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• Re: FW: Michael the VW Dealer
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 02:26:21 EDT
  ...factory fuel injection kit doesn't have a O2 sensor in it's system. But before the CAT there's a O2 sensor screwed...
• O2 unplugged solves Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 12:14:53 -0700
  ...At one point I disconnected the O2 sensor and it cured the problem, so I bought a new one, hooked it up and the...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:37:36 -0700
  M-kay, then what I might want to do is tune the engine w/ the O2 sensor disconnected, yes/no? For you guys that...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:19:55 -0700
  ...a failing O2 sensor in my > > inline VW motored van and I wanted to see what the List take is on O2 sensors. > > There...
• Re: OX and charge lights on
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:47:03 -0800
  ...If both the > alternator light and o2 light come on or flicker on > and off together this indicates a charging problem or > something wrong...
• Re: O2 sensor grounding?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:02:32 -0500
  ...unless at least one of these is in good shape, the engine (and hence the pipes and the o2 sensor) won't be well...
• Re: '87 2.1 Engine running rich
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 9 Aug 2013 13:58:50 -0400
  At 12:08 PM 8/9/2013, OlRivrRat wrote: > Is it possible that the O2Snsr Heater is bad or that Heaters Circuit/ >Connector has...
• Mike's TP switch question from digest
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:16:00 -0700
  ...One cause could be the O2 sensor is not reading "Fuel-rich" from the exhaust, but rather is seeing some "blow-by Rich" coming...
• Re: flicker of Battery and O2 lights
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 13:15:53 -0600
  Jonathan, About a month ago I was returning from a long trip and my O2 and alt light started flickering together. It was very...
• Re: '85 Oxygen sensor, 0.1volts
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 23:04:32 -0400
  ...Katz <katzd54@yahoo.com> wrote: > > craig: > > o2 sensor output irrelevant for cold engine. > > if idle choppy, alternator output can fluctuate below B+, and make...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 07:16:00 -0700
  Some comments to the below: >> That said, your situation with disconnecting the O2 sensor instead of the >> gauge and the resulting response tells me...
• Re: 02 SENSOR
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 30 May 2006 12:34:05 -0400
  Arlene, Get another mechanic if he or she said that you need to replace the O2 sensor just because that light came on. That...
• More 91 syncro troubleshoot ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 08:18:37 -0700
  ...Make SURE you haven't connected it to the O2 signal wires. On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Nathaniel Merrill wrote: > There recently was a...
• Re: The Dying 86 Vanagon - engine cuts out
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 00:35:00 -0500
  Perhaps your wire to the O2 sensor is being grounded out somewhere. I suggest checking the continuity of the wire from end to end...
• Re: OXY---ignoring maintenance will lead to an unreliable Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Sat, 9 Sep 2000 08:57:28 -0700
  ...Good idea to replace the O2 sensor when VW says to. Only costs about $30 at TBD for a generic that you can easily...
• SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Fri, 8 Feb 2008 12:07:39 -0800
  ...O2 HC(ppm) CO % RESULTS ____________________________________________ 861 14.9 .2 63 .01 PASS 2640 14.7 .4 37 .12 PASS Current Values: ***************************************************************** rpm %CO2 %O2...
• Re: vanagon headers
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 16:42:49 -0400
  ...Just a thought. >Yeah, but it would play hell with the FI, which counts on a single O2 >sensor. Yeah, but you could just...
• Re: VW=On-going maintenance concern
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 14:08:02 -0700
  ...The O2 sensor is a critical part of VW's Fuel Management system. It >"burns out" at about 60k. The replacement is simple (less...
• Syncro stutter
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:22:17 -0800
  ...I suspected the O2 sensor and unplugged it but the problem persisted--would drive fine for about 10-20 mins the start stuttering so...
• 91 syncro troubleshoot ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 19:24:06 -0700
  ...I just installed a new O2 sensor. It was a Bosch which needed to be spliced in. I know how to solder and made...
• O2 Red Warning Light?
  Historical mailing list - PhamA
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:59:02 -0700
  Hi, I just replaced the O2 sensor on my 84 1.9L. Disappointingly, the red warning light still stays ON. Following the Bentley instruction...
• Re: Where is the O2 sensor LED reset button?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 21:51:01 -0600
  ...Some actuated at 30K, later ones at 60K > Is there anything else that will light that LED? Like the computer not seeing the O2...
• Re: Another O2 sensor querry -- heater element elementals
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 19:13:02 -0400
  ...the first five minutes or >so. > >By that time, the unheated O2 sensor would have been warmed up - so it's >pointless to heat...
• Re: speedometer cable installation question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:10:11 -0800
  ...This may well account for dropping the OXS light as it was found that the O2 sensor didn't need to be replaced as...
• Re: shielded wire for oxygen sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 21 May 2008 17:54:34 -0400
  ...Only part of that O2 sensor wire is shielded. The black wire from the sensor itself, up to the spade connector, isn't shielded...
• Re: Idea for gauge placement
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:19:04 -0400
  Best use for one of those little slots is Ken Lewis's O2 sensor monitor.
• Re: '85 1.9L Stumbles Off Idle When Warm
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 22:23:41 EST
  ...connect a digital voltmeter to the output of the O2 sensor. The output should fluctuate which is normal, but if it's going much...
• Re: O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:37:41 -0400
  ...Checked the voltage output from the O2 >sensor (disconnected) and just wildly varies from about .05V to about .15V, >nowhere near the .45V ish...
• Re: Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 20 Sep 2014 18:09:01 -0700
  ...Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal? > > > > Mobile CB coaxial wire? > > > My only thought is heat-vibration possibly affecting the coax...
