Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 24+: 60 results shown for Oxygen Sensor.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: Emission Failure - Excess Hydrocarbons - Oxygen Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 10:45:46 -0700
  I got my 1980 through by realizing it had problems after high rpm runs while back at low idle. Solution was to jack up...
• The gutted cat girl...who knew nothing
  Historical mailing list - margie reyes
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:42:05 +0100
  ...There is lots of stuff missing, like an oxygen sensor, and lots of stuff unplugged. It won't pass emissions. We have just taken...
• Re: Testing fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:35:23 -0700
  ...Caravelle C (84-85 1.9L injection engine, no converter or oxygen > sensor) > > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand...
• Re: 88 Newbie makes trouble for self
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 19:09:45 -0600
  ...I pulled the oxygen > sensor today and it was caked with soot. There is another on the way, but > I'm afraid of destroying...
• Re: 02 mixture questions
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (hopeless VW nut)
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 10:54:25 -0500
  ...O2 mixture questions >>>I have several questions when it comes to adjusting my mixture using the oxygen sensor. >>> 1. Do I have to disconnect...
• Re: exhaust replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:10:25 -0500
  ...I would also recommend replacing the oxygen sensor since it is usually impossible to take it out of the old pipe without destroying it...
• Bucking questions
  Historical mailing list - Helga Wasserboxer
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 00:21:41 -0500
  ...Things I've done recently: - all standard tune-up things replaced except the oxygen sensor - all grounds replaced, ground points cleaned - new ECU - new...
• Re: Help with wet weather cut out problem
  Historical mailing list - Woten, Rodney
  Mon, 10 May 2004 08:31:30 -0500
  Dave, Check the wires leading to your oxygen sensor. Ours kept getting wet and shorting out during a trip to the Black Hills. I...
• Re: Fuel Injection Wire Harness Meltdown!
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 09:37:14 -0500
  ...To recap, I was replacing the oxygen sensor with a generic from the > Bus Depot. I very carefully soldered and taped the O2 sensor...
• Re: Idle stabilizer control unit...? Do they go bad?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:05:27 -0800
  ...They are the Coolant Temp Sensor,Hall Sender,Power Steering Pump Switch and the Oxygen Sensor. Well ok 5... and the idle stabilizer valve...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:47:50 -0700
  ...Question about temp II sensor and bad running > > And the loser is.... the oxygen sensor and the winners are those who > suggested that I...
• Blue Syncro oceanside
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:14:27 -0800
  ...re " when the coolant temp sensor told the ECU to turn the heater off on > the sensor. " > > Oxygen sensor heat is full time, any...
• dying wires
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lynn
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 05:28:36 -0800
  ...In testing and replacing the oil sending unit the Oxygen sensor light came on and mostly stays on now. My suspicion is there's...
• Re: running rich is making me poo
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:43:23 -0400
  ...I disconnected the oxygen sensor and it doesn't appear to make any > difference with the way it runs. My questions are what should...
• Re: Mileage at altitude
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:59:23 -0500
  ...measuring the amount of air / oxygen entering the engine (if properly tuned). As Bill points out the o2 sensor provides the ecu with the...
• Re: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Oct 2012 13:53:34 -0700
  ...have not seen it myself but I read about shorted oxygen sensor signal wires, and have seen a new coax tapped in near the...
• Re: Cold start 3 cylinder stalling and bucking idle insanity!!!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 3 Feb 2005 07:18:56 -0500
  ...The oxygen sensor doesn't participate in the cold idle loop anyway, so that is >probably not to blame-right? It was replaced about...
• Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 08:33:00 -0700
  ...Revisiting the Catalytic > Converter... > > > > > > oxygen sensor bad = running rich > > > > > > running rich = more work for cat to do > > > > > > more work for cat = getting hot & melting...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:02:47 -0400
  Actually since our exhausts are so thin the sensors have difficulty staying hot enough to work. Add rain, snow, or highway speed and things...
• Re: Catalytic converter and muffler, how do they join?
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sat, 13 Jul 2013 09:48:35 -0700
  ...I'll have to order the oxygen sensor. Its certainly expensive trying to get these vans through emissions. My problem is this van is...
