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• Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - James Rasmussen
  Sun, 10 May 1998 11:52:29 -0700
  What are the signs that your catalytic converter is going bad? Just changed O2 sensor and I am wondering if converter sustained any damage...
• Re: Condensor for 90A alternator
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:02:45 GMT
  Shawn; The range is zero to one volt on the O2 sensor after it has warmed up. I have more O2 info on my...
• Re: oops, more questions on O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:48:30 -0400
  ...Since you have driven some > distance with the O2 sensor disconnected, the catalyst is probably > toasted also. Also, the O2 sensor should have a...
• Re: Tuning by O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 16:41:11 -0600
  ...Tuning by O2 Sensor >Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:23:32 -0500 > >I decided to run my '85 1.9l with the O2...
• Re: O2 Sensor - 3-wire vs 1-wire
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:31:32 -0500
  ...installed 3-wire O2 sensor apparently has an internal fault. > > I have a brand-new-in-the-box 1-wire O2 sensor. > > Thanks, > > John...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 14:08:34 -0400
  ...Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak? > > > This past weekend I averaged 5 mpg and there was a lot of unburned > fuel coming...
• Re: How to remove O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 15:02:56 -0400
  ...How to remove O2 sensor > > > > Rich > > Is the thread on the O2 sensor the same as a spark plug? Looking > > through > my > > tools I...
• Re: oxs light came on
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 17:41:59 -0600
  From what I understand these O2 sensors are comprised of a platinum cap over a zircon tip. When heated, the fluctuating oxygen/co2 molecules...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:32:52 -0700
  ...Replacing the o2 sensor is the logical step now. Then you need to wonder if some underlying problem will kill the replacement as well...
• Re: Digifant timing/tuning help needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 30 May 2010 11:57:02 -0400
  ...Possibly in the harness itself. > The O2 sensor ground reference is also the ground wire in the distributor > harness. The wire to the O2...
• Rusted on O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:41:01 -0500
  Hi All, I'm trying to remove my o2 sensor but it's rusted in place. I've tried quite a bit of liquid...
• o2 sensor wire
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 23:35:47 -0400
  Hey folks...There's often talk of the shielded cable on the newer multi wire O2 sensors, but is the same true for the...
• Re: digital gauges
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:57:07 -0400
  I still have a few O2 sensor monitor gauges left. Twenty bucks plus two for shipping. The display is a ten LED bar graph...
• Generic O2 sensor installation
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:09:56 -0600
  I am ready to install a new O2 sensor in my van, and it is a Bosch single wire type. Can anyone tell me...
• Re: What's Wrong With my Compression?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:33:54 -0400
  ...Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ Vanagon mods, tech info and O2 sensor help O2 Sensor monitoring Gadget sold here
• Re: O2 Sensor in Catalytic Converter - Correct model for each FI system ?
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:47:12 -0500
  I jumped on this thread a little late, but it looks like you are trying to plug up the O2 sensor hole on your...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 09:24:09 -0700
  ...I removed my O2 sensor, which was a Denso Universal..It was adapted, with the Denso junction plug.... into a long flat VW plug...
• Re: O2 Sensor Questions
  Historical mailing list - DAN WILKIN
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 17:10:50 -0800
  ...I then disconnected the O2 sensor and all is well again. Could it in fact be a screwed O2 sensor or the wire that...
• Re: O2 Sensor Questions
  Historical mailing list - DAN WILKIN
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 17:10:50 -0800
  ...I then disconnected the O2 sensor and all is well again. Could it in fact be a screwed O2 sensor or the wire that...
• RE: Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Erik Rhodes
  Wed, 13 Aug 1997 16:30:55 -0700
  ...The "potential" difference that > drives it is the difference between the O2 in the exhaust and the > ambient > O2. A "rich" mixture drives the...
• 1986 Vanagon GL 2.1 , 4 speed
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Knittel
  Tue, 8 May 2001 08:53:15 EDT
  OK, I have disconnected the O2 Sensor and drove up the Hill without any problems, but the Vehicle was still running at around 2000...