• Diagnosing Issue using O2 Meter during Open-Loop Operation
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:42:43 -0700
  ...I have a Ken Lewis O2 meter and during the initial open-loop operation, it read normally, in the middle of the scale, even...
• Re: 1.9 fuel injection / O2 problem
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Fri, 20 Jun 1997 21:09:48 -0400
  ...westy turned out to be a bad wire going= > >>from the o2 sensor to fuel injection computer. The wire is coax and was= >>kinked...
• At what point do you need to worry about bad mileage?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:36:21 -0500
  ...In addition the O2 sensor, coil, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fuel pressure regulator, air filter, were replaced. What is weird is it does seem...
• Re: Fuel air mixture or timing adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 17:29:53 -0700
  ...2)Stop engine, disconnect the signal wire from the O2 sensor (don't know if you have a 3-wire or 1-wire O2...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 05:45:15 -0700
  ...But I may be wrong and my particular ECU may require an individual ground for the O2 sensor....I just don't know and...
• Re: Speedometer cable replacement question.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:58:11 -0500
  ...I have a >single piece cable to replace the factor one that goes through the O2 sensor >counter box. Came from one of our...
• Re: Loss of Power after carwash
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 23:54:46 -0400
  ...large that when I drove through it the water was over O2 sensor! Once I disconnected it the problem went away. Later when the...
• Printed Circuit Boards. FYI, Very Little VC
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 17:41:31 -0400
  ...I used them to make my in-dash O2 monitor gadget in our WBXs. They do good work.Very reasonable too. Good Luck and...
• Re: OXS and battery light on intermitant
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:49:08 -0500
  The OXS light does not indicate anything about the operation of the O2 sensor. It is wired to come on with the battery light...
• Re: Bad O2 Sensor Symptoms?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 3 May 2006 12:33:15 -0400
  I dont think it is the O2 sensor,but if you want to try, just unplug it and see.You can drive just fine...
• Idiot lights
  Historical mailing list - wogdog
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 06:09:43 -0700
  ...The O2 sensor and the charging system light, the one with the battery next to it. Tried resetting the O2 sensor but no luck...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:31:32 -0600
  ...a failing O2 sensor in my inline VW > motored van and I wanted to see what the List take is on O2 sensors. > There...
• Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed lead voltages!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:02:55 -0400
  ...When the O2 sensor is connected before it >generates it's voltage it acts as a load and sinks this voltage to >near zero...
• Re: [Re: O2 Sensor Questions]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:36:54 MST
  ...I then disconnected the O2 sensor and all is well again. Could it in fact be a screwed O2 sensor or the wire that...
• Re Is this the Vanagon Syndrome?
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:53:34 -0800
  ...If you do have the spliced O2 sensor, consider forking over the money for the vanagon oem O2 sensor. I've encountered several serious...
• Solved! Re: Rich Running....Vanagon Syndrome? HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 6 Jan 2016 23:11:14 +0000
  ...It was a ground fault on the shielding on the O2 wire. It was a self inflicted problem. The new O2 sensor had a...
• Re: Subject: 84, rich running, help request...
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 14:24:52 -0500
  ...Temp sensor is new, as is O2 sensor; outputs from both seem to be in spec as much as I can tell with just...
• Re: oxy sensor check
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 23:56:04 -0600
  ...I don't know of a o2 sensor that will fit this port. Its should have a 3/8" cap on it I think...
• O2 Sensor Readout
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:33:20 -0500
  I am thinking about running two wires to the front to a digital voltmeter from the O2 sensor. If I looped the signal from...
• Re: O2 Sensor rust!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 19:49:38 +0000
  > Anyway, my new problem is that I cannot get the O2 sensor out of my > cat. conv. it has rusted into place. I went...
• Last word on tach going to zero?
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Thu, 3 May 2007 07:44:06 -0600
  ...This guy put in a new OEM O2 sensor ($$$$$ yikes). A new ground strap and played with the ECU. The van is now running...
• 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...
• O2 sensor is a thermistor
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 1996 18:02:50 -0700
  ...In simple terms, the O2 sensor is measuring the exhaust gas temperature. The computer compares the heat with a calculated factor based on rpm...
• '86 F.I. probs continued.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 07:52:06 -0500
  OK, after many suggestions (O2 sensor, thermostats, other wiring, etc) and much checking (O2 seems OK) the thermostat temp sensor (the blue one on...
• also '87 westy O2 sensor...
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Mark Shankland
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:20:20 -0700
  ...87 Westy has loss of power, also '87 westy O2 sensor... Use a real penetrating oil. WD40 is basically kerosene and it's use...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:17:55 -0700
  ...The breakthrough was understanding that the soot in the exhaust was causing my new O2 sensor to get clogged up. Also, it's possible...
• Re: hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:55:14 -0700
  ...Problem was defined by disconnecting the O2 sensor, ran great then but very rich. Replaced O2 sensor, problem still there, isolated to the #2...
• Re: When the O2 sensor cools down...
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:19:24 -0400
  ...It makes sense that it would, I just can't verify this with the mixture meter since the o2 sensor is nonfunctional at this...
• o2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 08:46:51 -0800
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• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 11:21:27 -0700
  ...am I reading one of your previous posts incorrectly? Is the O2 > bung on your exhaust only on one of the 2 primary pipes...
• Re: Hesitation at low RPM
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Tue, 06 Sep 94 19:56:51 CDT
  ...run without the o2 sensor hooked up. i didn't think it was a good idea. so i just started swapping things on my...