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Re: Wet weather cut out/ 02 sensor removal
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 11 May 2004 17:34:03 -0500
...All advice pointed to the o2 sensor. After close examination I found 2 >of 3 wires severed right at the oxygen sensor. Now any...
Oil Temp Sender Ohms
Historical mailing list - John Brush
Sat, 7 Apr 2001 13:31:44 -0600
I am having a problem with my VDO oil temp sensor and since its saturday, there is no one at VDO to contact, so...
O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire?
Historical mailing list
Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:28:25 -0500
...price for the '85 >>O2 sensor is about half the price of the '87 sensor. I assume that >>there must be some difference. > >I...
Re: Hesitation on 87 Vanagon O2 sensor? reply
Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
Fri, 7 Aug 1998 04:26:29 EDT
...Keep in mind that the ECU isn't looking at your O2 sensor voltage until the engine reaches a certain tempurature. Per temp sensor...
Re: Having trouble getting a good idle when cold and the computer functioning
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:54:43 -0500
Grounding the sensor is no big deal.Ill gibve it a shot. Got lots o hose clamps. Now, the coaxial cable is interesting. The...
Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems-Sensors
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 3 May 2013 01:16:20 -0400
The temp 2 sensors on the 1.9L Vanagons and many other VWs is a 2 wire screw in sensor. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
Hesitation on 87 Vanagon O2 sensor?
Historical mailing list - Kay O Fremgen
Wed, 5 Aug 1998 01:11:53 -0400
Hello All, Went through the Digifant/Bosch system and came up with a O2 sensor question. With O2 sensor unhooked from the computer the...
coolant level sensor
Historical mailing list - Bill Hayeslip
Fri, 18 Aug 2000 21:52:28 -0400
My sensor also leaked a few years ago and it eventually was making quite a mess in the tank area. I also thought that...
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: Generic O2 sensor installation
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Wed, 9 Nov 2005 18:56:21 -0800
> > 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: Blue Syncro oceanside
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:54:03 -0800
...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: O2 Sensor wire connection (wiring harness end - 2.1)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:40:04 -0700
...But how > they're connected to the sensor leads makes no difference -- the > heater isn't grounded to the sensor internally exactly in order...
RE: Oxygen Sensor
Historical mailing list - Erik Rhodes
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 16:30:55 -0700
...Is this right? Putting in a new one > > hasn't affected engine running or anything, just what does this > sensor > > do? > > The O2 sensor...
Emission / Air Mass Sensor - could it be the cause?
Historical mailing list - Wolfgang Ziegler
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:22:12 -0400
...ECU, sensors, Idle control... new sparks, wires, distributor, air filter - timing tuneup new temp sensor, O2 sensor check for vacuum leaks, check idle control...
Re: Temp sensors
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:19:47 -0500
Of the two coolant temp sensors one is for the gauge and the other is for both the ECU and idle speed controller. The...
Re: Temp II Sensor Release
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:24:41 -0700
...This effort was just to separate the connector from the sensor - > not remove the sensor itself. > > John > > >> On 12/29/2013 8:26 PM...
Re: Subaru was: 2.1l engine for sale too $900.
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 1 Sep 1999 10:44:34 -0700
...I know this as one time my 02 sensor failed, van sputtered, gasped, bogged down until i disconnected the sensor whereupon it drove fine...
Re: Is it safe to saw through an o2 sensor ?
Historical mailing list - John D. Stepto
Mon, 12 Jun 2000 15:24:25 -0000
There is a deep slotted socket for O2 sensors available at your FLAPS to remove it. Put some heat on it, then try it...
Re: Westy stalls and won't start
Historical mailing list
Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:23:29 EDT
Try unplugging the oxygen sensor and see what happens. It could be a bad oxygen sensor or wiring to it as the engine doesn...
87 syncro water temperature sender
Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:09:59 -0400
...I always thought that there was a temperature sender and the Temp Sensor II was a separate temperature sensor for the fuel injection. Does...
Temp II bad [again??!!] says DigiTool [long winded]
Historical mailing list - Thomas Myers
Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:59:53 -0400
I told the list back in June about my bad temp 2 sensor [ only 2 years old] Thanks to DigiTool � a new sensor from...
Running rich - the sequel!
Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
Tue, 16 Jan 2001 13:45:34 +0000
...the Temp II sensor. Surprise!! 8-). It cost �20 ($28) to get the 40 miles in and out of work yesterday. I got home...
Re: [Syncro] compression/vacuum/fuel pressure/O2 voltage
Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
Mon, 15 Oct 2001 22:56:05 -0400
I removed the temp sensor and the van ran wicked rich. I believe the resistance of the temp sender drops from around 3000 cold...
Re: Rusted on O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:47:10 -0700
...Rusted on O2 sensor | |Hi All, | |I'm trying to remove my o2 sensor but it's rusted in place. I've tried |quite...
Need o2 sensor help
Historical mailing list - Ken Ehlert
Mon, 21 May 2001 20:06:48 -0500
Anyone in the Chicago area have a digitool that I could borrow to solve a problem with the o2 sensor on my '85 Westy...
Re: Poor power until warm
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Fri, 17 Aug 2018 21:48:09 -0700
then check the wiring/connector of the temp2 sensor... check the Oxygen sensor too..
Re: cheap new o2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Sun, 2 Dec 2001 20:45:10 EST
Extensively discussed in the archives. Includes sensor choices, wiring methods and troubleshooting. Frank Grunthaner
Re: Temp II Gets Bad Rap
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:59:40 -0400
...I am >wondering if most problems that were "fixed" by replacing the Temp II >sensor were due to bad connections at the sensor, or...
