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O2 Sensor Disconnected=better mpg???
Historical mailing list - Chad G
Fri, 26 Oct 2001 12:26:43 -0400
...I have replaced many parts to no avail (temp II, O2 sensor, wires, plugs, air filter, fuel pressure reg., AFM, ECU.....). I recently disconnected...
Re: Poor running when O2 disconnected
Historical mailing list - Beth Young
Mon, 31 Mar 1997 17:40:22 -0800 (PST)
On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Cory Zumbrennen wrote: > Since returning from Baja my Vanagon, an '86 Westfalia, will not > run with the O2 sensor...
Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:36:42 -0700
At 01:26 PM 4/27/2003, you wrote: >Do these Chrysler units fit the threads in the Vanagon catalytic converters? Most O2 sensors...
O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:46:31 -0400
First, thank you to one of the list gurus who suggested checking on shorts between O2-cable and its shield. I had one of...
Re: Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor?
Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
Wed, 8 Sep 2004 04:21:06 -0500
The O2 sensor must be at exhaust temperature to function properly -- if it is too cold, it will read high resistance values, which indicates...
Re: Tuning by O2 Sensor
Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:49:15 -0700
...Tuning by O2 Sensor I decided to run my '85 1.9l with the O2 sensor unhooked from the FI system and wired to...
Re: ECU or O2 sensor ?
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Fri, 27 May 2005 12:42:21 -0500
...I replaced two O2 sensors before getting smart enough to check the wiring. An '86 should have the three wire O2 Sensor so my...
Re: More O2 Sensor confusion...
Historical mailing list - wb6otg
Tue, 6 Mar 2001 14:07:41 -0500
...Symptoms >returned with the new properly installed o2 sensor. An exhaust leak that lets oxygen into the exhaust system will cause the o2 sensor...
Re: More O2 Sensor confusion...
Historical mailing list - wb6otg
Tue, 6 Mar 2001 14:07:41 -0500
...Symptoms >returned with the new properly installed o2 sensor. An exhaust leak that lets oxygen into the exhaust system will cause the o2 sensor...
Re: Help one Vanagon owner, please
Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
Sat, 10 May 2008 08:37:48 -0400
...This will force the system open loop, ignoring the o2 sensor. If that works, there's some o2 sensor and/or ground problem. If...
Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:07:14 -0700
...As long as it does, all is will |with the O2 sensor. If not - then no ocillation. On startup |and until the O2 sensor...
Re: ECU or O2 sensor ?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 26 May 2005 21:24:57 -0500
Could be the O2 sensor. Could be the idle stabilizer system. My van stumbles when the idle stbilizer vlave wire is hooked up. Disconect...
Re: O2 Sensor
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Wed, 1 Nov 2000 13:15:08 -0600
Hi Rich, For proper o2 readings under most circumstances it is adaquate to have the exhaust system in proper condition. Then clean the grounds...
Re: Digifant II O2 sensor....My questions answered...
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 6 Aug 2014 21:40:26 -0700
Were you using the 4-wire O2 sensor that came with the ABA? The Motronic Mk3 O2 sensor is different� from the Digifant O2...
Re: crazy o2 sensor prob
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Mon, 10 Feb 2003 23:26:14 -0500
Wires to the O2 sensor are hooked up wrong. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS Syncro Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler 92...
crazy o2 sensor prob
Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
Mon, 10 Feb 2003 22:26:53 EST
...i just put in new temp sensor and o2 sensor. only way i can drive it normal is keeping the o2 sensor disconneted. runs...
turn off O2 light
Historical mailing list
Sun, 5 Nov 2000 08:09:46 EST
Dear List, My O2 sensor light is now on permanently. The engine is running fine; O2 sensor itself was replaced recently. How do I...
Re: Water in Oxy sensor
Historical mailing list - Denis B�lisle
Fri, 29 Jan 1999 01:47:47 -0800
...Anyway I intend to seal my new one well with oxy sensor safe rtv silicone.! hello Please do not seal O2 sensor O2 sensor...
Re: O2 sensor prices?
Historical mailing list - tbill
Tue, 08 Jul 1997 13:46:05 -0500
Jeff Carver wrote: > > Karl - > > I just purchased a genuine Bosch O2 sensor for $29. I just bot the same for $20 at Western Auto...
Re: O2 sensor wiring
Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
Tue, 7 Nov 2006 07:25:25 -0800
I cut the wires and so I could slip a standard wrench onto my O2 sensor. The O2 socket I was using was split...