• Re: Van won't run right - troubleshooting help, UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 12:02:22 -0700
  ...Throttle switch making contact at idle, Temp Sensor II, timing, and oxygen sensor .. ok....4 things.. and a little Idle control, I think it...
• running rich is making me poo
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:56:27 -0700
  ...I disconnected the oxygen sensor and it doesn't appear to make any difference with the way it runs. My questions are what should...
• Re: 2.1WBX running rich
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:27:42 -0800
  ...I have done all the usual checks such as disconnecting temperature two sensor, disconnecting the oxygen sensor, checking with a can of carb cleaner...
• Re: Blinking Dash Warning Lights!
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 16:23:25 -0700
  ...1984 Westy on the highway today, the battery/alternator >AND the oxygen sensor lights started to dimly flicker in unison. This >concerted flickering continued...
• Re: idle surges
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:28:18 +0200
  ...Since it is happening in cold and warm operations I am excluding oxygen sensor and coolant sensor. The complicating factor is also that the...
• Re: getting my first aircooled vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:55:14 -0700
  ...Also if it has an oxygen sensor, it's a Ca model. Scott www.turbovans.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• RE: '83 Vanagon woes -- hot start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dave Johnson
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 09:37:34 -0800
  ...oxygen sensor 3. fuel injector seals He seemed to think that the leaking air breather hose caused most of the hot starting problem. Good...
• 86 syncro FS
  Historical mailing list - Wizzard Cafe
  Thu, 30 May 2002 22:12:01 -0400
  ...It needs a front cv joint and an oxygen sensor. It has the lock out diff and mechanically is very sound. It was used...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor monitor available.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 21 May 2002 16:54:15 -0400
  Is my face red. Original post had backward slashes instead of foward!?! Try: http://Neksiwel.20m.com/ Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis...
• Re: 87 Lack of power
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 18:44:42 -0800
  ...Someone on the list suggested a clogged catalytic converter, faulty ground connections to the cylinder head, faulty Oxygen (O2) sensor faulty TempII sensor and...
• Re: Thread pitch / hole size for 1.9 WBX O2 / oxygen sensor - solution for stripped threads
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:45:41 -0500
  ...I did the same with the new sensor. When I was done, I could screw the sensor almost completely in just by hand. I...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems-Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 3 May 2013 08:59:14 -0400
  ...Yes of course I meant oxygen > sensor....its just because it screws into the cat.....duh! >> >> Thats interesting that the single wire temp gauge...
• Re: Any ideas, my van runs terrible, HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 01:03:17 -0800
  ...return >immediately upon clearing) > >less common >00537 Oxygen system regulation, 27-00 implausible single > >0524 knock sensor G61, 3100 open or short to ground...
• Re: How Many Total Miles On Your Van?
  Historical mailing list - S. Marie Arnold
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 09:31:24 EDT
  ...oxygen sensor, new belts, air flow meter, complete paint job w/ some bodywork, and much more to come. Thinking of covering the seats with...
• Re: Diesel as carb/injector cleaner?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 08:10:20 -0500
  ...I would have concerns about what it might do to injectors and/or the oxygen sensor. Chris M. <"Busbodger" of "TEAM SLOWPOKE"> Cookeville, Tennessee...
• Re: better gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 07:20:17 -0700
  ...Timing is stock, air supply is from the Jetta it originated from, new oxygen sensor, stock four into one exhaust manifold with Vanagon diesel...
• Re: Leaking Heads
  Historical mailing list - Seth F Gordon
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:42:19 -0500
  ...I unplugged the oxygen sensor and this remedeied the hesitation (not too smart). I later plugged it back in and it still ran fine...
• oxy sensor (lambda probe) $$$$$$
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 12 May 94 23:09:04 CDT
  ...as far as the oxygen sensor goes, it's probably been replaced at least once already, and if it ain't broke, don't...
• Re: Is there a such thing as a POD mountable DIGITAL voltmeter?
  Historical mailing list - The Blackhams
  Sun, 14 May 2000 23:23:49 -0600
  ...would >like to be able to monitor the output of the Oxygen sensor, which is >typically 0.50 to 1.00V to see if...