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...
Re: head gasket???
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Mon, 2 Jun 2003 09:33:01 -0400
Tonya; With this new information and knowing the Temp sensor blew out, I would replace the sensor first. From the symptoms it sounds like...
Re: westy cold = rich
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 8 May 2005 09:29:07 -0400
The only sensor not used when cold is the O2 sensor. The temp 2 sensor is an extremely critical part of the start up...
Re: O2 Sensor Readout
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 12 Nov 2002 20:10:52 -0500
...O2 Sensor Readout I am thinking about running two wires to the front to a digital voltmeter from the O2 sensor. If I looped...
Re: 87 HELP!!!
Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
Thu, 14 Nov 1996 17:00:54 -0500 (EST)
...Am I trying to stick this > thing in the wrong place? Or do I need a different sensor? HELP!!! THis sensor in the coolant...
O2 sensor, Help Needed
Historical mailing list - Jack Ck
Sat, 13 Sep 1997 23:58:06 -0700
Howdy, My O2 sensor on my 87'Wolfburg seems "stuck" I tried removing it with my O2 sensor socket and a 3/8rachet but...
ford oxygen sensor
Historical mailing list - aj
Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:21:05 -0800
I've just received from Bus Depot a Ford oxygen sensor replacement for my 86 weekender. It's raining heavily so I can't...
O2 Sensor Location '85 Westy
Historical mailing list - MMunn
Wed, 8 Jan 2003 22:54:30 -0800
...an O2 sensor. To my complete surprise, I was asked "does you van have one or two?". So, van-meisters, should I expect to...
Re: Removing Oxygen Sensor
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:02:17 -0400
...Removing Oxygen Sensor Hi I know this has been discussed before, but the oxygen sensor is a real bugger to get off !! I'm...
Checking hall sensor
Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:18:24 -0600
'86 Westy Can anyone tell me how to take the metal plate off the inside of the distributer to check the hall sensor wires...
Re: O2 Sensor wire connection (wiring harness end - 2.1)
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:22:59 -0400
...But how they're connected to the sensor leads makes no difference -- the heater isn't grounded to the sensor internally exactly in order...
O2 sensor coax wire testing
Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
Tue, 22 Jan 2002 02:45:59 -0500
I am looking for advice on how to test the green coax wire coming from the O2 sensor. In the archives there is discussion...
diagnostic help? running rich(?)...
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:39:06 -0700
...So, I unplug the O2 sensor plug, re start and it stays smooth.... So me thinks I have a problem involving the O2 sensor...
Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:14:35 -0700
...O2-sensor not connected. Voltage from O2-cable >>coming from engine is +0.46 volts. Again, O2-sensor is not connected. >>I have tried...
Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:16:10 -0400
...O2 sensor >disconnected from ECU input and meter input. Meter input and ECU >input still connected together, meter sat steady at midscale. >Unless, as...
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...
Replacing coolant level sensor
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Mon, 14 Apr 2003 07:55:11 -0700
...Remove the old sensor and seal and replace it with the new sensor and seal. The new sensor and seal may not seal right...
Re: Gastester(schon wieder!)
Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
Mon, 15 May 95 01:18:08 EDT
I whiled away 1.5 afternoons this weekend doing the O2-sensor-as-mixture- tester trick. Paid $45 for generic three-wire O2 sensor...
Re: '85 Oxygen sensor, 0.1volts
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Mon, 8 Oct 2007 23:04:32 -0400
My oxygen sensor is less than a year old, and the box was reset at that time. I have the old one and it...
Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Mon, 4 Aug 2008 07:16:00 -0700
Some comments to the below: >> That said, your situation with disconnecting the O2 sensor instead of the >> gauge and the resulting response tells me...
Re: Ques.for 87 Syncro
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Tue, 24 Feb 1998 07:31:36 -0200
...I plan to buy a > new can but I still need an O2 sensor. I need the connector for the O2 > sensor that plugs...
Re: Oxygen Sensor
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Tue, 26 Dec 2017 01:27:40 +0000
We only sell Bosch Oxygen sensors. Not sure why GW or Van Cafe aren't selling the non splice version. I have been selling...
Re: Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant?
Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:26:16 -0500
Ken, Since I been trouble-shooting my own van's fuel and electronics systems I've been watching the O2 sensor output. Between what...
Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:00:47 -0700
...You said the van > runs fine without the sensor connected. So with this thought in mind you > dont need the o2 sensor to drive...
Re: Help. traveling with problem
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:38:23 -0400
Sounds like you have a problem with the O2 sensor or circuit. Are the plugs carbon or oil fouled? There are a number of...
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 - Steven Shelton
Mon, 25 Dec 2017 20:13:43 -0500
...For > about > > twice the price, Van-Again and Bus Depot have a Bosch oxygen sensor with > > the connector. Has Bosch started making the sensors...
Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
Historical mailing list - Jerry
Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:49:26 -0600
...I am thinking this is an Oxygen Sensor GROUND problem but am not sure. I have read all the posts concerning oxygen sensor grounds...
Coolant level sensor
Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:03:03 -0500
Hey Volks, I'm trying to determine if I need to replace my coolant level sensor or the entire expansion tank. Here are the...
Re: 91 syncro troubleshoot ?'s
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
Sat, 11 Jul 1998 22:58:51 -0700
...Unplug the O2 sensor and run the engine. Take a volt meter and see what the sensor is putting out -- I'll bet it...
Coolant sensor replacement
Historical mailing list
Mon, 16 Oct 1995 12:30:12 -0500
I have decided to replace the coolant sensor (Temperature sensor II according to VW) on my 86 GL on the advice of several of...