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• Re: '86 Running very rich still
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 May 2001 22:42:58 -0400
  ...quite a bit more gas than it should. >What are the sensors that need to be changed to make sure that all >possible trouble...
• Re: What about E15?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 1 Mar 2011 18:28:04 -0700
  ...sure" the OBD11 ECU DOES do is use the 3 O2 sensors and how the engine is running to adjust timing in all conditions...
• coolant LED issues
  Historical mailing list - carboncow
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:07:18 -0500
  So I'm guessing sensors, relays and electrical are not vw strong point. The coolant temp/level LED is flashing non-stop. Coolant level...
• Re: Intake manifold gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:20:13 -0700
  silicone is what's bad for 02 sensors. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Old Volks Home" <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday...
• Re: Runs great--for a minute or two ??
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:48:40 -0600
  ...As always > we have oxygen sensors and tempII sensors in stock if you need them. > > Hope this helps, > Ken Wilford > John 3:16 > www...
• ABS / Subaru
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Fri, 12 May 2000 14:51:21 -0600
  ...Anti-Lock brakes are a conventional hydraulic braking system which has a pump plumbed into the system, and wheel sensors on each wheel of...
• temp sensors?
  Historical mailing list - jonathan waters
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 07:08:00 -0700
  Hi, I have a 2.1, and it started to run kind of funny? It starts good, and has been running real good. until...
• Re: OIL PRESSURE
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 12:05:14 -0600
  ...I bought both the gas and diesel sensors and switched to the diesel one after about 6 months when the buzzing returned. Didn't...
• Re: Inexpensive O2 Sensors - A Suggestion
  Historical mailing list - George C Caldwell
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 21:15:29 -0500
  Ok, I'm an idiot - I used the http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S1=vanagon page and tried bosch o2 sensor...
• Tiico Oil Cooler / Aftermarket oil pressure gauges
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 12:49:47 -0700
  ...I have found electric oil pressure gauge but NO metric threaded sensors/senders. the sender on one brand has 1/8" tapered pipe threads...
• Re: 2.1L low idle at start
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 19:38:26 EDT
  There are two coolant temp sensors. One to tell the computer that your engine is hot or cold and adjust the idle mix accordingly...
• Re: bad acceleration / fuel injection??
  Historical mailing list - Greg Pratt
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 03:00:20 EDT
  ...crazy looks.] After rebuilding my engine, new heads, and all new sensors, I found my hesitation to be a weak AFM spring. Tighten it...
• 87 runs rich AFTER warm up...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Schaefer
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:51:41 -0800
  ...resistances ( I can only guess at it's temperature), the OXY sensors is giving about 0.6 volts once warmed up. AFM seems to...
• Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:37:40 -0500
  ...So, I swapped out the ECU and temp 2 sensors. No help. When I test this second O2 sensor, I hook up my digital...
• Re: Generic O2 Sensors - What is the real deal?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:44:05 +0000
  ...Dustin Jones <jonesboy21@GMAIL.COM> > So are the generic O2 sensors several list vendors sell (I bought mine from > Bus Depot) legit or not...
• Re: O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 15:40:35 -0400
  ...3) Both sensors do have the same output voltage. A Standard SG-24 will worl fine excet the little shield will not fit. Cost...
• Re: engine problem
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 5 May 2004 08:14:54 -0500
  ...All the hull sensors have been replaced at least > once and the last time the repalaced the distributor ( it is a CA car). I...
• Re: OIL warning light up
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:02:48 -0500
  Zoltan, just wait till you see where those sensors are and how hard they are to get to. Do this: find the plug between...
• Re: Upper lube
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:17:49 -0400
  ...To me it sounds like a great way to foul plugs and ruin oxygen sensors. ;) David Brodbeck, N8SRE '86 Volvo 240DL wagon '82 VW...
• Re: Wireless parking sensors in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:50:13 -0500
  No, but I do have a rear view camera on my Westy. Displays on my Pioneer Nav head unit. Works nicely during the daytime...
• Re: Drop in gas mileage update 2
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:22:55 -0600
  Interesting things about these O2 sensors. Potters have discovered the application of the automotive O2 sensor to the pottery business. In certain pottery operations...
