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• Re: 2.1WBX running rich
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:34:25 -0500
  Mixture control can be easily tested using the oxygen sensor and a good voltmeter. If you have to buy a meter look for one...
• Re: More O2 Sensor confusion...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 19:28:02 -0600
  ...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: oops, more questions on O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 06:46:33 EDT
  ...Running with the OXY sensor unplugged may have plugged your CAT and installing a new OXY sensor may not cure your problem without installing...
• Re: o2 Sensor on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 14:13:28 -0400
  ...make sure you have the sensor connected only to the center wire. The two white wires are for the heater in the sensor. Make...
• Re: Turbo Vanagon - Audi 5000 CS Turbo Engine, OFF LIST INFO PLEASE!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 10:41:51 -0800
  David Marshall wrote (text deleted): > > ...the 2.2L "MC" motor has an external timing sensor that uses the > Audi flywheel's timing marks for...
• Replacing coolant level sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 21:19:07 -0700
  ...I don't want to risk ignoring the leaking sensor, as it appears identical to the sensor that failed without warning in my Jetta...
• Re: 87 Westy Coolant Temp Puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 10 Sep 2005 10:59:33 -0400
  Yes , I believe a faulty coolant level sensor can cause your gage to read inaccurate.My gage read low. One day the sensor blew...
• Re: 02 sensor/power loss
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 1 May 2000 17:30:44 -0400
  At 13:56 5/1/2000, James Ruch wrote: >02 sensor out; hole open: inefficient but okay power >02 sensor out; plug in: catastrophic...
• O2 light glowing...
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Fri, 27 May 2005 10:59:03 -0700
  my oxygen-sensor idiot light has been aglow for a couple of months but the engine is running fine/normal, so far as i...
• Re: Replacement of Temp II sensor (problem!)
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sat, 24 Aug 2013 10:43:22 -0700
  ...Replacement of Temp II sensor (problem!) http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/search?keywords=temp+sensor&x=0&y=0 Do either of...
• Re: Cold start issue [BACK AGAIN]
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:37:22 -0700
  Okay, thought I had the cold start issue solved by cleaning the contacts to the Temp 2 sensor, but the van is being stubborn...
• Re: instruments, interviews
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Feb 95 16:14:06 EST
  I am unsure about the pre 80 engines but the 82 has pretapped holes for sensors (basically the FI Heat sensor) on all four...
• Re: O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:48:34 -0500
  ...There is a recommended retrofit of the O2 sensor in Porsche cars, I think about 82-92. Originally they came with a single wide...
• Re: rear end of van hotter than surface of sun-UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:18:56 EDT
  The O2 sensor provides input to the ECU so that it can 'fine tune' the air fuel mixture. While you may be able to...
• Re: 88 Temp gauge problems
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 18 May 2003 02:16:39 -0400
  ...If it doesn't go to full hot then the gauge or wiring is at fault, if it does than the sensor, sensor ground...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Martin
  Wed, 19 May 1999 18:19:05 -0500
  My Bentley shows that both sensors on the thermostate housing on a 87 Vanagon to be for the fuel injection temp sensor and one...
• Re: Air Flow Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Bill Layton
  Thu, 16 Feb 1995 08:15:01 -0400 (EDT)
  call the bosch representative in your area. here an air flow sensor rebuilt by boscch for my 85 is around 110$ Bill Layton
• Digifant TDC sensor
  Historical mailing list - Gary
  Sat, 4 Mar 2000 12:40:40 -0700
  Can someone tell me if the three prong TDC sensor on an 87 digifant is connected to anything. Is it for diagnostics only? Gary
• Changing temp 1 sensor on '87
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Thu, 9 Jun 2005 21:37:31 -0700
  Does anyone have/know of written instructions on changing a temp 1 (for the gage) sensor on an '87? Thanks, Leo
• Oxygen sensor coax
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:12:45 -0500
  Hello List, Looking for a source or if anyone knows the type coax used for the o2 sensor. TIA Joe Beckham Joe@willywaw.com
• Re: ECU or O2 sensor ?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Fri, 27 May 2005 18:49:42 -0400
  ...If the O2 sensor is > good it should be fairly steady around .5. If the splices and sensor > check out good your problem could...
• Re: O2 sensor transition time
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 9 May 2009 12:29:20 -0700
  That sensor may be old but it's not slow. Can't tell if it's reading right, too high or too low, but...
• Re: sensor in coolant reservir
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:03:37 -0800
  ...I do think the engine is actually running > hot, but not as hot as fast as the gauge sometimes indicates. > > The sensor in the...
• Re: 91 vannie oil light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:05:09 -0400
  If grounding the wire for the sensor stops the buzzer, then wiring or dash is good. Problem is wrong sensor, wrong oil, or an...
• O2 Sensor, Bucking etc.
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 07:50:30 -0500
  ...I consistently read an output from the sensor with the black lead of the meter hanging in mid air! Are these sensors magic or...
• 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: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:18:23 -0700
  Does anyone out there know enough chemistry to identify how the o2 sensor generates the current. What I think is that???? 1) high hydrcarbon...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 2 May 2013 21:25:18 -0700
  ...hence the two wire temp sensor with dedicated ground wire as part of a two contact temp sensor. in later VW's ..jettas etc...
• Re: O2 sensor testing the wires...
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 21:01:37 -0500
  ...Unplug connector at O2 sensor. Unplug connector at ECU. Put one VOM probe to a prong in the harness side of the O2 sensor...
