Re: OXS and battery LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:21:46 EDT
  ...Now that I had it rebuilt, it has to go to 1500rpm to start charging and put the light out. What a crapper. Now...
• Re: alt & O2 lamps and dying batt.
  Historical mailing list - jon jon
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 02:32:57 EST
  ...but the oxs and alt lights >share a common ground path. and if the blue wire on the backside of >the alternator is loose...
• Re: Hot Starting (a) vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Aug 94 11:26:48 EDT
  ...The first engine ran out of oil, apparently the owner didn't understand what the red light meant -goodbye engine!. The second one which...
• Re: Bus Depot OXS Dilemma; Where Is the Truth?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 14:15:37 -0400
  ...Bus Depot OXS Dilemma; Where Is the Truth? It came to light this morning that the OXS of my van needs replaced and a...
• Re: oxs light
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 19:53:35 -0500
  Andy Zappe wrote: > > just had my oxygen sensor light come on today. 85 westy with 93k miles. > what should i do? is it just...
• Re: two red lights aren't on at start
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 19:54:30 -0800
  ...because they also needed a lamp test for the OXS light (and safety > belt light, I think?) they hooked those into the circuit as...
• 87 syncro -- lighted oil light: fact or fiction
  Historical mailing list - colin maclay
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 12:07:54 -0400
  ...dial is, whether engine is on or off), and the oxs sensor light even went on for a day or so recently. and by...
• Re: 88 vanagon oxs light
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 25 Apr 1998 08:06:56 EDT
  ...Of course we all know this light has nothing to do with the actual health of the O2 sensor. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken...
• Re: O2 sensor light on means?
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Sun, 8 Jun 1997 17:30:42 -0400
  ...O2 sensor light on means? > Date: Sunday, June 08, 1997 4:36 PM > > Ironically from the way back from the VW show, my OXS...
• Re: oxs light came on
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 15:50:05 -0500
  ...Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com dj wrote: > This is my 1st vanagon , only 3 months now and the OXS light just...
• OXS and Battery Light? Van Dies.
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Hatcher
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:32:00 -0500
  ...Whenever I would put the van over 4,000 RPMs, the OXS and Battery Sensor Lights on the dash would come on until I...
• Re: Alternator blue wire
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:52:28 -0400
  ...Alternator blue wire 87 Wolfsburg Runs fine, but battery & OXS lights on all the time = blue alt wire issue, right? But never mind the...
• Re: '90 2.1 Syncro: Is my Alternator dying? Rebuild or replace?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 16:44:02 -0400
  ...No harm, ISTM -- just means that the system needs a little RPM kick to start charging. > The new panel also added an OXS light...
• Re: oxs light came on
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 13:50:31 -0800
  At 12/7/2008 12:26 PM, John Rodgers wrote: >The O2 Sensor in the exhaust system, and the OX light in the panel...
• The light that cried wolf
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chen
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 16:41:25 -0400
  ...it works loose, as it does now and then, the OXS and Battery lights come on. I've learned not to panic and reconnect...
• Re: battery lite AND oxs lite are glowing
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:34:10 -0500
  ...battery lite AND oxs lite are glowing I took an extended putt today and now my ox. sensor and battery dummy lights are faintly...
• Re: Weird Stuff----
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 11:34:48 -0500
  ...re the OXS, it shouldn't blink anyway AFAIK -- but regardless, it's just a light connected to a switch in the speedo cable...
• RE: Alternator & O2 lights on
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 13:41:55 -0700
  ...1) Depending on the residual magnetism for your specific alternator, it may be quite normal for the ALT and OXS lights to remain on...
• Re: OXS light on dash
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 17:21:12 -0400
  ...I think I drove some 1500 miles with the light on before I found the %#!@#! switch. >> > > > Take a look at your odometer. If it...
• Re: OXS Light... what model years was it used
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:40:55 -0500
  Hi, My 90 Carat does have an O2 sensor and cat, but no OXYS light. There is a sticker inside the license plate holder...
• Re: oxs light
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 21:41:36 -0500
  ...The O2 Sensor light is telling you to service the O2 Sensor, ie prol'ly replace it. You can run it for a whil...
• Re: Chick Magnets & that pesky OXS light
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:35:21 -0600
  ...Chick Magnets & that pesky OXS light >> CC: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> >> At 01:37 PM 3/6/2009, Ellen wrote: >> >>> is a specific procedure...
• Re: alternator blue wire
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 29 May 2002 12:12:45 -0400
  ...the alternator to get it started charging, and lights up the alt (and OXS) light when it's not charging. >where should it be...
• 83.5/84 connector to 85+ panel checklist
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 17:16:21 -0400
  ...Pin three (panel lights, gray/blue) moves to pin one (was empty). Pins five (panel ground, brown) and two (ground for the hazard switch...