• What Octane Fuel is best? [was RE: How do anti-ping additives work?]
  Historical mailing list - Leif
  Fri, 21 May 1999 08:18:42 -1000
  ...Pinging is a quick engine killer. > Antiknock sensors retard the ignition, reducing the heat in the combustion > chamber, thereby making it harder for the...
• Re: Oil pressure low around corners in 89 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - ron
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 14:06:18 +1000
  ...Are they lefts or rights or both? Did you replace the sensors yourself or did you have them done by someone else ?(My thinking...
• Re: Help! My Van won't start!
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Thu, 27 May 2004 23:59:57 -0400
  ...Does anyone have a good idea > which one of the sensors, relays, or switches I should attack first? I > realize that's a pretty...
• Re: testing temp 2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 08:26:14 -0700
  ...A quick and easy check is to compare the resistances of > the TEMPII and TEMPI sensors after the bus has sat overnite so their...
• =?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=9CNew_temp_sensor_indicates_high=E2=80=9D_post?=
  Historical mailing list - Tom Neal
  Tue, 1 Jun 2021 20:59:08 -0700
  ...Am planning to temporarily “swap” temp sensors, t1 and t2, using jumpers since the resistive element is supposed the be the same, and will...
• Re: Vanagon Electric Door Lock Wiring Harness
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 19 Jul 2022 16:53:59 +0200
  ...They are also used on certain VAG MAF sensors, but I never spotted one. Raimund Am 18.07.2022 um 23:00 schrieb John...
• Re: Low Coolant Warning LED
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 7 Aug 2021 09:29:58 -0600
  ...reasons might be insufficient coolant ratio in the fluid so the sensors don’t pick up a low enough resistance. I had to add...
• Re: Westy Fresh water tank.... grommets
  Historical mailing list - Dominic Provini Jr.
  Wed, 8 Jul 2015 16:05:05 -0400
  ...the side of the fresh water westy tank for the level sensors, or even better . . a source? I am in need of some. Thanks...
• Re: Amended Webber question
  Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 20:48:20 EST
  ...The Digijet (when the temp & oxy sensors are working!) has so much better control over what goes into the cylinders than carburetors, which work...
• Re: Catalytic convertor
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:36:37 EST
  ...Note that none of this applies to OBD2 cars, (1996-up) which have o2 sensors before and after the cat and much more programming...
• Re: O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:27:54 -0400
  ...O2 Sensor > > > > Greetings All, > > > > I have sent the posts on the oxygen sensors and splicing. The question: > > with the $40 one with the splice...
• Re: {SPAM?} Re: The weekend whales of camping
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:06:30 -0800
  RV's over 40 [and boy is that a can of worms! What counts, bumpers, bike racks, people sensors, huge arguments] Don't know...
• Re: Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:18:25 -0700
  ...Paul of Valley Wagenworks says Bosche sold a bunch of O2 sensors last year > that were bad out of the box. So he's...
• Re: 2.1 Oil light on at low speeds
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 4 Sep 2011 01:59:08 -0400
  ...That 15w40 just isn't thick enough for the oil sensors. On Sep 3, 2011, at 8:55 PM, craig cowan wrote: > On my...
• Re: need 1.9l digijet FI website/info
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 29 May 2001 08:30:06 -0400
  ...I need to know what sensors/switches etc affect the injection >during cranking. Upside is I've pretty well cleared out the mosquito's...
• Missing Throttle Postion Sensors?
  Historical mailing list - WVVW
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 11:38:18 -0400
  I was going through the Bentley manual trying to figure out my rough idle dilemma and I noticed that my throttle body doesn't...
• Re: Mystery Accessory Get Rich$$$! <F>
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Thu, 23 May 2002 15:41:01 -0700
  ...And I gave up checking for fouled plugs, oxygen sensors, and intermittent syndromes a LONG time ago. Any ideas? Silver-socket-powered flame-proof...
• Re: Westy mechanical training.....
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 14:36:20 -0600
  ...1) Filling and bleeding the coolant system (Bill Kasper a natural for this) 2) Digifant system - Where everything is located 3) Bypassing sensors in...
