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• '86 still running rich
  Historical mailing list - Colin Moran
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 11:37:45 -0600
  ...I checked the temp sensor from the ECU connector and it is the same as when checked at the sensor. The O2 sensor is...
• Re: Generic, three-wire, 02 sensor choice for digifant?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:07:31 -0400
  > I am curious to know your thoughts on the O2 sensor. I have just read Ken > Wilford's post on "cheapy 3-wire universal...
• Re: VW T3 On-Board Computer?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 6 Nov 2018 10:17:43 -0800
  ...In addition to the standard built-in sensors, you only need indoor and outdoor temperature sensors, as well as a sensor that outputs a...
• Re: '86 F.I. probs continued.
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 08:47:17 -0500
  ...One wire to the sensor is brown with a white trace. It supplies a ground from the ECU to the sensor. The other wire...
• Re: Blinking red light of death
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 16:48:05 -0700
  ...If the continuous blinking stops in about 5 seconds after the relay is pulled then the tank sensor, or tank sensor wiring, or the...
• Re: Problem, New Rebuilt Engine, Running Rich, What's Wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:57:01 -0400
  ...It might be possible he connected the wiring wrong. ?Which sensor is the temp 2? The one in between the the pushrods or near...
• Re: O2 SENSOR IDIOT LIGHT
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Thu, 17 Apr 1997 13:46:23 -0500
  Gregg, If you're replacing your O2 sensor every 25k miles, you're waisting a lot of money! My manual specifically says that the...
• Re: oil pressure warning system anomaly?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 06:46:07 -0800
  ...The low oil > pressure/blink the light sensor should be located at the port between the > push rods. This sensor is normally closed (on...
• Re: knock sensor question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 May 2001 09:16:06 -0400
  At 12:22 AM 5/12/2001, mike malkovich wrote: >resistance.Bentley says "disconnect the sensor harness connector......and >test for resistance between the...
• Re-time after replacing temp2 Sensor and coolant???
  Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:56:02 EDT
  ...Do I need to re-time the motor due to the new temp II sensor? Maybe a bed temp II sensor? Any suggestions? Thanks...
• 1984 west water tank/pump wiring diagram
  Historical mailing list - David Bartolini
  Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:20:57 -0500
  ...On the side of the tank where the 3 water level sensors are, there is one wire going to each sensor. There is also...
• O2 sensor heater wiring
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:23:19 -0400
  Good folks, I'm wiring a 4-wire O2 sensor from my Saab 9K into the '84 Vanagon, since it's the same part...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:32:52 -0700
  Zero volts shows a bad sensor, assuming proper measurement setup. Replacing the o2 sensor is the logical step now. Then you need to wonder...
• Re: O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 1 May 2009 07:35:53 -0400
  ...Re: [VANAGON] O2 Sensor? > O2 sensor should remain connected and be up to operating temp for > monitoring output voltage. a high impedance volt meter...
• Leaking Sensor Port was: Coolant-Drain and Replace
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:52:24 -0700
  I recently replaced the sensor on my '86 Syncro. The one I removed was a crazed and brittle mess. It had been leaking for...
• Re: Coolant bottle sensor leak?
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 10:23:44 -0400
  ...Thanks much!! Dave On 7/7/06, Robert Wing <rawing@ameritech.net> wrote: > > The sensor screws out. Check to see if the body of...
• Coolant level sensor - repeat breakage
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:54:41 +0000
  I had a coolant level sensor develop a split late last year, I replaced it and now with less than 1,000 miles since...
• Hall Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 20:23:27 EDT
  Bus Depot does not list a Hall Sensor, or ignition trigger, is it available from ? FLAPS? SIDNEY IN NEW ORLEANS
• Re: O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:01:17 -0500
  ...re " when the coolant temp sensor told the ECU to turn the heater off on the sensor. " Oxygen sensor heat is full time, any...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle. Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 26 Jun 2014 09:51:15 -0700
  ...Could that block a hole in sensor shell? I don't think this type is used in Vanagons but.... "Heated Planar-type O2 Sensors...
• Re: When the O2 sensor cools down...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:16:49 -0400
  ...I believe the ECU can easily tell when it's driving the sensor, vs when the sensor is driving it. David -- David Beierl - Providence...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 7 Dec 2003 20:08:33 -0600
  ...It was found that when coolant pressure was applied to the sensor with sufficient force to blow it out of the expansion tank, the...
• 88 digifant O2 readings off
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Tue, 4 Jul 2006 12:33:20 -0400
  ...Engine at opperating temp O2 sensor disconnected at attached to digital voltmeter Idle stabilizing valve disconnected Idle set ~900-950 rpm Temp sensor disconnected...
• Re: Changed thermostat - temp gauge still reads stone cold
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:18:40 -0500
  ...I owned my Jetta for about 10 years, and in that time I replaced the ECU sensor at least three times and the gauge...
• Re: Vanagon O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:53:06 -0700
  ...The O2 sensor I've bought from them has Bosch no. 0 258 003 931 > but the sensor from VW dealer has Bosch no...
• Re: Location of Temp Sensor II
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 08:14:26 -0800
  ...Location of Temp Sensor II I know that the temp sensor II is in the thermostat housing, ('88 2.1) However, is it the...
• Re: Generic O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 12:26:57 -0700
  Andrew, The Bosch O2 sensor is not a generic replacement, it is a Bosch Part for a Ford with the connector removed or not...
• Re: Stubborn oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:04:05 -0500
  ...Stubborn oxygen sensor I'm replacing the catalytic converter on my Carat and not suprisingly, the 02 sensor is thoroughly stuck with corrosion. Generous...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 05:37:26 -0700
  ...My original heated plug, the one I just replaced with the single wire Bosch splice-in sensor, that original one had 4 wires from...
