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• help... need oxygen sensor thread size...
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 12:20:40 -0500
  pulled my oxygen sensor.. but left all of the threads.. so i need to tap it... do i need an 17 or 18 mm...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 26 Dec 2017 01:27:40 +0000
  We only sell Bosch Oxygen sensors. Not sure why GW or Van Cafe aren't selling the non splice version. I have been selling...
• Re: thread size of the oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 21:12:39 -0500
  ...thread size of the oxygen sensor Greetings Folks. Would any one knw what the thread/pitch/tap size is for the oxygen sensor? I...
• Re: reformulated gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Erik C Peterson
  Mon, 7 Apr 1997 09:36:28 -0700 (PDT)
  ...By oxygenating the gasoline, smog-producing emissions are reduced, as well as power and efficiency. On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, Dan Fleming wrote: > Reformulated...
• RE: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 13:32:16 CST6CDT
  ...Keep in mind that the O2 sensor and any reading derived thereof are a measurement of the oxygen in the exhaust stream, not the...
• Oxygen Sensor Conversion Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:17:56 -0800
  Greetings All I bought a Bosch 13913 three wire oxygen sensor. I am preparing to cut the end off and solder the VW end...
• Re: O2 sensor is a thermistor (longish)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 May 1996 17:08:31 -0400
  In a message dated 96-05-29 21:10:13 EDT, you write: >The principle of the oxygen sensor in the exhaust stream is...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Mon, 25 Dec 2017 20:13:43 -0500
  ...Ken's listing doesn't give a brand ( https://www.vanagain.com/shop/1-9L-oxygen-sensor/). I did find where I had the...
• Re: stove=heater=safe?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 15 Nov 94 14:33:34 PST
  ...You're trying to bring IN more oxygen so that the flame does not deplete the oxygen for breathing. But if you get burned...
• Re: Exhaust needed for 84 1.9l motor needed....used ok!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 May 2001 10:42:47 EDT
  ...This includes everything but the cat and oxygen sensor. I also have the S&S system for the 1.9l for $280 (again includes...
• 1985 Vanagon - batt./OXYS dash lights on?
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:22:52 -0500
  ...Can I run my engine w/o an oxygen sensor and ignore the lights? If so, what harm would that do? Thanks for info...
• Re: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:38:16 -0400
  > > The sensor is a bit of magic and should probably be called an oxygen > deficiency sensor! This thought is based on the voltage being...
• Re: mixture adjustment without gas analyzer
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 00:33:31 -0500
  ----------------------- Hi Dan, The oxygen sensor should be hot and providing the digifant with voltage / mixture signal in about 2 minutes when starting a cold...
• Re: while on the idle topic
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 12:20:04 -0700
  ...If it does it's trick, then you know it is the oxygen sensor. You will still be running rich w/o an oxygen...
• Thread size for Oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:48:01 -0400
  ...for repair, does anyone have the size and pitch for the oxygen sensor threads so I can get this thread repair? TIA. Rick Koller...
• 2.1L oxygen snsr light
  Historical mailing list - Richard C Welsh
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:44:15 -0500
  ...my '87 2.1L's Oxygen sensor light came on yesterday@ 122,127 miles. I replaced the cat and sensor a year ago @ about...
• Re: CO vs CO2 One's poisonous, the other's not.
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Sun, 15 Nov 1998 11:26:28 -0600
  ...But with respect to CO2 concentrations, >CO2 doesn't harm directly as CO does, but will displace all the >oxygen in a confined space...
• Re: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:01:08 +0000
  David, I really like that oxygen battery description of what the O2 sensor system does.  I have a "working knowledge" of the sensor, but...
• Re: oxygen sensor and alternator lights
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:14:49 -0800
  ...oxygen sensor and alternator lights > > > >When I start my van both the oxygen and the alternator LEDs stay on until I > >step on the...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 25 Dec 2017 18:55:43 -0700
  ...For >> about >>> twice the price, Van-Again and Bus Depot have a Bosch oxygen sensor with >>> the connector. Has Bosch started making the sensors...