• Re: oil pressure/temp sensor location
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Jul 1996 13:02:09 -0500
  ...Is there an alternate location, or do I need to get > another sensor? Is the resistance of these sensors universal, so I > can use...
• Re: Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:34:18 -0400
  ...I have changed the temperature sensors.... Thanks, Andree On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, Jim Arnott wrote: > change your temp sensor I & II. Check engine...
• Re: Was: Like an Old pair of Jeans Now: After Market Replacement Parts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:07:05 -0400
  ...Three hoses, as I remember, a hold for the thermostat and > two holes for the sensors, slots for the sensor clips, and bolt holes...
• Re: MODERATOR Trimming replies was Re: temp sensors?
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 06:32:54 -0700
  You should be seeing a (small) line that says 'Include quoted text with reply' and a box alongside. The default is a checked box...
• Re: Air-Lift Installation
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 22:45:34 -0600
  ...Now if you were to add a onboard compessor, with leveling sensors, at each back wheel, then as the van dropped to either side...
• New Temp 2 sensor don't fit ?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 19:01:40 -0500
  ...are much biger then the female end wires ? I checked both sensors and the conectors are both smaller. Should I be takeing this up...
• Re: OXS and Battery Light? Van Dies.
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 22:10:34 -0800
  ...On the highway, I > noticed the RPM "limit" at which the OXS and Battery sensors would appear > slowly became lower and lower. Then finally...
• Re: Woody's digitool / digijet running rich
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 24 Dec 1999 07:50:26 -0600
  ...You mention the digitool indicates voltage and not resistance of various sensors as the bentley suggests. Resistance is an ok thing and that is...
• Oxygen sensors
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 18:22:31 -0400
  With all this chatter regarding O2 sensors it is apparent that many do not understand why they are really there and why such tight...
• Re: O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:06:12 -0400
  ...O2 Sensors > Does this shop advocate changing the air in the tires, too? Maybe >> only on Fridays? ;-) > > > I'm a strong believer in changing...
• ELECTRICAL: need help diagnosing non-working brake/backup lights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 11 Oct 2014 09:43:09 -0500
  ...I have 12 between the center (crosswise) terminal on the connectors to the brake sensors and the pair (vertical) to either side. I have...
• Re: MAF Sensors and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 01:25:48 -0500
  At 11:07 PM 12/6/2010, Larry Alofs wrote: > I have always felt that the throttle response of the WBX was very >sluggish...
• Re: Oil presure sensors
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 17 May 2010 12:14:35 -0700
  Hey Jay, I have a brand new 056 919 081C that you can have if you need it - I don't have a motor...
• Re: Amsoil bypass oil filters
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 14:13:48 -0500 (EST)
  ...Also, this external filter arrangement provided me convenient places to mount my ne oil temperature and oil pressure sensors. Regards, Jim Davis 87 GL...
• Re: VW=On-going maintenance concern
  Historical mailing list - DavidM
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 09:53:11 -0400
  ...Can someone please post the VW service recommendations for a 1991 Vanagon? Does it mention anything about new ECU's, O2 sensors and cylinder...
• Re: cruise control speedometer sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:23:23 -0500
  I don't know about used sensors, but for new try Camelback VW in Tucson, AZ. Be sure to tell the parts dept you...
• Re: Weak..... so weak
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:29:25 -0700
  ...Tomorrow the multimeter comes out and the wiring harness and sensors get tested. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen" '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"
• Fire Suppression Solutions
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:58:12 -0500
  ...The fire detection subsystem would of course have some type of smoke and UV sensors mounted in the engine bay, connected to alarms - both...
• 1.9L itermittent stalling at random
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jarvinen
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:19:23 -0800
  ...ahhh, the air sensors - I can test these with the box off, per Bentley, and all tests show correctly. again testing can only reveal...
• O2 Sensor - situation 90' 2.1 (kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:09:37 -0500
  ...Is there really a big difference in the O2 sensors that are ready to plug in and the others that have to be spliced...
• Re: O2 sensor question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jun 1997 18:11:25 PST
  I think you got it backwards! Here is how it really works: *********************************************** Diagnosing Oxygen Sensors: The oxygen sensor is really a simple device : It...