• Re: two red lights aren't on at start
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 22:19:30 -0800
  ...It has no direct connection to > the oxygen sensor and means nothing with respect to the oxygen sensor > functioning or malfunctioning. The ALT led...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:44:15 -0400
  ...Fuel began to burn but could not complete due to lack of oxygen or the oxygen could not reach the fuel vapor molecules. Mixture...
• Stickers, plaid and prunes
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Mar 95 14:03:39 PST
  ...snug and my brain is deplete of oxygen (hmmmm, does my brain have an O2 sensor like my Westy?...something to ponder....) Enough! Got...
• Re: Is there something wrong with busdepot order page?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:10:46 -0700
  ...All Fuel-Injected Beetle, Bus, Ghia, T3, Vanagon $4.25 311198261A Oxygen Sensor Genuine Bosch. Includes waterproof splicing kit for splicing it to your...
• Vexing Subtle Misfire Issues
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:17:00 -0700
  ...sensor slams to 0v, indicating the fuelair charge in one of the cylinders has failed to ignite, flooding the exhaust with unconsumed oxygen. The...
• Help! High Idle speed
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 07:57:18 EDT
  ...Additionally, the oxygen sensor is not connected, can't find a wire that I can plug it into. It has a female spade bit...
• low fuel pressure and lean engine
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sat, 3 Jul 2004 21:25:01 -0700
  ...Right now, the voltage from my oxygen sensor is hovering around 0.1 volts to 0.25 volts, considerably lower than the 0.45...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 16:42:50 -0700
  ...could be related to the oxygen sensor circuit. When >> the engine is cold the ECU ignores the O2 sensor. Once the engine warms up...
• High Idle speed
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 09:55:36 EDT
  ...Additionally, the oxygen sensor is not connected, can't find a wire that I can plug it into. It has a female spade bit...
• I just want to drive?? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 13:22:40 -0800
  ...the 2 1/2 inch hose, unplugged the oxygen sensor and had the temperature sensor replaced. I went to drive it again today and...
• Re: Emission Failure - Excess Hydrocarbons - Oxygen Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:18:46 -0700
  I am dealing with the same problem, and mine is due to a slight miss at all speeds, idle to whatever. This is generally...
• Re: Help Needed: 88 Westy running rich and missing
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:40:56 -0700
  ...Unmetered oxygen getting sucked into the exhaust was registered by the oxy sensor and telling the computer too lean, so the computer was giving...
• Re: 2.1 wbxer stubblin' idle
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:03:07 -0700
  ...that I could and all check out OK. > No difference when oxygen sensor is unhooked. > In the process of cleaning all grounds. > Compression is...
• catalytic converter failure question
  Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:32:38 -0500
  ...I got home and found that the idle stabilizer on the oxygen sensor wasn't connected (don't ask me how the mechanic didn...
• Re: hesitation/bucking (was: Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 17 May 2008 13:27:46 -0400
  Thanks very much for this info. I guess there is probably no test for this issue short of wiring in the capacitor, correct? Would...
• Re: Weird running issue with 86 Vanagon , tried dozens of things
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Sun, 14 Aug 2016 21:27:18 -0700
  ...No intake leaks. > installed a new Temp Sensor II. > checked for shorted oxygen sensor wire. > ran with and without oxygens sensor connected. > Don't...
• 83 h20 fuel injection problem
  Historical mailing list - Terrence Tickle
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 14:18:00 -0400
  ...5) Oxygen sensor - most of the time the sensor output measures around 800 millvolts (rich). However, ONCE when racing the engine, I found the...
• Alternator Light Problem Resolved.
  Historical mailing list - DaBomb
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 00:36:31 -0700
  ...radiator, then the main crank seal, then the temp sensor, then the oxygen sensor, bla, bla, bla). Conclusion: My VW isn't really a...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:08:00 -0700
  ...Plenty for simple automotive use. > > http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/sys/873977808.html > > I mostly use mine for oxygen sensor testing but it sometimes...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:45:42 -0400
  ...high voltage wires) or protection for the unshielded part of the oxygen sensor lead, which is the only really sensitive thing back there, as...
• Re: gas consumption
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 13:11:35 -0800
  >> Have you ever thought of replacing the Oxygen sensor? If this is worn out or > Unknown command - "HAVE". Try HELP. Unknown command - "UNKNOWN". Try...