• Re: How to remove O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 19:00:52 +0000
  ...How to remove O2 sensor > > > > Rich > > Is the thread on the O2 sensor the same as a spark plug? Looking through > my > > tools I...
• Re: O2 Sensor problem
  Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
  Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:28:36 -0500
  OK New o2 sensor installed and it doing exactly the same as before. With engine warm and running and o2 sensor connected, Ive got...
• Re: O2 sensor stuff
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:18:36 -0600
  ...The mixture will vary quite a bit without an o2 sensor. I like the idea of a near perfect mixture for many reasons, so...
• Re: interesting for o2 sens/power loss topic
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 18:50:31 -0800
  ...trip #1 with o2 sensor connected: 140 miles /9.683 gal= 14.46 mpg trip #2 with o2 sensor dc'd: 140 miles/ 10...
• Re: Checking the O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23:29:25 -0400
  You will ground one lead of the meter to the engine, and run the other lead to the O2 sensor. It puts out less...
• Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:01:02 -0700
  ...O2 sensor in gutted cat question > What did this O2 sensr shields look like? > Thanks, > Tony > -- > 82 Scirocco "Rodolfo" > 85 Vanagon "El Guapo" > 90...
• disconnecting O2 sensor... bad?
  Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Co.
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 18:02:43 -1000
  Had an 86 Westy idling/driving rough and running rich- knowledgable friend says "it's a bad O2- just disconnect the damn thing cause...
• Re: O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:36:58 -0800
  ...It is labeled OXS. > >Where is the O2 sensor indicator light located on a 90 instrument cluster? >Coop Chris DeLong ICQ#45030867 Seattle, WA...
• Re: 1.9 L engine 10mpg
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 00:32:39 -0500
  O2 goes in safe mode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Check plugs wiring instead...how did you test the fuel pressure relief valve? How did you test the AFM...
• Re: O2 sensor/CO meter schematic request
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Oct 95 15:56:25 MDT
  ...of > the O2 sensor/CO meter from the web? I don't have web access right now, > only email. > Thanks in advance, > Jack > > >
• Re: Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 20 Sep 2014 07:45:30 -0700
  ...Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal? > > Mobile CB coaxial wire? Image: > > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73...
• Fuel Mileage and Upholstry
  Historical mailing list - Ron Toby
  Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:42:32 -0700
  ...I have tried different combo's of connection of pre-sensor connected and o2 disconnected and vice versa but the o2 disconnected is the...
• Re: (LONG) Surging Idle fixed! / Surging O2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 07:16:21 -0500
  From what you report, your O2 sensor is working fine. G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Corporate Communications Counselors www.bulley-hewlett.com Cary, NC...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:49:00 -0700
  ...And yes, the 92 Cabriolet non-Cali diagram matches your wiring description for the O2 and almost nothing else does but 90 and 91...
• Re: Idling
  Historical mailing list - Joyce and Bruce
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 09:10:09 -0400
  ...Have you had your O2 Sensor checked. I recently had trouble with idling and surging when accelerating. Had the O2 sensor replaced and I...
• Re: Running Problems 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:51:46 -0600
  ...Simply unhook the single wire connector at the end of the O2 sensor harness and it will run on the open loop (non feedback...
• O2 senor operation!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 May 2012 16:53:23 -0400
  ...The goal for the O2 sensor is not to provide the ideal fuel-air mixture for economy or performance although that is a benifit...
• how do I get O2 sensor out?
  Historical mailing list - David E Most
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 13:34:47 -0400
  ...The O2 sensor is really stuck in the converter. so, 1)If I use heat to get it out, will it damage the sensor...
• F.Y.I.
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  18 Oct 1996 19:24:04 -0700
  ...Mike West, Glad you're out of hospital! Sorry to tell you, the finger-tip O2 sensor uses light transmision/ absorbtion of hemoglobin to...
