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• Re: O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - matt
  Sun, 08 Sep 1996 22:12:30 -0700
  When my o2 went belly-up last-year at smog time, my mechanic tried to sell me a new o2 for $85. I went...
• Re: Engine o2 out of spec
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:33:38 -0800
  ...Since the O2 sensor is a form of battery that puts out voltage in response to the ratio of O2 in the exhaust to...
• Re: Tii Trading Co. 2.0 South African conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - Peter B.
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 00:18:31 -0800
  ...The O2 sensor is mounted in the cat in most Vanagons. The CO is adjusted by plugging the receptacle that comes with the motronic...
• ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:43:11 +0200
  ...Did you check if connecting O2 sensor affected them at all? > > I wonder if the European ECU's know what to do with the...
• Checking the O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Dawson
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 21:33:49 -0400
  ...Also, if there is an exhaust gasket missing between the muffler and the CAT, will this affect the O2 sensor? Thanks, Ryan
• Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 09:46:41 -0400
  While you are at it, might as well look into a four wire O2 sensor. It has a "signal ground" wire which you can...
• Re: O2 Sensor - 3-wire vs 1-wire
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:51:43 -0800
  ...3-wire O2 sensor apparently has an internal fault. > > I have a brand-new-in-the-box 1-wire O2 sensor. > > Thanks, > > John Rodgers...
• Re: Hesitation at low RPM
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Sep 94 15:16:27 PDT
  ...Then I reconnected the coolant sensor, and disconnected the O2 sensor. Bingo! Without the O2 sensor attached, I have lots of power at all...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:07:51 -0400
  ...the O2 sensor i again modulating the fuel > > mix properly....When running with the O2 sensor disconnected from > > the ECU, I was seeing around...
• Re: o2 sensor wire
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 08:04:53 -0400
  ...the O2 sensor has one wire that > goes to a connector (about a foot from the sensor) That wire on mine is > black. The...
• Re: Checking the O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 19 Jun 2004 01:55:22 -0400
  ...the measurements are made with O2 sensor connector still connected, of course (in other words, computer and meter are in parallel with each other...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 31 Jan 2015 11:23:12 -0800
  ...Removing stuck O2 sensor How much heat? it really needs to get HOT! YMMV, Mr. BZ On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 1:59...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:49:00 -0700
  ...I > called the guys at Van Cafe and asked them, since they sell a lot of the > single wire O2 sensors..They ran out...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:58:18 -0700
  I would tend to agree, but I've tested single wire O2 sensors plugged into the ECU sitting on a piece of cement board...
• Re: O2/ECU Coaxial wire...
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 10:41:24 -0500
  ...after all the discussion with poor idle and faulty O2 sensors etc in the last couple days I too replaced my O2 sensor and...
• Re: O2 sensor and CO adjustment
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Wed, 13 May 1998 19:31:22 -0700
  >| Should you set the CO (mixture) adjustment after installing a new O2 sensor? I think it depends on whether it had been adjusted as...
• Re: Does O2 sensor plug into green connector?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 07:42:57 -0500
  On my '85, (single wire type O2 sensor) there is a male to male connector between the two. Jay Conrad Klahn <conradk@MAC.COM...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 3 Feb 2015 19:52:42 -0800
  ...Without the cat you may not need > the O2 sensor. The O2 sensor is there to make the cat do its job. > > Dennis > > > > -----Original...
• Re: Fw: Question-Oxygen Relay?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 5 May 2020 12:42:25 -0700
  ...i.e the O2 sensor does not have a built in heater > element requiring a relay to switch it on/off. -- Neil n VE7TBN...
• Re: Tii Trading Co. 2.0 South African conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 22:56:56 -0800
  ...In Canada (BC and NS, NB, PE at least), if you car has an O2 sensor and a catalitic converter you are not allowed...
• More 91 syncro troubleshoot ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 08:18:37 -0700
  ...I read the conclusions and don't think it covers my problem although It is related... > I just installed a new O2 sensor. It...
• Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)
  Historical mailing list - dooley
  Wed, 6 Sep 2006 21:56:58 -0400
  Heated O2 sensors are cheap and easy to wire up. I would go this route and not worry about fooling with a toggle switch...
• Re: Which O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:46:52 -0400
  ...I > disconnected my O2 sensor and it seems to have cured the problem. > What's the consensus on a new sensor? Bite the bullet...
• Re: Oxygen sensor failure
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:33:44 EST
  ...How old is the O2 Sensor? How tight is the exhaust system? Unusually high HC indicates the engine is running rich. Make sure the...
• F.Y.I.
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  18 Oct 1996 19:24:04 -0700
  ...O2 sensors... Mike West, Glad you're out of hospital! Sorry to tell you, the finger-tip O2 sensor uses light transmision/ absorbtion of...
• Re: New O2 Sensor now stuttering
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:01:58 +0000
  Well I went back out the van started it up and reconnected the O2 sensor, it seemed to run OK so after I put...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 00:38:41 -0500
  ...Had similar issue with my >> 91 and a replacement O2 sensor fixed it. >> >> Steven >> 91 Westy >> >> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 3:05...
• Re: Baffled
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:22:01 -0800
  Zoltan, those readings indicate a bad ground wire for the O2 sensor. This is a common problem and that is why the newer version...
• Re: o2 data addendum
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 22:21:52 -0500
  The coax part is from the O2 sensor connector forward. It goes into the wiring harness and emerges at the ECU plug. This type...
• Re: Running Without O2 Sensor Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:55:12 -0400
  ...Running Without O2 Sensor Question A quick question for the guru's out there. Is there any long term negatives to running without the...
• Other O2 Options?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Hoge
  5 Nov 1995 10:51:28 U
  ...11/5/95 At 90K+ miles, it appears to be time for me to replace the O2 sensor on my '89 Syncro, according to...
• Re: O2 sensor grounding?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:02:32 -0500
  ...is it possible to install a 4 >wire O2 sensor, with heater and ground wire, in place of the OE single wire >sensor? Or...
• Re: Oxygen sensor and warning light
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 27 Jan 1999 08:27:54 -0500
  ...Michael Townsend > >It's worth noting that the van's manual calls for replacing the >O2 sensor only at 90000 miles - not at 30000...
• Re: How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:33:45 -0500
  ...How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad? Horace; The O2 sensor fine tunes the FI system to achieve stoichiometry. A rich condition produces...
• Re: High Cost of O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Thu, 22 May 2003 10:29:30 -0700
  ...Good luck TJ --- Sidney White <Jeanon@AOL.COM> wrote: > In calling around and shopping on Internet I cannot > find an O2 sensor for > less...
• Re: Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:23:29 -0700
  ...It goes unshielded from the O2 sensor about 15", snaking up into the engine bay, where it enters the wiring harness and crosses another...
• Re: New O2 sensor....New problem....resolved.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 22:17:11 EST
  ...I then found a position where it was too lean (4 1/2 turns out from bottom) and the O2 sensor/ECU made it...
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 07:05:10 -0600
  ...O2 Sensor Voltage > Mark Ingalls wrote: > > > > Rich = Power : ) : ) : ) > > > Mark, > I guess you're talking dollars here? > Larry >
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 14:23:29 -0700
  ...Because VW used different variations of that 4 pin O2 sensor > wiring there is no guarantee that what you had before was right either...
• Re: Generic O2 Sensors - What is the real deal?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:48:28 +0000
  Yes, GoWesty would have us buy OEM O2 sensors with the money we save by following their recomendation to run passenger car tires.. <BSG...
• Temp II voltages
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Tue, 1 May 2001 19:25:05 -0400
  ...The O2 sensor output varied from ~0.15v to ~0.75v. At idle the O2 voltage did not seem to swing up and down...