• Re: Using the "extra" LEDs in the instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:35:09 -0400
  ...You haven't got an OXS light since by the time your '91 was made VW were no longer specifying a service interval for...
• oxs and charge light.
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Phillips
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 15:54:03 -0800
  To all who responded to my cries for help, I appreciate it. Turns out it is the alternator-I found a guy who has...
• Re: alt. & OXS lights freaky
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 15:49:55 -0800
  ...something similar was asked sometime around Thanksgiving. > > Started yesterday, battery and OXS lights are coming on together. > They'll stay on a while then...
• Alternator light on - this is normal? Survey says... Nope!
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 18:14:30 -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...
• Re: O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sun, 18 Feb 2001 12:40:51 -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...
• alternator posts, dip stick tube, OXS
  Historical mailing list - Deborah Walters
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:27:51 -0500
  ...Has anybody replaced that without dropping the engine? #3 How do I reset the oxygen sensor light? Thanks a lot! deb '85 Westy "Gypsy"
• Re: Oil light flicker gone...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 09:20:20 -0800 (PST)
  ...common experience that nothing is wrong, kind of like the OXS and ALT lights that don't go out after starting until you tap...
• Dash foil info
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 4 Jan 2024 20:42:47 -0500
  ...Canadian model vans (and some US models) do not have the red OXS LED located on the bottom right of the LED indicator group...
• Re: Oxs lite stays on.............
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Oct 2002 20:33:59 -0600
  There is no physical connection between the light and the engine. It is not a read-out warning light from the O2 sensor. It...
• Re: OXS light on dash
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 22:10:13 -0700
  At 08:26 PM 7/21/98 PDT, you wrote: > >Now, the light is triggered by a mileage counter box in line with the...
• Re: golf/jetta 3 check engine light question (vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:44:43 -0400
  I want to install the LED in its socket (formerly wired >for the OXS) and use it to run the check engine light. >Sean...
• Re: PopTop Alarm ..... Conclusion ????
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 17:27:45 +0100
  ...In the instrument cluster there > is a blank LED light next to the OXS light, I would think it wouldn't be too > hard...
• Re: Using the "extra" LEDs in the instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:44:12 -0500
  ...They have bumps that are shaped like the > LEDs but are just black plastic. > > You haven't got an OXS light since by the...
• New circuit board options
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 21 Jul 2019 11:35:34 -0500
  ...I have a Canadian model so no OXS light if that matters. I’m not sure if I ever had an oil pressure buzzer...
• Re: subject Re: oxs light came on
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 13:19:42 -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...
• Re: Battery and OXS light?
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:43:19 -0500
  ...Andree On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Paul Guzyk wrote: > If the lights flicker at very low RPM i.e. low idle that is ok...
• oil filler tube gasket for diesel
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 10:14:27 -0800
  ...OXS Light... what model years was it used? > > Doug, > > My 85' has an OXS light in the control panel so there you have it...
• Re: OXS and battery LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 07:03:26 -0700
  ...the van is reved a bit, then the LED >alt/battery light goes out when the alt startes >charging the battery. This is normal...
• Re: Question about battery light
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 4 Apr 2013 17:50:14 -0700
  ...And I thought ALL Vanagon (US model) had OXS lights.... Good luck. What I sent an minute ago was what was wrong on my...
• Re: oxs light came on
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 15:04:25 -0800
  ...wrote: >> The O2 Sensor in the exhaust system, and the OX light in the panel are >> not electrically or mechanically connected. Once reset, you...
• Re: aftermarket tach
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 17:11:40 -0400
  ...Pin three (panel lights, gray/blue) moves to pin one (was empty). Pins five (panel ground, brown) and two (ground for the hazard switch...
• Re: OXS light on dash
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 15:00:30 PDT
  ...When you reset the light, you also reset this mechanical switch and the light goes out and the counter can start counting again. This...
• Re: golf/jetta 3 check engine light question (vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - acg11awg
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 07:30:31 -0400
  ...golf/jetta 3 check engine light question (vanagon content) I want to install the LED in its socket (formerly wired >for the OXS) and...
• Trip to Atlanta Report
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 13:14:43 -0500
  ...Mobil in Winter Park 2 vehicle problems, both caused by owner :<) OXS light came on - forgot to reset it when I changed the O2...
• horn problems
  Historical mailing list - tonya
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 16:20:48 -0700
  ...The brake, battery, and oxs lights stay on constantly -- the windshield fluid pump doesn't work -- the temperature guage isn't working -- and the...
• anther speedo problem
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Sat, 3 Jan 2004 22:28:53 -0500
  ...This is the cable that runs to the OXS idiot light counter box, not to the speedo itself. Anyway, now the odometer doesn't...
• Re: Blinking temperature light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:12:26 -0400
  ...Any time the ALT light is on the OXS light will also be on. This was implemented as a lamp test for the OXS...