• Re: ECU & Coolant Temp Sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:10:33 -0500
  ...Have swapped out the instrument >cluster, replaced the sensor and walked the wire. Still pegging max >high with a steady flashing light, but the...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Test. Generic vs VW.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:30:39 -0400
  My mechanic put a Jetta temperature sensor on my camper with 2.1 engine. He said they were the same sensor. Dave Mc On...
• Re: OIL warning light up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:13:53 -0400
  The easy way to the rear sensor is to remove the water pump pulley. A dep socket can then be used to remove and...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:00:30 -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: Ox sensor use
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 08:08:59 -0700
  Well, if the O2 sensor isn't working, that is, not generating voltage in response to chenges in air/fuel mixture, then disconnecting it...
• Temp 2 sensor installation question.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Thu, 3 Sep 2015 07:33:45 -0400
  Going to replace my temp 2 sensor on my 1988 Westy GL today and wondered what problems I would run into doing this. Will...
• Re(2): Rough running when Hot
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Jan 1997 19:02:29 -0500
  Hi Larry, What would be the method of determining if the O2 sensor is bad or not. I have heard that the engine will...
• Re: OHM Readings for 1.9 injectors and o2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 23:52:27 -0500
  ...O2 sensor -- probably infinite i.e. many megohms unless you heat it above 300C at which time it becomes a battery and resistance readings...
• Re: hesitation/stalling loss of power
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 15:38:20 EST
  ...Good call william the oxy sensor was all coged up .you could not see the little slits all covered with carbon. Also the sensor...
• Re: O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:57:39 -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: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 16:42:50 -0700
  ...It was in fact the O2 sensor ground wire (green slightly > larger gauge wire). Someone had mistakenly plugged it into the unused spade > connector...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:28:29 -0400
  Needless to say if the O2 sensor indicates the mix is lean when it clearly is not then the O2 sensor is providing a...
• 85 fuel injection problems
  Historical mailing list - Bill Atkins
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 19:47:46 EST
  ...I replaced the O2 sensor and the cat,checked the timing, etc. but cannot seem to find someone who knows if unplugging that sensor...
• 85 Water Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Fri, 3 May 2002 16:46:41 -0700
  ...So I posted yesterday about my water sensor not working, and I got a few responses about the contacts being corroded and the like...
• Re: Coolant Level Sensor observation
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 16 May 2019 14:35:22 -0700
  ...measure coolant level rather than with this sensor. I have had > > to replace this sensor regularly about every 10 years and the cost...
• Re: rich running condition-still searching for problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 15:58:14 -0700
  ...I > then disconnected the o2 sensor and still had the problem so I think this > rules out the sensor. I had previously found the...
• Re: 2.1 is NOT overheating...sensor popped out of Coolant Tank...diagnosis???
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:27:40 -0500
  A bad thermostat - if stuck in the closed position, will cause the sensor to blow out of the tank. BTDT! Try pulling the thermostat...
• Re: Bosch generic 02 sensor #
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Bell
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 23:06:56 -0500
  ...Bosch generic 02 sensor # > > Does anyone have a part number for the Bosch generic 02 sensor? I can > already see the blank stares at...
• Re: Urgent: NEED HELP, Weird Van Thing
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:29:58 -0400
  ...And what are the consequences of NOT having the 02 sensor connected? And finally any tricks on taking the sensor off? Matt 89 GL...
• Oil sensor question 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:06:13 -0500
  Which sensor goes under the flywheel on a 2.1, the black one or the gray one? Jim
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Nov 1996 01:09:26 -0500
  How do I turn off the oxy sensor light after I have replaced the oxy sensor? I have a 87 syncro.
• Re: Water temp increase after changing hoses, thermostat, and plastic parts
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 11:32:44 -0700
  There is no direct connection between the level sensor and the temp gauge. The level sensor just has a wire to the coolant level...
• Re: O2 sensor prices?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 8 Jul 1997 10:30:53 -0400
  ...Uh...I donthinkso. > > What's a reasonable price? Ron? Bosch makes the identical 02 sensor with a different plug on it, at a far...
• Re: Torque on coolant level sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:06:49 -0500
  ...Just lube the ring with some coolant and tighten the sensor until the hex bottoms on the top of the bottle. You will feel...
• Re: Coolant Level Sensor observation
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 16 May 2019 22:41:00 -0600
  I have dealt with Vanagon Coolant Level Sensors since 1983 when the very 1st H2O Boxer arrived in New Mexico, It Was Mine & I...
• Re: O2 Sensor problem
  Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
  Sun, 22 Mar 2020 12:31:06 -0500
  ...The shop in Nanaimo (Vancouver Island BC) that did the rebuild cut the wires to the O2 sensor. They said the sensor causes more...
• Re: 83' won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 13 Oct 2003 13:56:25 -0400
  ...The engine should start right up if the sensor is bad. You can also test the sensor with an ohmmeter. This sensor tells the...
• Re: Oxygen sensor-replace or unplug?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:25:48 -0700
  ...If you are replacing the connector from your sensor on to the new sensor, you shouldn't run into this, it is only if...
• speed sensor (subie conversion question)
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:09:10 -0800
  ...I am assuming this has to do with the speed sensor not being installed correctly, but just wanted to confirm with someone who has...
• Re: re- Oxygen Sensor Reset
  Historical mailing list - CARVER, JEFFREY D
  Thu, 4 Sep 1997 09:12:13 -0700
  ...I found a pair of disconnected connectors, wrapped protectively with a label indicating that it is for the Ox Sensor light. Another option for...
• Bosch O2 sensor failures
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 13:57:11 -0700
  After a early death to my Bus Depot Bosch genrice heated O2 sensor, I sent it to the local Bosch rep. I was told...