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• Re: Fuel injector cleaner: harm O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Mar 2016 09:26:43 -0500
  I don’t see that as causing an O2 sensor fault. If the O2 sensor is mounted as it was in the 2.1L...
• Re: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 12:03:17 CST
  ...and their O2 sensor has to be upstream of the original O2 sensor as well. their cost hasn't helped push me in that...
• O2 Sensor Wiring Solved
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:16:51 -0500
  A big thanks to Ken Lewis for his advice and encouragement in helping me diagnose my O2 sensor issues. The symptoms: Running rich, very...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:00:02 -0400
  The Vanagon operates the O2 sensor heater continuously. Since it is so far away from the engine it is needed especially for idle and...
• Re: Syncro stutter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:21:28 -0500
  ...Your problem is with the O2 sensor circuit. You need to test that the O2 sensor lead is not shorted to the outer sheath...
• Re: Inexpensive O2 Sensors - archives
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:20:56 -0500
  ...Inexpensive O2 Sensors - A Suggestion >Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:59:51 EST > >Just a few comments to the O2 sensor thread: > >1...
• Digfiant being defiant
  Historical mailing list - Martin's
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 07:34:48 -0500
  ...I also checked the temp sensors and they were resonable,( as I did not have the exact temp). Any ideas ? The O2 sensor is...
• Re: WOT switch and digitool O2 decipher Qs
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 23:38:18 -0800
  The full throttle switch at WOT bypasses the O2 sensor signal and goes to the preset ( supposed to be) slightly rich AFM base signal...
• Re: Boston Bob Big Valve Update? Not really... (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 15 Feb 2005 08:32:23 -0800
  ...Here are some of my thoughts: - O2 sensor must be disconnected from the ECU - wait for the O2 sensor to get nice and hot...
• Had surging, fixed it, but did I just bandaid it?
  Historical mailing list - Nate Saylor
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 05:31:01 -0800
  ...With the sensor disconnected it started to hunt idle again, not surging as bad but still definately wrong. O2 sensor would fluctuate between .5...
• Re: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 13:15:03 CST6CDT
  ...Since air mixture tuning via the O2 sensor is done BEFORE the converter, a new or old converter will make no difference in sensor...
• Re: O2 sensor stuff
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:11:05 EST
  ...I have reconnected the O2 sensor and will continue to be amazed by the quirks of this system. Chuck '85 Wolfsburg Westy -- 'Roland' In...
• decreased mileage problem solved!
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 13 Jun 1998 21:32:17 -0700
  I have determined the cause of my 2-3 mpg decrease in mileage after a tuneup and O2 sensor change. The problem had nothing...
• Re: How do I reset the O2 sensor light?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 15 Aug 1999 14:20:09 -0400
  At 13:39 8/15/99 -0400, Steve Elfelt wrote: >Subject says it all! How do I reset the O2 sensor light? > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Steve, 84...
• Re: O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 10:58:08 -0500
  At 11:09 PM 2/5/2001, Mark Keller wrote: >For us as owners to look at a closed loop O2 sensor reading and...
• Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:58:44 -0700
  ...Put in a new O2 sensor last year when the old one quit working. Paul of Valley Wagenworks says Bosche sold a bunch of...
• O2 Sensor Readout
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:33:20 -0500
  I am thinking about running two wires to the front to a digital voltmeter from the O2 sensor. If I looped the signal from...
• O2 idiot light
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 09:52:41 -0700
  ...Someone please help! BTW the O2 sensor was replaced fairly recently. Thanks. -- David Shepherdson Ph.D. dshepher@ednet1.osl.or.gov Portland, OR
• Re: huge loss of power
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 14:41:52 -0500
  Hi Steve, I would check the o2 sensor,the temperature 2 sensor and the afm (air flow meter). The engine will naturally have a...
• Re: Upgrading Digijet to 3-Wire O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 May 2003 18:55:10 -0400
  ...If replacing the catalyst, I also use the later cat and relocate the O2 sensor there. Helps to get it out of the way...
• Re: Thirsty motor with low power to 2,500 rpms. What's up?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:35:18 -0700
  ...I just unplugged my O2 sensor and have had the same transformation. > Wish I had figured this out months ago - but better late than...
• More on The Digfiant being defiant
  Historical mailing list - Martin's
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:13:31 -0500
  ...I also checked the > temp sensors and they were resonable,( as I did not have the exact temp). > Any ideas ? The O2 sensor is...
• Re: noob already in trouble
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:58:43 -0600
  ...The O2 sensor is suspect. It makes sense to me - before you do anything else - to isolate the O2 sensor, and see how she...
• Re: Thread pitch / hole size for Digijet 1.9 WBX O2 sensor / oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:03:07 -0500
  ...It is the same thread for the Digijet / 1.9l WBX O2 sensor or oxygen sensor, 18 x 1.5. (Using both phrases here...
• O2 sensor question 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jodi Sage
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 11:53:49 -0500
  ...HOT DOG! Mystery solved that hangy down thing and the magazine drawing look alike! It's my O2 sensor. So based on that article...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:35:56 -0700
  ...O2 sensors brand quality difference? > > I am replacing what's almost surely a failing O2 sensor in my inline VW > motored van and I...
• Re: AFM spring tension
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 7 Jan 2015 15:12:16 -0600
  On 1/7/2015 3:02 PM, Darrell Boehler wrote: > Hi Dan, > With a warm engine and the O2 sensor disconnected set the > tension...