• Oxygen Sensor Reset
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Aug 1997 09:34:47 -0600
  Okay the Oxygen Sensor Light has been on for a year now and it's bugging me. Bently says the reset is behind one...
• Re: Oxygen sensor questions...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 22:08:28 EST
  I have new Bosch Oxygen sensors with the three wire OE connectors (no splicing) for $110 (List special price). These are suggested to be...
• Re: How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 18:56:32 EST
  Diagnosing Oxygen Sensors: The oxygen sensor is really a simple device : It tells the engine computer how much O2 (oxygen) is left in the...
• Re: Thoughts on Mr. Heater Buddy?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:45:30 -0600
  ...Hemoglobin had a much greater affinity for the CO (carbon monoxide than the O2 (oxygen). Therein lies the danger. The CO displaces the oxygen...
• Re: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:56:44 -0400
  ...It's a (tiny) primary cell that operates at >600F and generates approaching a volt when there's oxygen on one side of its...
• All you ever wanted to know about O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 23:39:14 -0500
  ...HIT THE DELETE KEY NOW Understanding the Oxygen Sensor Mounted in the exhaust stream, the oxygen sensor is used by the vehicle's on...
• shielded wire for oxygen sensor?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Wed, 21 May 2008 17:35:47 -0400
  I'm planning on running a wire from my oxygen sensor up to the front of the van for a air/fuel mixture gauge...
• Re: Mr. Heater buddy now under $40 at Lowes
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:02:04 -0500
  ...Heater website? � Designed and approved for indoor use � Automatic low-oxygen shut off system... FOR RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL USE: � Tents � Cabins ... � Campers � RVs/Mobile...
• Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Erik Rhodes
  Wed, 13 Aug 1997 15:43:07 -0700
  I just had a smog check done on my '78 bus and the smog check guy said the oxygen sensor was bad, thus misinforming...
• thread size of the oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 17:58:15 EST
  ...Would any one knw what the thread/pitch/tap size is for the oxygen sensor? I am not having any luck with the archive...
• Re: more o2 trouble
  Historical mailing list - Schmidt
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 12:31:32 -0500
  ...you didn't by any chance put some anti-seize compound on the >oxygen sensor? if you did, and it's not the safe...
• Re: antisieze compound
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 18:49:37 -0500
  ...antisieze compound > antisieze on what? The oxygen sensor i suppose. There is junk in the > antisiezxe compound that will quickly foul up your oxygen...
• BLACK SMOKE
  Historical mailing list - Cooper John LCDR ALCOM/J322
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 18:08:28 -0000
  ...A quick trip to the VW dealer and the oxygen sensor was replaced. Problem solved. About six months later, the van was idling roughly...
• Re: BLACK SMOKE
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 21:13:57 -0400
  ...I replaced the oxygen ..... I am tired of thinking I am solving the problem by > replacing > the oxygen sensor. Any ideas? > > John Cooper > 87...
• melted oxygen sensor wires and no start fun
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:46:34 EDT
  ...In the engine compartment the two wires for the oxygen sensor that share a common connector have melted their insulation off. I did replace...
• Re: Arco Lies!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:27:40 -0800
  ...ethanol = fewer BTU/gal of fuel = "crap gas" Everybody's got to add ethanol to fuel these days (oxygenated fuel). Arco just 'oxygenates' more...
• Re: Stubborn Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 23:04:14 EST
  ...to you can put an extension on the pipe wrench handle. Oxygen sensors can be a bugger. Ken Wilford http://www.vanagain.com John...
• Re: how to put out engine fire?
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Fri, 14 May 1999 22:51:38 -0500
  ...Magnesium contains its own oxygen, so once it gets started it Actually, magnesium is an element. It contains no oxygen. However, it burns so...
• Re: Ground of Oxygen sensor reading 10.6V
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 09:42:34 -0400
  ...Ground of Oxygen sensor reading 10.6V Hi to all, This is a '91 model, 2.1L Vanagon, gas, 2wd, I am using my...
• Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 18:40:36 -0400
  ...unplug your oxygen sensor and see how you run. better? if so, then replace the oxygen sensor. if not change then look elsewhere. matthew
• Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc.
