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• Re: O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sat, 6 Feb 1999 15:02:44 -0800
  ...harald_nancy wrote: > To remove the O2 sensor: > Drive the van till hot, then take a candle and stick it on the hot O2...
• 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...
• Re: O2 Sensor - situation 90' 2.1 (kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:59:12 -0500
  ...The computer is probably running in "open loop" at startup - it ignores the O2 sensor until it thinks the sensor has had enough time...
• 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: '86 still running rich
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 19:22:16 -0600
  >> 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: Gas Mileage Improvements?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:36:33 -0700
  ...When, for a couple of days on a four years ago, I had to >> drive with the O2 sensor disconnected, I got about 13...
• More O2 Sensor confusion...
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 23:57:38 -0400
  I originally asked the question about the O2 sensors today and how my crappy idle and hesitation disappeared when I disconnected my O2 sensor...
• More O2 Sensor confusion...
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 23:57:38 -0400
  I originally asked the question about the O2 sensors today and how my crappy idle and hesitation disappeared when I disconnected my O2 sensor...
• 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
  ...O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine > Dennis, > > Thank you for your help. Shorting the engine end of the O2-sensor...
• Where's my O2 sensor - 1988 Weekender
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:08:32 -0600
  Hey, I just noticed I don't have an O2 sensor on this 88. The exhaust pipes are different than my 84's too...
• Re: '85 Oxygen sensor, 0.1volts
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 22:45:22 -0400
  ...o2 sensor output irrelevant for cold engine. if idle choppy, alternator output can fluctuate below B+, and make warning lights flicker. steady bright o2...
• 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: Oxygen Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 3 Jul 1997 14:32:26 -0700 (PDT)
  On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Craig Rogers wrote: > I'm wondering if there is a way to check an O2 sensor to see if...
• 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: 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
  ...A better solution may be to install a 4 wire o2 sensor. Wire up the white and black wires as normal then take another...
• Re: Hesitation on 87 Vanagon O2 sensor? reply
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 00:37:21 EDT
  ...With O2 sensor unhooked from the computer the engine will accelerate fine under load (AC compressor on).With the sensor hooked up the engine...
• Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:37:40 -0500
  ...Was dying after first 30 seconds, overly rich like it was the O2 sensor. I replaced the O2 sensor with a good used one...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 15:33:55 -0700
  ...With a >> cold engine the O2 circuit is inactive until the engine warms up. >> >> If it is related to the O2 sensor circuit it...
• 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(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: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:17:49 -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...
• Oxygen sensor question.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 8 Sep 2014 08:19:54 -0700
  ...I understand, perhaps mistakenly, that this sleeve is there to allow ambient atmosphere to get into the top of the O2 sensor and somehow...
• 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...
• O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - James E. Ferree
  Wed, 20 Dec 1995 14:18:32 -0500
  Hello, I put in a new O2 sensor in my van because the wire had come loose on the one that was in there...
• Re: Drop in gas mileage update
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:16:32 -0400
  ...The O2 sensor was gone. However that doesn't solve the problem. Disconnected the O2 sensor. Get .54 volts. When I reconnect the sensor...
• Re: crazy o2 sensor prob
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 22:50:14 -0500
  Perhaps an ECU problem of not being able to process O2 sensor signal. This topic came up a couple of months ago and one...
• O2 light
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 08:07:54 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...
• 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: Inexpensive O2 Sensors - A Suggestion
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 02:43:48 EST
  ...That said, on the FoMoCo O2 sensor, the white lead pair form the heater circuit, and the black lead is always the sensor signal...
• Re: O2 Sensor in Catalytic Converter - Correct model for each FI system ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:55:27 -0400
  ...Would there be anything wrong with putting the O2 sensor in the cat on a 1.9? Sometimes the old O2 sensor is so...
• Fwd: O2 Sensor problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Mar 2020 05:26:39 -0400
  ...O2 Sensor problem To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> Cc: vanagonlist a <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> Rarely will an O2 sensor go over 1...
• Re: Generic Wiring of Bosch O2 Sensor/ Cat implode
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:44:54 -0700
  ...Black = O2 sensor signal Grey = O2 sensor ground. The sensor element is NOT grounded to the sensor body like the 3-wire sensors. The...
• Re: O2 readings
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:42:50 -0700
  When you say you're getting those readings on the "O2 sensor with it hooked up to the ECU" I assume you mean the...
• oops, more questions on O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 21:16:53 -0600
  I studied the busdepot O2 sensor options after I sent my previous email, and realized that the difference in price is not OE vs...
• Re: ECU or O2 sensor ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:06:09 -0400
  ...ECU or O2 sensor ? Just added an 86 GL automatic to the fold. The PO's mechanic (also a PO) says it needs a...
• 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: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 15:53:05 -0600
  ...With a > cold engine the O2 circuit is inactive until the engine warms up. > > If it is related to the O2 sensor circuit it...
• Re: More O2 Sensor confusion...
  Historical mailing list - Schmidt
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 06:52:33 -0500
  ...Symptoms returned with the new properly installed o2 sensor. I'm sure my mpg would improve if I dc'd the sensor forever. I...
• Re: More O2 Sensor confusion...
  Historical mailing list - Schmidt
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 06:52:33 -0500
  ...Symptoms returned with the new properly installed o2 sensor. I'm sure my mpg would improve if I dc'd the sensor forever. I...
• Re: O2 Sensor problem
  Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
  Sun, 22 Mar 2020 12:45:44 -0500
  ...ECU ignores O2 for a bit after starting even if engine is warm enough and sensor signals ready. Temp-II OTOH acts even during...
• 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...
• 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: O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:04:24 -0500
  ...O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor The O2 heater is powered by the FP relay in 1990 so it should be heating...
• Re: 87' syncro runs rough when cold
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Sat, 26 Sep 1998 15:21:56 -0700
  If unplugging the O2 sensor helps, then it is either suspect or you have a different problem (that sounds stupid, doesn't it?). If...
• O2 sensor, 2.1L
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Mar 1997 11:30:21 -0600
  Greetings list, I am replacing the O2 sensor in my 91. Several people have mentioned using a "generic" three-wire sensor ($30-50) instead...
• Re: Drop in gas mileage update
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:34:51 -0400
  You might also want to make sure the O2 sensor wire (and any other wires) didn't get melted to one of your exhaust...
• O2 Sensor Fix
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:17:24 -0400
  Hi Jeff, Your solution to mounting an O2 sensor is fine. Ideally you want to mount it as close to the stock location as...
• 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...
• FW: Inexpensive O2 Sensors - A Suggestion
  Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:37:00 -0800
  ...Inexpensive O2 Sensors - A Suggestion Just a few comments to the O2 sensor thread: Frank Grunthaner
• 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...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:54:51 -0800
  Agreeing with Mark, O2 sensor. Had similar issue with my 91 and a replacement O2 sensor fixed it. Steven 91 Westy On Fri, Feb...
• 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: O2 sensor and CO adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 13 May 1998 16:11:38 -0700
  ...The O2 sensor provides feedback to the ECU for fine-tuning of the mixture, so if everything was adjusted properly before, replacing the sensor...