• O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Jun 1996 12:36:00 -0400
  Does anyone know of a good (simple) way to check the O2 sensor. It is a 3 wire on an '87 syncro. I am...
• Re: Thread pitch / hole size for 1.9 WBX O2 / oxygen sensor - solution for stripped threads
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:45:41 -0500
  ...I couldn't get a new O2 sensor or an old one to thread in and had slightly damaged the threads of these trying...
• Re: My poor Engine..
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:31:56 EST
  In the last Bosch FI class I took, we learned that the O2 sensor only makes fine adjustments in mixture. Very rich conditions are...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle. Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:02:43 -0400
  ...Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?" Do O2 sensors typically reference outside air via areas where wires enter the sensor itself? If...
• Re: o2 sensor: required?
  Historical mailing list - John Hawk
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 13:24:34 -0600
  ...I am putting my 85 GL back together, and can get it running this weekend, *IF* I leave off the o2 sensor (can't...
• diagnostic help? running rich(?)...
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:31:58 -0600
  ...Do you suppose that means I have a > bad O2 sensor, or am I testing it improperly? > > > > Hi...I just re tested my O2...
• Fuel Injection Discussions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:43:28 -0400
  ...Another source of contamination is if the sensor is sprayed directly with a silicone based spray, O2 sensor breathe in fresh air as part...
• More rant on grounds and vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:58:11 -0700
  ...Under "normal" conditions the voltage output of the O2 sensor is approximately 0.5 volts. A voltage output of 1.0 volt would indicate...
• Re: Tiico / Vagcom / Mileage - Kinda long
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 09:23:47 -0700
  ...Mileage was a lot worse, but >while on a trip, I replaced the O2 sensor with a generic 3-wire >(all I could find...
• Re: Running issue
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:34:31 -0400
  The O2 sensor is not getting on line fast enough. On a warm restart the ECU will look for that sensor in about a...
• Re: 85 GL. 1.9 Woes- like whoa, won't go.... O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:40:09 -0500
  ...Disconnect the O2 sensor and try it. If it runs smoother....bad O2 ________________________________________ I wasn't going to reply until I saw this post...
• Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 21:13:41 -0400
  Any mechanic or exhaust shop with an oxy-acetylene torch should be able to get that O2 sensor out for you. The threads may...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:43:42 -0400
  ...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: good gas consumption?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 11:32:33 -0500
  ...Try unhooking the O2 sensor and see if your mileage doesn't improve considerably. Voltage at O2 sensor measured with high-impedance meter (10...
• Re: HELP NEEDED ON THE ROAD
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:42:33 -0400
  ...Get an OEM (Bosch) O2 sensor. Install it. If the van doesn't run right, have the dealer sort out the problem while you...
• Re: Wierd digifant problem today!
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 19:54:25 -0800
  ...Any ideas or experiences with this? Adam P Disconnect the O2 sensor. I installed a new O2 sensor when I repaired the heads on...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:02:47 -0400
  ...O2 sensors brand quality difference? Heating is purely an emissions enhancement for cold running. Sensor is useless until it heats up, which doesn’t...
• Re: 11MPG!
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 19:34:43 -0600
  ...Full of soot, right? It's your O2 sensor. >> >Disconnect it. Shud take care of the problem immediately. >> > >> >> Should read, replace it. The oxygen...
• 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...
• Oxygen sensor coax
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:12:45 -0500
  Hello List, Looking for a source or if anyone knows the type coax used for the o2 sensor. TIA Joe Beckham Joe@willywaw.com
• 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: Matilda is cured, I think
  Historical mailing list - David Devere
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:31:06 -0500
  I just want to add some thought on unplugging to O2 sensor. When I bought my van the PO had replaced the engine and...
• Re: O2 sensor monitor gadget any one have the link,
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 06:00:20 EST
  ...Any body have the link for the O2 sensor monitor gadget that some one was sell. Ken Kewis > _kdlewis@juno.com_ (mailto:kdlewis@juno...
• O2 SENSOR IDIOT LIGHT
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Apr 1997 01:02:45 -0400 (EDT)
  The O2 light came on on my 85 van last week. It has 150K on it. How do I shut this off? At what...
• Re: ECU or O2 sensor ?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 27 May 2005 20:02:32 -0400
  Classic..O2 problem!! Buy a OEM or NGK if you're on a budget. Mechanic!!!! Pffffffffffffff... i still hate them, he he he.... Ben...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 11:19:10 -0400
  ...O2 sensors brand quality difference? Interesting. Not to side track, but on my engine swap, I used an exhaust manifold with an O2 bung...
• Re: O2 Sensor rust!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 19:49:38 +0000
  > Anyway, my new problem is that I cannot get the O2 sensor out of my > cat. conv. it has rusted into place. I went...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:56:40 -0700
  ...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 connection (wiring harness end - 2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:59:37 -0400
  ...the 3-wire sensor. > > One helpful hint I have implemented is to run an independent ground to the > O2 sensor; the exhaust system itself...
• Re: adjusting CO with O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 20 Oct 2002 08:34:59 -0700
  ...adjusting CO with O2 sensor > I am going to check & maybe adjust my CO today & wanted to make sure I > understood how to do...
• Re: Intake manifold gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:59:26 -0400
  ...The stuff's that's not can render the O2 sensor useless.
• Re: 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:35:38 -0600
  ...As for the O2 sensor, could the coax give problem with the O2 sensor disconnected? I suppose it could, as it's connected to...
• Re: O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:08:46 -0800
  ...O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor > > I have not run into the problem of a shorted 02 > coax myself, > but i have...