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  • Re: Fast German Auto chip--let's test it!
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Fri, 14 Jan 2000 21:36:08 -0600
    ...How is said fuel injection system to maintain Lambda, if it cannot meter the differential air, hmmm? Too bad wasserboxers doen't use CIS...
  • oxy sensor (lambda probe) $$$$$$
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 12 May 94 23:09:04 CDT
    well, this is what the fiche for the 86-91 buses shows (and my old sensor here in hand): 025 906 265 B and...
  • Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Fri, 16 May 2008 19:43:02 -0500
    ...wrote: > O2 sensor isn't active at idle, or rather the lambda FI computer isn't > active. > > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 5...
  • Re: Fuel pressure regulator - acceptable pressure readings?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 24 Jul 2013 09:49:59 -0700
    ...My California-spec '84 was delivered that way in Germany and didn't get its CAT and lambda sensor until it arrived in the...
  • Re: 2nd O2 Sensor in Cat?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:33:12 -0500
    ...If the ECU is doing this, your second lambda sensor ought to be giving the same fluctuating readings as the first one. Those fluctuations...
  • Re: Where do I stick this?
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:07:22 -0400
    ...This HJS ECU had its own wiring harness, > its > own sensors to include the famous Lambda, or oxygen sensor. This HJS ECU > talked to...
  • Re: AFM adjustment; clockwise or anticlockwise? NOx
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:38:08 -0400
    ...http://www.innovatemotorsports.com/products/lm2.php That, plus an O2 sensor socket to remove the stock lambda sensor and plug in the LM...
  • Re: Tii Trading Co. 2.0 South African conversion kit
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 6 Feb 2000 22:23:07 -0800
    ...I do >believe there are other ways of controlling carbon monoxide than having >a lambda sensor. I also don't believe that the 'cat...
  • Re: FilmStar for 86-91 Digifant VW Transporter?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Mon, 12 Oct 1998 11:56:31 -0400
    ...on the 2.1 watercooled engine, '87-'92 >manufacture, and with lambda/cat. In theory, the chip itself should bear >the number 1267 355...
  • Re: Temp I sensor
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 9 May 2001 00:26:17 -0400
    ...I'd suggest unhooking the lambda sensor to see what effect that has and what the reading is from it -- then get a resistance...
  • Re: Help Educate Me
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:58:07 -0500
    ...The O2 or lambda sensor is actually a tiny chemical battery which produces a voltage if there is oxygen on one side of its...
  • Re: Fast German Auto chip--let's test it!
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Sat, 15 Jan 2000 00:36:27 -0500
    ...any more air. > > How is said fuel injection system to maintain Lambda, if it cannot meter the > differential air, hmmm? > > Too bad wasserboxers doen...
  • Oil fill plug stripped
    Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
    Wed, 30 May 2001 09:07:40 -0300
    ...The L-jet + lambda for 2.0l aircooleds is there, and the 2.1l wasser's digifant is too, but not the digijet. Tim
  • Re: 2.1 VS 1.9 AFM
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:23:46 -0400
    ...I'd also be surprised if it got the mixture exactly right, though I imagine it would be within the range that the lambda...
  • Re: ECU and lean idle
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:16:14 -0400
    ...you have a problem with one cylinder not firing well, the lambda sensor will see the oxygen being passed through from that cylinder and...
  • Re: Where do I stick this?
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:31:14 -0400
    ...This HJS ECU had its own wiring harness, >> its >> own sensors to include the famous Lambda, or oxygen sensor. This HJS ECU >> talked to...
  • Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:55:45 -0400
    ...These were fitted with an additional lambda ECU that piggy-backed onto the Digijet system. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia Mar 18, 2012...
  • Re: OXY sensor Help!!
    Historical mailing list - Antaki
    Sat, 11 Dec 1999 22:08:40 -0800
    ...think there is any connection between the heater wires and the Lambda sensor. If anyone knows otherwise, please send the correct information. Cut the...
