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• Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:02:31 -0700
  ...Voltage from O2-sensor is zero, even after engine warms up. Time to order another O2-sensor and see if it will last longer...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:05:12 -0700
  ...I have regained my fuel economy...back up to 24.xx mpg after 3000 miles with the new sensor. the O2 sensor i again...
• Re: WRONG INFO - O2 Sensor, Bucking, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 07:55:40 -0600
  Hi Rico, You are exactly right, the 1 and 3 wire o2 sensors like our vans use have a black wire plus output to...
• Can O2-sensor make engine run too lean?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:15:00 -0500
  Have been running engine with O2-sensor disconnected for past couple of weeks. Engine performance okay in other regards with sensor disconnected. My Son...
• testing coolant level sensor?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 6 Apr 2008 13:20:45 -0400
  I have been wondering whether my coolant level sensor is faulty, since I don't remember every seeing it come on when I've...
• Re: Temp coolant sensor repair and Warmup?
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 19:00:26 -0500
  ...As an experiment, try disconnecting the O2 sensor. If the O2 sensor is compensating for the "real" problem, then the problem should not go...
• Re: Digifant timing/tuning help needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 30 May 2010 11:57:02 -0400
  ...With the O2 sensor > disconnected you should see about .5-.6 volt on that center O2 sensor wire. > For the temp 2 sensor one...
• Re: More O2 Sensor confusion...
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 17:40:35 -0500
  ...Symptoms returned with the new properly installed o2 sensor. I'm sure my mpg would improve if I dc'd the sensor forever. I...
• Had surging, fixed it, but did I just bandaid it?
  Historical mailing list - Nate Saylor
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 05:31:01 -0800
  ...On hot engine (off) I disconnected it then turned on the engine to check sensor voltage. With the sensor disconnected it started to hunt...
• Re: Possessed Temp Gauge
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:25:46 -0700
  > > As far as I can tell it's not actually a cooling issue but an > electrical or sensor issue but I may be wrong...
• Re: O2 Sensor problem
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:56:29 -0500
  ...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: Replacement of Temp II sensor
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:57:16 -0700
  The temp sensor and the temp sensor connector should be blue. If you have a new sensor and new o-ring ready just leave...
• Re: 88 vanagon gl "issues"
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:26:34 -0800
  ...The TEMPII sensor is a real good candidate. Where exactly is the TEMPII sensor? There are some wires/traces under the distributor that become...
• Re: Cruise Control Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:48:30 -0500
  If you have absolutely zero resistance across the sensor then that could be the problem. When I measured my sensor its reading did not...
• Re: Temp II sensor o-ring confusion
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 00:26:46 -0500
  When I bought my Temp II sensor from BusDepot I think I got one with the package. I didn't actually use it however...
• Re: Removing the rear AC top cover
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:09:58 -0800
  The sensor buried in the evaporator coil is the *freeze* sensor, not the T-stat sensor (at least in my '86). This sensor is...
• Re: coolent level sensor
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 03:35:33 -0800
  ...Decided to > clean and check the coolent level sensor. Pulled > the connector and expected > the flashing LED on the clock to flash but it...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:21:20 -0700
  ...3 of you have suggested the Hall Effect Sensor. It so happens that when I checked the cap & rotor, I did notice that the...
• Re: Cold Idle Problem
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 7 Sep 2017 19:54:20 -0700
  There is no temp 2 sensor on a 1.9, only the ECU sensor and the gauge sensor, both on the T-stat housing...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:35:09 -0700
  ...On 2/27/2015 4:54 PM, Steven Johnson wrote: > Agreeing with Mark, O2 sensor. Had similar issue with my > 91 and a replacement...
• Re: Repair Safety-Coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jim Maginel
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:41:09 -0600
  I had recently replaced my coolant level sensor, thinking that it was the cause of a dead LED on my heat gauge(it wasn...
• Re: OHM Readings for 1.9 injectors and o2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 22:59:25 -0500
  ...The O2 sensor resistance is meaningless as it is a voltage source when it is working. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• 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...
• Re: Catalytic Converter Failure
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 16:07:38 -0800
  Mike, Check your O2 sensor- my middle brother's Rabbit had its Catalyst go China Syndrome after the O2 sensor failed. O2 sensor fails...
• Re: O2 sensor and CO adjustment
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Wed, 13 May 1998 19:34:43 -0700
  >| I think it depends on whether it had been adjusted as the old O2 >| sensor got replaced. Ooops, a few missing words in that...
• Re: Van Sputters on Takeoff
  Historical mailing list - jim&kim
  Fri, 18 May 2001 22:39:42 -0700
  Might I suggest that your 02 sensor is bad or you have an exhaust leak upstream. Disconnect the 02 sensor, (no harm done van...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:29:14 -0600
  when O2 sensors go bad, they usually "false lean", and give an indication of a lean condition even when the exhaust is rich. Naturally...
• Oil Pressure sensor
  Historical mailing list - J B
  Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:43:17 -0400
  Just purchased my first Westy with some oil leaking out of the oil pressure = sensor. (81 air-cooled) Bought a new sensor thinking it...
• 02 SENSOR
  Historical mailing list - Arlene K Sondergaard
  Tue, 30 May 2006 09:06:20 -0700
  my O2 sensor light went on last week and my mechanic says parts and labor $340. i think bus depot has the sensor for...
• Re: Blue Syncro oceanside
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:28:31 -0600
  ...I am assuming that >> this happened when the coolant temp sensor told the ECU to turn the >> heater off on the sensor. When I...
• Re: Problem, New Rebuilt Engine, Running Rich, What's Wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:24:37 -0300
  Hi Robert The O2 sensor fine tunes the mixture, however the engine should run close to the correct mixture (maybe a little rich) without...