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Sat, 1 May 2004 18:22:43 -0400
  ...I think you are right about the need for oxygen. The area that corrodes is pretty large. It runs from the edge of the...
• FW: oxygen tester in 86 vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 12:04:35 -0700
  ...Can you help me with finding an answer to whether or not an oxygen tester is to be used on this for $115 ? They...
• Re: Alternative Fuels - Salt Water
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 2 Dec 2007 08:34:58 -0500
  ...He bombards saltwater with radio waves to cause it to split into hydrogen and oxygen. Interesting, but it will always take as much or...
• Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:08:04 EDT
  So, I was driving home last night and my Oxygen Sensor light came on. What exactly does that indicator light mean? Did my sensor...
• Re: Help. traveling with problem
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:46:11 -0700
  ...Does the van run better for a minute then > start messing up again? If so it is a problem with the oxygen sensor or...
• Re: Ground of Oxygen sensor reading 10.6V
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 03:52:04 -0400
  ...my Digitool and with a new Oxygen sensor I'm getting 10.6 >volts on the "Oxygen sensor ground" reading. It started off with...
• Re: Mr. Heater buddy now under $40 at Lowes
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:04:56 -0800
  ...wrote... >Considering that normal air contains 21-23% oxygen (depending on >whether you measure by volume or weight), no, it doesn't seem >borderline...
• Re: Mr. Heater buddy now under $40 at Lowes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 4 Feb 2009 21:36:39 -0500
  At 09:04 PM 2/4/2009, chris and/or ruth wrote: >It's not the low Oxygen that will kill ya, it's...
• Stubborn Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Todd Guttman
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 19:22:43 -0500
  Does anyone have any suggestions for removing a stubborn Oxygen sensor in an 85 Westy? The previous owner noted that it is orignal equipment...
• ford oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - aj
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:21:05 -0800
  I've just received from Bus Depot a Ford oxygen sensor replacement for my 86 weekender. It's raining heavily so I can't...
• Oxygen Sensor Recommendations for 83 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Jim Heissenbuttel
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:27:39 -0700
  I need a new oxygen sensor on my 83.5 WBX westy... I assume that Bosch is the way to go, but I see...
• Re: Lower Ball Joint Adaptor Questions (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:01:16 -0500
  If you were creative enough, you could set up propane or mapp gas with a compressed air setup instead of the small oxygen tanks...
• Re: Mr. Heater buddy now under $40 at Lowes
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Thu, 5 Feb 2009 07:30:49 -0700
  ...Fact is, the major reason for CO is incomplete combustion, caused by a lack of oxygen. As oxygen levels decrease, combustion produces higher levels...
• Re: GoWesty exhaust and oxygen sensors
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 14 Nov 2018 06:08:46 -0800
  ...GoWesty exhaust and oxygen sensors > > This summer i had the GoWesty stainless exhaust installed on my 85 > Westfalia (with a Boston Bob 2.1...
• Re: Arco Lies!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:54:13 -0600
  ...but there are other ways to achieve the required oxygenation levels besides ethanol. i use the "ethanol free" fuel (and pay a premium of...
• Re: Question about Oxygen Sensor Signal Wire PN
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 22:16:49 -0500
  ...Question about Oxygen Sensor Signal Wire PN > > > I am in need of a new oxygen sensor signal wire. I know > some folks on this...
• Re: Tiico Conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:10:09 EST
  Here is what I found doing the conversion on a '85 that doesn't have the three wire oxygen sensor setup. I wanted to...
• OXYGEN SENSOR LIGHT IS ON---
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:00:48 EDT
  Started up Squeaky this morning and the OXS oxygen sensor light wont go off. Here in the manual it says every 30,000 miles...
• Re: AFM question---O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:59:50 -0600
  > probably the > easiest thing to do is to go to an exhaust shop and have them cut you in a > whole for an oxygen...
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 23:25:53 -0500
  ...Repeat one hundred times: "Voltage comes from having oxygen on one side and not on the other, hence a rich mixture that burned up...