  • Re: O2 Sensor
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:09:40 -0700
    ...I didn't try to correlate injector timing with lambda sensor readings, too much snow dropping down my neck!
  • Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:02:53 -0700
    ...These were fitted with an additional lambda ECU that piggy-backed onto the Digijet system. > > Chris. > > Wysłane z iPhone'a > > Dnia Mar 18, 2012...
  • Re: ISCU - Trying to fix it
    Historical mailing list - Anders Lundin
    Wed, 10 Sep 2003 05:48:07 +0200
    To high HC with co and lambda ok, I say you got oil entering the combussion chamber some how. have you checked the valve...
  • Re: Oil fill plug stripped
    Historical mailing list - andrewbell
    Wed, 30 May 2001 07:57:31 -0500
    ...Boehler for his website that would be great. > The L-jet + lambda for 2.0l aircooleds is there, and the 2.1l wasser's...
  • re: lambadas??
    Historical mailing list
    14 Sep 95 12:20:00 PDT
    ...If you are refering to the "lambda" unit, sometimes called the oxygen sensor, one can test the sensor while installed on the car, but...
  • Re: 86 digifant running rich
    Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
    Thu, 3 Jun 1999 03:52:33 -0700
    ...This is how the computer attempts to achieve the mythical "lambda" state, or an air/fuel ratio of 13.7:1 (I'm not...
  • Re: IMO: engine Converting = Ignorance of what is out there...
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:37:57 EDT
    ...the tuning part where they drive down the road with a lambda sensor in the pipe and hook up the laptop and adjust settings...
  • Re: need 1.9l digijet FI website/info
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
    Tue, 29 May 2001 13:19:51 EDT
    ...IIRC (I often don't) the Digijet is an L-Jetronic w/Lambda. Sounds like yours may have a collection of problems. Start by...
  • Re: diesel-gas conversion problems solved! (mostly)
    Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
    Fri, 31 Jan 2003 19:21:27 -0600
    ...Also you will need to know if the fuel system has a "Lambda" ( 02 sensor) system or not, and match all the parts to...
  • Re: David Marshal. Why did this mod increase my fuel economy?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 27 Mar 2000 22:07:50 -0800
    ...That is what a lambda ECU would hold it at if you had a O2 sensor >in your fuel injection system. Who knows what...
  • Re: 86 digifant running rich
    Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
    Thu, 3 Jun 1999 06:32:31 -0700
    ...This is how the computer > attempts to achieve the > mythical "lambda" state, or an air/fuel ratio of > 13.7:1 (I'm not...
  • Re: Fuel pressure regulator - acceptable pressure readings?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:37:21 -0400
    ...My California-spec '84 was delivered that way in Germany and didn't get its CAT and lambda sensor until it arrived in the...
  • oxygen sensor test
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 6 Jan 1997 16:35:27 -0800
    ...how the ECU should respond to changes in voltage from the lambda sensor. This is on a 87 syncro (your clamps may vary). First...
  • Re: O2 Sensor voltage
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 5 Feb 2001 14:50:22 -0500
    ...I didn't try to correlate injector timing with lambda sensor readings, too much snow dropping down my neck! >and upper volt output of...
  • 84 Pulsing idle UPDATE 2, zu hohe Leerlaufdrehzahl
    Historical mailing list - Marcus Schaper
    Fri, 16 Apr 1999 15:44:40 EDT
    ...und beide Oeffnungen verschliessen) ist die Drehzahl immer noch zu hoch. Lambda Sonde: 0.5V schwankend Bleuer Kuehlwassertemperatur Fuehler neben der Wasserpumpe, 2 Kontakte...
  • Re: Oxygen sensor-replace or unplug?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
    Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:25:48 -0700
    ...The primary differences in "Lambda" sensors is the connector and if it is heated. The non-heated will work fine, it just doesn't...
  • Intermittent Ignition miss, no start,or rich running, need help!, LONG
    Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
    Thu, 7 Oct 1999 00:09:06 -0400
    ...The engine was running, so I disconnected the Lambda sensor to minimize air/fuel ratio variations to the cylinders that were firing ok when...
