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• Re: Oxygen Sensor / Full Throttle Switch
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 12:32:22 CST6CDT
  ...advance the curve, richen the mixture or a combination; believe that is > not crucial but nevertheless a problem. Gawd, I'm on a roll...
• Re: Temp2 sensor and mixture
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 21:13:34 -0400
  ...TEMiller Ed Shultz wrote: >Hi All, > >Will disconnecting the temp2 sensor while the engine is fully warmed up cause >the mixture to be too...
• Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 10 May 2001 09:28:53 -0800
  ...Fuel mixture can be adjusted somewhat via the O2 sensor which feeds data back to the ECU regarding mixture, but the ability to adjust...
• Re: O2 readings
  Historical mailing list - Chad Morris
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:10:37 -0600
  ...mixture is > *very* steep right around the "ideal" mixture, so you should see a rapid > fluctuation above and below .5 volts) with higher voltage...
• Re: mixture adjustment without gas analyzer
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 19:08:57 -0700
  ...Turning the CO2 screw clockwise on a CIS VW make the mixture leaner. If anyone out there knows where I can get an inexpensive...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:20:39 -0400
  ...Typically expressed as the fuel air mixture is "too rich." > The mixture adjustment is not going to have any effect > at speed, something is...
• 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...
• Re: rough running
  Historical mailing list - Pat Little
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:36:49 -0700
  ...rough running Did you have the mixture set with an exhaust gas analyzer? I had the same symptoms as you're describing, slight misfire...
• Re: O2 sensor question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jun 1997 18:11:25 PST
  ...This produces a rich mixture,sensor voltage drops,computer leans out the mixture.An endless cycle. In other words the mixture never stabalizes at...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 11:44:16 -0800
  ...Isn't the >computer changing the mixture to get the best possible mixture for >accelleration, and deceleration as well. So if you set your...
• Ultimate solution for my noisey lifters
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:26:08 -0400
  I found that my fuel mixture was off- too rich. I could smell gas in my oil. My oil was diluted by the fuel...
• Re: Air Fuel Mixture Logic
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 10:20:57 -0500
  ...I am still > the process of trying to get the engine to idle well and set the air > fuel mixture. I am looking for...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor HELP.....
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:33:20 -0400
  ...Danny, the sensor is there because the CAT(alytic converter) requires a very specific mixture to operate properly. This mixture happens to fall between...
• Re: Stalling at Idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 17 Sep 1997 10:27:29 EDT
  ...It also does NOT change the air/fuel mixture being burned by the engine. All the air that flows through the air regulator has...
• Idle/mixture Screw
  Historical mailing list - Thompson, Michael
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 10:46:45 -0600
  Dear List Does anyone know where approximately the air/fuel mixture screw (allen bolt) on the AFM should be set on an air cooled...
• Re: Air Fuel Mixture Logic
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 08:40:14 -0600
  ...I am still >the process of trying to get the engine to idle well and set the air >fuel mixture. I am looking for...
• Re: Emissions shuffle - quick fix for test
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Andrew Burczyk
  Sat, 23 Dec 1995 01:11:25 -0700
  There is a solution to the over rich mixture that the Weber puts out. Firstly the mixture is purposely jetted over rich for a...
• Re: Air Flow Meter and Idle/Mixture Adjustments
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 95 12:24:46 EDT
  ...The air mixture screw has little effect on leaness and hence pollution because the O2 sensor will always compensate. He demonstrated this by adjsuting...
• Re: afm mixture screw
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 01:50:02 -0600
  ...afm mixture screw >Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 22:13:37 -0800 > >Can anybody tell me how the afm mixture screw is set up...
• Re: Maximum engine power and Performane Chip Discussion
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:54:05 -0500
  ...Best emissions in a catalyst-equipped engine are obtained with a mixture that alternates between slightly rich and slightly lean, hovering around the mixture...
• Re: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 13:39:58 EST
  ...on a) the sensor readouts and b) fuel consumption? (in other words does fuel mixture need to be readjusted after a new cat is...
• Re: Carver P4 won't start when very cold
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 13:32:39 -0800
  ...I think they are all a special mixture to burn hotter and better at altitued and cold temps. But in high altitude and cold...
• Re: Upstream Fuel Filter dissection results
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:12:55 -0700
  On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > hmmmm... > EFI fuel mixture is determined by how...
• adjusting mixture ratio
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 5 Jul 2019 10:53:29 -0700
  hi all, is there a way to adjust fuel/air mixture ratio on a stock 2.1 WBX? my van seems running a bit...
• Re: My van runs like crap when it's cold.
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:47:28 -0500
  ...Cold engines need richer mixtures than warm engines. If the FPR is leaking (pressure too low), the resulting mixture may be to lean to...
• Fuel mixture change
  Historical mailing list - Riley Kettner
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 21:53:22 -0800
  Hello All, I have my air filter housing apart looking for the air mixture adjustment. I read the clymer book and it says there...
• The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:51:45 -0800
  So I have convinced myself that I need to adjust the mixture screw on the AFM but I have some trepidation about it. There...
• Re: 83 Vanagon stalling UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:58:56 -0700
  ...The best bet is to use a CO meter. > Whereby Sean wrote back: > Tom, > Are you sure about that? I thought the mixture screw...
• My poor MPG, compression tests results
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:09:39 -0700
  ...right left mixture asymmetry? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer...
• Re: Engine Advice (Overheating?)
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 13:09:25 -0500
  ...This does assume that everything is working OK like the thermostat, thermo sensor, timing and fuel mixture. Unfortunately the air cooled engine has no...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 08:39:57 -0500
  ...If then you ground the sensor wire to the chassis, then the ECU thinks that the fuel mixture is too lean and will enrich...