• Re: Rich Running....Vanagon Syndrome? HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 6 Jan 2016 17:34:42 -0500
  The root of your problem may or may not have anything to do with the O2 sensor. Regardless, you should check its operation with...
• Re: who sells vanagon dashboard switches /IMHO Malo
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:01:22 -0700
  ...In other words, if the van starts running like > a > pig, first disconnect the O2 sensor monitor before troubleshooting. > > George > I have used a...
• Re: 81 Westy - should it have an O2 sensor or not?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 11 May 1998 13:03:15 -0700
  ...I was speaking with a local VW guru who told me that all the FI > equipped motors had an O2 sensor, except that mine...
• Re: 1.9 runs better with 02 sensor disconnected-kinda long cause I need to ventialte
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:20:44 -0600
  Some times an O2 sensor comes out pretty well with a long wrench and a little cussin. On my 2.1 tho I've...
• Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 06:56:46 -0800
  Any body got any other ideas for attaching a seperate ground to a 1-wire O2 sensor? I don't want to trust the...
• Re: O2 voltage when cold
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:24:12 EST
  Jim, My '85 (with a brand spankin' new O2 Sensor inside a sparkling new set of coated pipes) starts up showing 410mV then climbs...
• Re: 85 stalling probs...Where's the ARCHIVE!!!?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:43:11 -0500
  ...2> TEMPII Sensor. 3>Archives : http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ New batch of O2 sensor monitor...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:51:03 -0700
  ...They talk about "slow" sensors also. I have some info >>>> (plus >>>> my O2 sensor monitor) on my website : http://neksiwel.20m.com/ >>>> Ken Lewis...
• Re: O2 senser voltage testing
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 05:36:09 -0400
  ...Check my web site for more info on testing O2 sensor. http://neksiwel.20m.com/ Ken Lewis
• Re: BAD gas mileage and injector service
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:50:05 -0700
  ...I'd say get some rust dissolving penetrating oil/ liquid wrench PB Blaster kinda stuff onto your O2 sensor right away. Those things are...
• Re: Can O2-sensor make engine run too lean?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:46:53 -0500
  ...Can O2-sensor make engine run too lean? Have been running engine with O2-sensor disconnected for past couple of weeks. Engine performance okay...
• Re: VW Fuel Injection Information (was SS header)
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:17:50 -0400
  ...The three wire type O2 sensors that many cars have encorporate a heating element to get the sensor up to operating temperature faster. Otherwise...
• Re: Running rough, dies as temp gauge starts to register
  Historical mailing list - Seattle Nick
  Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:51:20 -0500
  I think it is the Temp sensor and not the o2. Unplugging the o2 sensor just puts the computer into open loop mode and...
• Re: Ground for O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 17:49:54 EDT
  ...How about removing the O2 sensor and finding an "O" terminal that fits over the threaded part. Then crimp and solder a ground wire...
• O2 findings + massive thank-you's
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Sat, 7 Jun 2003 20:14:39 -0400
  Hi folks, After asking way to many questions about O2 sensor gremlins for the 2.1, I finally have some info to contribute myself...
• Re: Ground for o2 sensor and ECU
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:14:30 -0400
  ...Ground for o2 sensor and ECU >Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:01:49 -0700 > >Hello > >I have a question on the theme of...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:43:29 -0600
  ...the O2 sensor i again modulating the fuel >> mix properly....When running with the O2 sensor disconnected from the >> ECU, I was seeing around...
• RE: Where can I rent a CO meter in East Bay (CA)
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Thu, 21 Nov 1996 18:41:15 -0800 (PST)
  On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, David Bayer wrote: > > I remember reading somewhere that the voltage out of an O2 sensor > is directly related to...
• 81 Westy - should it have an O2 sensor or not?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Mon, 11 May 1998 13:58:30 -0600
  ...I was speaking with a local VW guru who told me that all the FI equipped motors had an O2 sensor, except that mine...