Re: Losing power...update
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:56:04 -0700
No, merely unplugging the connectors to the O2 sensor does not eliminate the possibility of a problem with that circuit. The ECU ignores the...
Re: Digifant II O2 sensor....My questions answered...
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 7 Aug 2014 06:37:05 -0700
I don't know exactly what O2 sensor WAS in the system, but the wires and the plug, those were from the Digifant Cabriolet...
Oxygen Sensor Bad?
Historical mailing list - Peter Small
Sat, 23 Jun 2001 23:49:56 -0700
Hi Everyone, A Question about O2 sensors: When starting my vanagon, about 50% of the time, the O2 light comes on and stays on...
Re: O2 sensor thread size? Helicoil kit part number?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:05:46 -0400
...Another possibility is new catalytic converters come with an O2 port. Ken Lewis 86 Transporter Crew Cab, 60 T-5 Coupe http://neksiwel.20m...
Re: O2 readings
Historical mailing list - Chad Morris
Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:10:37 -0600
...O2 readings > When you say you're getting those readings on the "O2 sensor with it hooked > up to the ECU" I assume you...
o2 sensor question again sorry
Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
Sat, 8 Feb 2003 23:46:26 EST
...than i disconnected the o2 sensor and it s now drivable . first off what is a disadvantagesx of haveing no o2 sensor hooked up...
Re: o2 sensor question again sorry
Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
Sun, 9 Feb 2003 07:57:58 -0500
The Lambda O2 sensor is perhaps THE most important sensor in the late Vanagon injection. After as all of the other inputs are considered...
O2 sensor in gutted cat question
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:10:27 -0700
hi, it was suggested to me that the O2 sensor in the stock position in a 2.1 wb will not get to optimal...
Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle. Was "vanagon syndrome?"
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 26 Jun 2014 09:51:15 -0700
...If I recall, Bosch O2 info I'd read said that atmospheric air was referenced via the space between each wire and sensor body...
94 Golf (No Vanagon Content)
Historical mailing list - Suniga, Durby
Tue, 5 May 1998 09:52:46 -0700
...This would be the third O2 for the Golf. The original O2 sensor was replaced with a 2nd O2 sensor under warranty at 47K...
Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:19:53 -0700
...Am I in the ballpark? >> >> With O2-cable unplugged, resistance between connector and ground on cable >> to O2-sensor is infinite. Resistance between other...
Re: hesitating when warm? - UPDATE
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 2 May 2003 08:31:27 -0700
Keith, it could still be O2 sensor related. Disconnecting the O2 sensor does not preclude this possibility. The ECU must see reasonable readings on...
Re: O2 Sensors
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 21 Feb 2003 01:03:01 -0500
...O2 Sensors I need to replace the O2 Sensor on my 88 GL. My local Bosch distributor has a generic Bosch unit listed in...
Re: Oxygen Sensor Simulator
Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, www.vwrack.com
Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:37:10 -0700
On 11/15/06, Alistair Bell <albell@uvic.ca> wrote: > for all those O2 sensor aficionados on the list: > > > http://www.bobblick.com/techref...
Tuning by O2 Sensor
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:23:32 -0500
I decided to run my '85 1.9l with the O2 sensor unhooked from the FI system and wired to my digital voltmeter. The...
wet spastic oxygen sensor
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 21:11:44 -0500
...I pulled over and disconnected the O2 sensor from the ecu and attached a meter to the O2 sensor wire. It is kind of...
Vanagon 86-91 o2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
Fri, 25 Oct 1996 09:20:29 -0500
I have seen a lot of messages posted concerning failed o2 sensors, as I am getting ready to get a Vanagon, (a move from...
Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sun, 1 Mar 2015 15:33:55 -0700
Kevin Well I think You are HeadedInTheRightDirection ~ Glad to hear that it is running ~ But ~ That HeavyishGreenWire is the O2Snsr SignalWire ~ The O2Snsr GroundWire...
Re: OHM Readings for 1.9 injectors and o2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 16 Feb 2002 22:59:25 -0500
...The O2 sensor resistance is meaningless as it is a voltage source when it is working. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
Re: Catalytic Converter Failure
Historical mailing list
Tue, 6 Dec 1994 16:07:38 -0800
Mike, Check your O2 sensor- my middle brother's Rabbit had its Catalyst go China Syndrome after the O2 sensor failed. O2 sensor fails...