• Fuel air mixture or timing adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:10:46 -0700
  ...Damon Campbell said that BusLabs adjusted the fuel air mixture of his 2.3L waterboxer. Before the adjustment, the symptoms were similar to mine...
• At Idle: AFM Flap, CO Screw Relationship. Explanation Found
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 6 Jul 2012 13:51:55 -0700
  ...Since the injector opening time (and therefore the amount of fuel delivered) is influenced by the potentiometer signal, the idle mixture is changed." Through...
• Re: Temp2 sensor and mixture
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 23:59:20 -0400
  ...temp2 sensor while the engine is fully warmed up cause >the mixture to be too rich? I'm talking about a 2.1L MV...
• Re: Vanagon MPG
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 00:00:34 -0400
  1) Turning the air mixture screw in (clockwise) closes an air bypass making the mixture richer. 2) Has limited effect and only at idle...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:49:55 -0700
  ...since the smog test is "at speed" but you set the basic mixture "at > idle" how the hell do you ever know if you...
• Re: 84 Westfalia losing power
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 10:07:26 EDT
  ...Rich fuel mixture is *often* caused by a worn-out Oxygen sensor, which confuses the Bosch FGB system (fuel-genie-in-a- box), causing...
• 1.9L-adjusting mixture(or not) at afm questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott W.
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 16:39:34 -0800
  ...i noticed this weekend,while i was setting the timing, that leaning out the mixture, or using that 7mm? adjustment hex screw on the...
• Re: O2 senor operation!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 May 2012 17:18:07 -0400
  ...each keep working independently through the time when the mixture is unfavorable for them, then are recharged when the mixture is favorable. Yours, David
• More adjusting mixture without gas analyzer
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 23:55:59 EDT
  ...advice regarding which direction to turn the screw to lean the mixture. I have an '86 Vanagon manufactured in November 1985 with Digifant injection...
• '85 Cold Start Idle
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 15:00:39 -0400
  ...I am guessing the idle mixture is off. Is it too rich or too lean? It straightens out after a few minutes, but I...
• Re: (LONG) Surging Idle fixed! / Surging O2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 06:35:48 EST
  ...This produces a rich mixture,sensor voltage drops,computer leans out the mixture.An endless cycle. In other words the mixture never stabalizes at...
• cis problems - FIXED!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Thu, 20 Feb 1997 09:13:41 -0600
  ...Rewired, installed used control unit, reset fuel mixture and voila! runs like a champ!! Anybody know how to unsieze an idle mixture screw?? THanks...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture) A new angle...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 21:33:29 EST
  A simple way to enrichen the mixture is to make a switch that can be flipped to simulate a cold engine. The ECU thinks...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:43:14 -0700
  ...Problems that can cause a rich mixture include: Problems with the feedback system (the system that regulates the fuel being added to the engine...
• Re: O2 mixture questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 14 Oct 1997 11:06:31 -0700
  On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, db25 wrote: > I have several questions when it comes to adjusting my mixture using the > oxygen sensor. > 1. Do...
• Re: How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 18:56:32 EST
  ...This produces a rich mixture,sensor voltage drops,computer leans out the mixture.An endless cycle. In other words the mixture never stabalizes at...
• Vanagons at High Altitudes
  Historical mailing list - Mladen, Zoran
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 07:18:31 -0600
  ...Since the air is thinner out here, do we need to have the air mixture adjusted (i.e., CO)? Seems like our cars are...
• Re: A damn OS question again, yea!!! now i need some help, it's my turn....
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 7 May 2002 12:11:03 -0400
  ...if the ECU sees > 500 mV it leans the mixture; if it sees < 500 mV it richens the mixture. It does not attempt to...
• Re: Emissions (CO) still out...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 23:04:41 +0500
  ...a)VERY rich mixture, so some stuff gets thrown out unburned b)some cylinder(s) misfiring intermittently, so that even if the mixture is...
• 1985 Vanagon - setting initial timing, idle speed and mixture
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:52:11 -0400
  ...What to do after I set my initial timing, idle speed/mixture, etc. Thanks for advice.... Larry Georgia
• Re: afm mixture screw
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 00:08:35 -0700
  ...b On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, milford wrote: > Can anybody tell me how the afm mixture screw is set up? e.g, Is > clockwise...
• Re: Blinking coolant level light
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:25:13 -0600
  ...I have also heard that the mixture of anti-freeze and water can affect the sensor (make sure that the sensor in the pressure...
• AFC Tweaking
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:24:13 -0500
  ...It seems like the ECU will adjust the mixture to whatever it wants. The only way to set the mixture would be to run...
• Re: tiico CO mixture/Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
  Fri, 27 Dec 2002 03:19:07 -0600
  ...tiico CO mixture/Gas mileage > I have a tiico and am getting sub 19 gas mileage > > I am thinking the guy who put it...
• Re: vinyl repair
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 00:23:06 -0400
  ...What you get is a couple small 'tubs' of different colors, which you then mix bits of each until you get a mixture close...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 20:30:13 -0800
  I have been toying with the idea of making a black box that would allow the driver to control the mixture of the engine...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 22:28:56 -0600
  ...both are saying the circuit provides no warning when the coolant mixture goes wacko? A warning to tell you to check the coolant? Regards...
• Re: O2 sensor testing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:22:25 -0500
  ...But these effects are so sensitive that they will happen long before the mixture reaches either the best-economy mixture going lean, or the...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 09:16:47 EST
  ...Setting the gain below one should enrich the mixture and versa-visa. I would want to install some sort of device to let me...