• Re: Leak at coolant recovery tank
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 11:00:12 -0700
  ...However, it >still appears to be leaking some around the sensor area. Mine was the same. I found that the coolant sensor needs to...
• Re: [Re: O2 Sensor Questions]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:36:54 MST
  I'm far from being a wiz on the vanagon, but learning anyway I heard that the 02 sensor should be replaced every 30k...
• In need of two sensors for late Vanagon AC system
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:11:48 -0400
  I am in need of the two temp sensors that go in the area to the left of the rear hatch opening on a...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:08:22 -0800
  ...Mass Airflow Sensor MAP: Manifold Absolute Pressure sensor. Both are two different things. Robert 1982 Westfalia --- John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > The split...
• voltage reading at temp gauge sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:39:31 -0400
  Hey Folks Just installed a new thermostat housing, FI temp sensor and a Gauge temp sensor in the Syncro, along swapping in a different...
• Re: Gas mileage/o2 sensor 1st report
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:32:42 -0700
  ...The O2 sensor was connected, but not "sniffing". (exhaust incomplete) I'm sure a properly operating sensor makes a big difference. Neil. On Sat...
• Re: 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:31:29 -0500
  ...2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair The temp II sensor is blue, and the temp I sensor is black, right...
• Oxygen Sensor HELP.....
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:59:02 -0700
  oxygen sensor HELP..... � So I have a very gone through engine rebuild (1.9L) With lots of new parts (1984 water cooled vanagon with...
• Re: Jerky Van continued
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 6 Jun 2007 16:59:06 -0600
  Trouble when raining is sometimes the O2 sensor, or the wiring from it, getting wet or cooling down. A test is to unplug the...
• Temp II sensor replacement Part 2 (The disaster!)
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:34:25 -0700
  Well today I found out about the 2 clips I removed (or thought I removed) from my Temp II sensor. I was not planning...
• Re: temp 2 sensors?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 14 May 2005 07:55:03 -0700
  ...temp 2 sensors? > > Temp II sensor is located in the thermostat housing of the cooling > system not the catalytic convertor (the oxygen sensor is...
• Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Erik Rhodes
  Wed, 13 Aug 1997 15:43:07 -0700
  I just had a smog check done on my '78 bus and the smog check guy said the oxygen sensor was bad, thus misinforming...
• O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:23:36 -0600
  I need to replace the O2 Sensor on my 88 GL. My local Bosch distributor has a generic Bosch unit listed in his catalog...
• 4-wire O2 sensor swap...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:58:33 -0700
  Well, it was time for a new O2 sensor. Mine was acting sluggish and it turns out that the heater was no good (open...
• voltage reading at the gauge temp sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:40:31 -0400
  Hey Folks Just installed a new thermostat housing, FI temp sensor and a Gauge temp sensor in the Syncro, along swapping in a different...
• Re: 1988 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tony Mysyk
  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 20:31:23 -0600
  ...Monday, July 21, 1997 2:00 PM > > How long will my vanagon run with the O2 sensor disconnected?
• Re: 82 cold starts fine; stalls after 5 min.; Temp II??
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:13:03 -0500
  ...Have you run the tests in Bentley 24.13? If so you know whether you have 1) a good sensor, 2) a good sensor...
• Re: O2 sensor testing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:33:46 -0600
  ...if i understand >> correctly >> if the sensor shows no volts (bad sensor or no sensor)ecu defaults to >> open >> loop which means running rich...
• Re: Cheap O2 sensor - 90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 18:00:20 -0800
  I've used the Ford O2 sensor with spliced connector in an '87 wihtout any problems. David On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Michael David...
• Is John right about the temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:04:34 -0700
  ...My 87 clearly has the coolant sensor unrelated to the temperature sensor when the coolant level is low in the tank. The temperature gauge...
• Re: Stubborn oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:21:03 -0500
  ...I was amazed, the > first time I tried it on a rusted up mess of an O2 sensor! > > mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM> wrote...
• Re: Vanagon O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Chris Bracken
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 13:40:52 -0700
  The discussion about "Generic" O2 Sensors led me to my FLAP. The counterman let me go through the Bosch book, and I could not...
• Re: Someone have the part number for the universal O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Sun, 7 Nov 2004 19:21:19 -0800
  ...Someone have the part number for the universal O2 sensor? > Actually, that Bosch part # (15 725) is listed by Bosch as "Oxygen Sensor > Universal...
• O2 Sensor Questions
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 15:27:59 -0400
  ...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: [FIX] seal on Expansion Tank sensor
  Historical mailing list - Richie Chunda
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:30:20 EDT
  ...You either need a new O-ring or a new O-ring AND a new level sensor. Do not use any sealant with the...
• Re: Master cylinder leak and coolant leak at pressure tank
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 2 Apr 2005 19:15:56 -0800
  ...Could it be comming out of the electical conection in the sensor? Thanks I've had the sensors leak from both the electrical connectors...
• Re: interesting for o2 sens/power loss topic
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 08:57:01 -0600
  Hi Jay, A person can see what volt signal the 02 sensor is sending to the ECU by using a digital multi-meter, in...
• Re.Hego sensor Working
  Historical mailing list - Denis B\ilisle
  Sun, 08 Jun 1997 03:42:53 -0700
  ...O2 sensor question Message-ID: <Pine.ULT.3.91.970606093621.23470a-100000@scooter.cc.wwu.edu> The O2 sensor is in closed loop while...
• Re: Cold Idle Problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 8 Sep 2017 00:57:22 -0400
  > > There is no temp 2 sensor on a 1.9, only the ECU sensor and the gauge > sensor, both on the T-stat housing...