Re: O2 sensor and CO adjustment
Historical mailing list - David Bayer
Wed, 13 May 1998 19:34:43 -0700
>| I think it depends on whether it had been adjusted as the old O2 >| sensor got replaced. Ooops, a few missing words in that...
Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
Historical mailing list - John Connolly
Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:29:14 -0600
when O2 sensors go bad, they usually "false lean", and give an indication of a lean condition even when the exhaust is rich. Naturally...
Re: 81 Westy - should it have an O2 sensor or not?
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 11 May 1998 13:03:15 -0700
...The > supposition here is that a PO swapped out the current non-O2 manifold for > the prior O2 equipped type. > > I don't buy...
update: melted oxygen sensor wires and no start fun
Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
Tue, 3 Sep 2002 19:48:22 EDT
To update my melted O2 sensor wires problem: I got the Vanagon home (towed) and started looking at the melted O2 sensor wires and...
Re: more o2 trouble
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Sun, 4 Feb 2001 10:23:13 -0800
I'd try to figure out what's the matter here, since the car was designed to run *with* the O2 sensor. It sounds...
Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:57:52 -0500
...As long as it does, all is >> will with the O2 sensor. If not - then no ocillation. On startup and >> until the O2 sensor...
Re: Jerky Van continued
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Wed, 6 Jun 2007 16:59:06 -0600
Trouble when raining is sometimes the O2 sensor, or the wiring from it, getting wet or cooling down. A test is to unplug the...
O2 Sensors
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:23:36 -0600
I need to replace the O2 Sensor on my 88 GL. My local Bosch distributor has a generic Bosch unit listed in his catalog...
Re: 88 digifant O2 readings off
Historical mailing list - Dennis
Wed, 5 Jul 2006 08:02:01 -0400
Matt, being that you're actually monitoring your O2 sensor readings, I find this little O2 sensor gauge very helpful (http://my.tbaytel.net...
Re: One more %^$ part...now O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:33:42 -0400
Volks, if the "direct fit" O2 sensor for your 86-91 Vanagon is hard to find or too expensive for your budget you can...
Drop in gas mileage update
Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:45:10 -0700
...The O2 sensor was gone. However that doesn't solve the problem. Disconnected the O2 sensor. Get .54 volts. When I reconnect the sensor...
O2 idiot light
Historical mailing list
Tue, 9 Apr 1996 09:52:41 -0700
My O2 idiot light has come on and I want to know how to reset it. I am sure this has been on the...
FYI Posi-tite weathertite replacement for the universal o2 crimp
Historical mailing list - TC
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:03:06 -0700
This looks like a nice resusable connector fior use with the universal o2 connector that you have to cut / crimp when installing a new...
Running HOT!, help, '80
Historical mailing list
03 Jul 97 06:38:54 PDT
...Here's what I found: (BTW, California version '80, O2, but no EGR) O2 sensor output: undetectable voltage, if any. This confirms that I...
Re: ECU or O2 sensor ?
Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
Fri, 27 May 2005 14:52:47 -0400
...Can't > say how old the O2 sensor is. > Thanks > > Roger VanTill > 89 Westy > 86 GL Roger, Try changing the O2 sensor first, while...
Re: '86 still running rich
Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
Wed, 9 Dec 1998 13:09:34 -0500
> The O2 sensor is not working correctly. It shows an > erratic output ranging from 0.3 volts to 1.8 volts. The readings don...
Re: Heavy missing
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:56:19 -0700
...Rough running and the O2 sensor If disconnecting the O2 sensor makes it run okay but rich the problem can also be elsewhere. In...
Re: Engine o2 out of spec
Historical mailing list - Dennis Bergey
Sat, 11 Nov 2000 10:18:27 -0800
Replaced the O2 Sensor twice. No difference. Checked everything in the Bentley Manual. Everything. Replaced just about everything anyway, just in case. -----Original Message...
Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sun, 1 Mar 2015 15:47:47 -0700
Kevin Well I think You are HeadedInTheRightDirection ~ Glad to hear that it is running ~ But ~ That HeavyishGreenWire is the O2Snsr SignalWire ~ The O2Snsr GroundWire...
Fuel injector cleaner: harm O2 sensor?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 3 Mar 2016 15:06:52 -0800
...Has anyone found that running fuel injector cleaner has fouled their O2 sensor? After running a bottle through, my check engine light came on...