• O2 sensor install anti seize-copper based?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 14:39:23 -0500
  I have gone thru the archives on how to keep my new O2 sensor from rusting to the manifold & only see threads(pun intended...
• My muffler Fell! O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Lebron, Nathan (GEP, Contractor)
  Fri, 1 May 1998 10:18:27 -0400
  ...Question, Since the O2 sensor also fell out, should the van be acting crazy? Nate El Great 85 GL 180,000 mi
• Help part 2
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 17:27:06 EST
  I finally got the O2 sensor out and replaced it with a Bus Depot generic...1 black wire 2 white...does anyone know if...
• Re: Diesel as carb/injector cleaner?
  Historical mailing list - Various
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:26:30 -0300
  ...My father uses it on a (non O2 sensor) diesel engine with quite noticable results: rough idle smooths right out. He probably puts in...
• Re: o2 sensor troubles
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 05:56:52 -0700
  ...I can't take credit for the O2 gauge thingy; that idea I stole from Dennis "guskersthecat", with the I4 in his '90 <http...
• Re: O2 sensor wire replacement, '85
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 1 May 2008 16:47:21 -0400
  ...The run from the O2 sensor to the spade connector is not shielded. The shielded wire must only be grounded at ONE end (at...
• Re: o2 Sensor on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:50:55 -0400
  ...o2 Sensor on 2.1L OK Dennis, but if the green wire is sheilded and grounded through that sheilding, then how do I get...
• Re: O2 sensor light on means?
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Sun, 8 Jun 1997 17:30:42 -0400
  The O2 sensor light coming on basically means nothing. The light is connected to a mileage counter in line with the speedometer cable. The...
• Re: Re[2]: Vanagon O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 14:36:57 EDT
  ...In simple terms, the O2 sensor tells the Fuel Management system how much oxygen is left after the fuel mixture is burned. I don...
• Re: O2 sensor splicing (was Re: Water-cooled VW parts?)
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 09:54:02 -0700
  ...I have not changed the O2 on my Van as yet but will be looking at doing so in the near future therefore I...
• Re: O2 sensors revisited (short)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:48:41 -0400
  ...I still think this problem is due to something else, not the O2 sensor. If I understand correctly, it is the temp measurement from...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 14:23:29 -0700
  ...I don't wish to mislead your search for O2 perfection, but Marks comments reminded me of the O2 connector on my swap engine...
• Re: Vanagon O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 11:47:55 -0500
  Good news! You can get a stock Bosch O2 sensor at German Parts & Restoration (1-800-321-5432) for $118 + shipping. Just talk to...
• more o2 trouble
  Historical mailing list - Schmidt
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 12:03:46 -0500
  Since the o2 senser is in the news here lately, I am wondering if anything would be hurt(other than ozone) by permanently disconnecting...
• Splicing the O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 08:08:53 -0600
  ...I'm going to be replacing most of the exhaust system next weekend, including the catalytic converter and O2 sensor. Trimming cost where I...
• Removing Oxygen Sensor tips needed, broken O2 sensor cause backfire?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:25:11 EDT
  I've been struggling with O2 sensor, I used heat, rust free stuff, a chisel and stopped short of a dremel..ain't no...
• Re: vanagon syndrome week
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 11 Jun 2005 20:42:47 -0600
  ...From my experiences with a Digitool, I suggest that you check the O2 sensor carefully. In my 2.1 '87, after a warm restart...
• Re: O2 Sensor - 3-wire vs 1-wire
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:31:00 -0800
  ...installed 3-wire O2 sensor apparently has an internal fault. > > I have a brand-new-in-the-box 1-wire O2 sensor. Casey Olympia...
• Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:59:29 -0800
  ...Should I break it off and use a regular 22mm socket? Get a 7/8" special O2 sensor socket, which is slightly larger, so...
• o2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 14:08:51 -0500
  How do you know when your o2 sensor goes bad and how important is it to replace? In the past, I've just reset...