  • Re: "Increase the HP, up to 45%(or more),in your Wasserboxer" CD-ROM
    Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
    Wed, 20 Oct 1999 12:18:19 -0700
    ...It ain't cheap, but imagine riding around town with a lambda sensor clipped to your tail pipe, and you and an assistant with...
  • Re: Fast German Auto chip--let's test it!
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 15 Jan 2000 14:39:08 -0500
    ...However, once the AFM is wide open, the ECU shifts to its internal map, and the engine would run lean unless the lambda compensation...
  • Re: Fuel ponderings
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:03:27 -0800
    ...The Bosch L-Jetronic system with lambda (O2) sensor pretty much nails that 14.7 air-fuel ratio. Congress legislating that it be so...
  • Re: I'm stumped! (misfire)
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Sat, 23 May 1998 14:14:05 -0500
    ...I guess I have worked on many non vws and the lambda sensor is more often referred to as an ego sensor (exhaust gas...
  • Re: diesel-gas conversion problems solved! (mostly)
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:57:21 -0500
    ...Also you will need to know if the fuel system has a "Lambda" ( > 02 sensor) system or not, and match all the parts to...
  • Re: 81 Westy Dead Engine
    Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
    Sun, 15 Sep 2002 21:06:11 -0400
    ...CD ignition, 96 plate oil cooler with fan, and CIS-E (Lambda) injection would be extremely reliable, would probably pass inspection with flying colors...
  • Re: Intermittent Ignition miss, no start,or rich running, need help!,LONG
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Thu, 7 Oct 1999 09:57:26 -0400
    ...The engine was running, so I disconnected the Lambda sensor to minimize air/fuel ratio variations to the cylinders that were firing ok when...
  • Re: Oxygen Sensors
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Thu, 3 Jul 1997 14:32:26 -0700 (PDT)
    ...If the regulator and wiring are not at fault, check the lambda sensor by measuring its voltage output with the engine running at 3000...
  • Re: Digijet rough/wandering idle and bucking at slower speeds
    Historical mailing list - Skip
    Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:44:57 +0000
    ...I do have wandering idle issues, which I presume is related to vacuum leaks or lambda (O2 sensor) weakness or what else (AFM?)? O2...
  • EGR Purpose in Life
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 8 Mar 1996 06:06:08 -0500
    ...As long as the fuel mixture is perfect, (14 to 1 or "= Lambda"), this Cat can reduce unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, a= nd nitrogen...
  • Re: Am I Crazy, Sane or Dreaming? re: Surging
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
    Tue, 19 May 1998 23:15:27 -0700
    ...Yeah, that's the lambda sensor... > I also thought I'd > disconnect the two leads running into the idle stab (square mounted on > drivers...
  • Re: Intermittent Ignition miss, no start,or rich running, need help!, LONG
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Thu, 7 Oct 1999 08:31:03 -0500
    ...The engine was running, so I disconnected > the Lambda sensor to minimize air/fuel ratio variations to the cylinders > that were firing ok when...
  • Re: My Digifant Opinion
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
    Sun, 26 Apr 1998 22:44:14 -0700
    ...Early versions were very basic, later versions (most Vanagons up through 1985) had lambda sensors as well. The DigifantII was never used on Vanagons...
  • Re: Analyzer question
    Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
    Wed, 23 May 2001 23:17:38 -0600
    ...They have taken a similar technology to a lambda sensor and just fitted it with a metered read out. I have seen better dwell...
  • excerpt from Electronic Design
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 6 Sep 1996 17:07:31 -0700
    ...fancy electronic fuel injection and spark computers and diagnostic >computers and Lambda sensors. But I get 31 mpg and the car goes just as...
  • Inline Exhaust Theory: part I
    Historical mailing list - Erik O
    Tue, 19 May 1998 12:59:43 -0400
    ...It is generally recognized that Volkswagen had a decent manifold but they 'improved the design' to accommodate the Lambda Sensor and screwed up the...