• Re: 2.1L hesitation at low RPM.....
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 11:15:16 -0500
  Chris; It would be helpful to know what the O2 sensor is doing during all this. My "guess" is a grounding problem between the...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 07:34:43 -0800
  ...On a newer-style, self-heated O2 sensor, is the ground only for the heating element, or does the sensor also use that same...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Scott DeSanti
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:12:39 EDT
  Hello Again Volks, Here's a Digifant question relating to 02 sensors. Does the O2 sensor light activate solely due to the odometer device...
• Re: Coolant Leak around Sensor in Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:37:24 -0500
  Greg, You may just have a faulty o-ring @ that sensor. Pinch off the hoses with a hose pincher, remove the sensor (some collant...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Little Bear
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:48:53 -0500
  You might want to also check your O2 Sensor. It is quit possible that it is your fuel pump. Yet, it sounds as if...
• tiico o2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - dunks
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:26:29 -0400
  ...just installed a2 injectors/rail/regulator/carbon eliminator AND found that the o2 sensor is wired but not responding. sensor works individually, but can...
• Re: 83' won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:50:19 -0400
  ...wrote: > I have a similar problem with my 82, where is the temp2 sensor? Is that > the same as the temp head sensor? Yup...
• What is Function of temp sensors? (Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 13:26:05 -0400
  Hi, On my '87, there are two temperature sensors on the black plastic housing by the left front corner of the engine bay. There...
• Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:47:54 -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: oxs light came on
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 14:11:22 -0800
  oxygen sensors last say, 5 to 10 years. 60,000 miles is getting up there. by 80,000 miles they're well used up...
• oxygen sensor test
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Jan 1997 16:35:27 -0800
  ...So I stop the engine, plug the oxy sensor back into the ECU but leave the multimeter reading from the oxy sensor - ECU connection...
• Re: 060412 AFM question
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:27:07 -0400
  ...the oxygen sensor generates it own voltage and uses the exhaust for its ground. so if you have a one wire sensor you attach...
• Re: O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:08:46 -0800
  ...O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor > > I have not run into the problem of a shorted 02 > coax myself, > but i have...
• Re: Replacement of Temp II sensor
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 24 Aug 2013 10:27:14 -0700
  There are 2 sensors, sort of near each other. Perhaps you pulled the clips to both sensors. The black sensor is for the dash...
• Re: torque on coolant sensor in expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:50:44 -0400
  These sensors can take a set over the years or the o-ring for them can take a set. I have found that if...
• Re: How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:07:39 EST
  Horace; The O2 sensor fine tunes the FI system to achieve stoichiometry. A rich condition produces a voltage output from the sensor, about .9...
• Re: Coolant temp warning light won't stop flashing - is my diagnosiscorrect?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:58:21 -0500
  ...It connects to the coolant sensor in the top of the coolant expansion tank. On the sensor in the tank, there are two bare...
• 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...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:01:51 -0400
  ...Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak? Can't the O2 sensor be read with it disconnected? Might the readings be different than...
• 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: 1.9 ltr WBX O2 sensor question?
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:45:42 -0700
  Tony, Check the wires going through the distributor housing to the Hall sensor. The insulation on the wires are known to crack and disintegrate...
• Re: Urgent: NEED HELP, Weird Van Thing
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:12:19 -0400
  ...And what are the consequences of NOT having the 02 sensor connected? And finally any tricks on taking the sensor off? Matt 89 GL...
• Re: Need Sender Advice (Step 1)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 21:38:24 -0500
  ...Cabin Pressure sensor Driver's seat temperature sensor Passenger Seat temperature sensor Radio volume position sensor (in decibels) Window height/position sensor G-force...
• Re: Bigger Problem than Coolent Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Rex Merriweather
  Sat, 9 Jun 2001 14:25:09 -0700
  ...Head (burned valve), both coolant sensors, > "Flapper box", plugs, wires, cap, rotor, ground connections,O2 sensor, Cat. > Timing and CO where set by a...
• Re: O2 sensor trouble
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 21:11:20 -0500
  ...Same as old sensor. Unplug it and it runs perfectly. > Is there a way to check the new sensor to make sure it's...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 23:40:37 -0700
  ...our era vans use narrow range 02 sensors, I believe. more modern cars have wide-range 02 sensors. I don't think our 02...
• Re: O2 sensor voltage?
  Historical mailing list - Larry LALOFS Joan Alofs
  Wed, 13 Feb 2002 20:48:21 -0600
  ...F. > > Do I need a new O2 sensor? > > John Lauterbach > Macon, GA > '84 7-passenger > If the ECU was not connected to the sensor...
• Re: What is Function of temp sensors? (Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:19:28 -0400
  ...What is Function of temp sensors? (Digifant) > > >> Hi, >> >> On my '87, there are two temperature sensors on the black >> plastic housing by the left...
• Re: O2 light glowing...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 27 May 2005 13:32:27 -0500
  Art McGinn wrote: > my oxygen-sensor idiot light has been aglow for a couple of months > but the engine is running fine/normal, so...
• Re: CHT Gauge for type IV motor
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 23:10:30 -0600 (CST)
  You should be able to bend the sensor so that it will fit into the sparkplug's recessed hole. Use 2 pairs of pliers...
• Re: O2 Sensor 85 motor to 87 motor compatibility Question.
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 28 May 2005 18:56:03 -0400
  > I was calling around looking for a O2 Sensor and the one > place that said they had one said it was for a 1985...