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Re: O2 sensor outlet in new CAT, size?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:05:25 -0400
...You could use your old O2 sensor, too. The hole doesn't care. Mike BJ Feddish wrote: > I though that my gaskets went bad...
Re: O2 sensor testing
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:57:27 -0500
...O2 sensor testing Is there a way to check if the O2 is operating under normal parameters? This communication is for use by the...
Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:17:55 -0500
...Plus >>>> it doesn't hurt to have a spare O2 around even if mine is working. >>>> >>>> I started the car and let it get...
Re: New O2 Sensor now stuttering
Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:01:58 +0000
Well I went back out the van started it up and reconnected the O2 sensor, it seemed to run OK so after I put...
Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 2 Feb 2015 12:29:45 -0800
...Without the cat you may not need the O2 sensor. The O2 sensor is > there to make the cat do its job. > > Dennis > > > > -----Original...
Re: Digitool and driveablity issues
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 2 Apr 2004 17:35:52 -0500
I'm not sure exactly what is being measured as the "O2" ground, but if it is in fact the ground wire (shield), for...
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
About a week or 10 days ago I posted about a problem I had when I found damaged or stripped threads in the O2...
Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 7 Sep 2006 06:27:55 -0400
...O2 Sensor Idea (long) Heated O2 sensors are cheap and easy to wire up. I would go this route and not worry about fooling...
Oxygen sensor and fuel reg. replacement....
Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
Wed, 28 Aug 2002 00:46:38 -0400
I just replaced my fuel regulator on the advice of my mechanic, and am about to replace the O2 sensor - the O2 sensor needs...
Re: FA: Catalytic converter straight pipe
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:41:32 -0700
I have one of these on my Carb'ed van and it does NOT have the port for the O2 sensor and if it...
Re: Vanagon Syndrome??
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:06:29 -0800
...Sounds almost like an O2 sensor or maybe even temp2 sensor issue to me. Have you tried unplugging the O2 sensor lead to see...
idle fuel calculations
Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:50:03 -0800
...injectors or O2 sensor, the O2 sensor is not used by the ECU at idle. This is why the CO adjustment on the AFM...
Re: daily driver Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Wed, 1 May 2013 12:22:29 -0400
...Ask me how to avoid it." or Vanagon Syndrome? Choose a solution from the list *AFM *O2 Sensor *Bad Grounds * ETC. to Infinity
Gas in Oil?
Historical mailing list - David L. Chasteen
Wed, 30 Apr 1997 16:03:47 -0700
Sorry, I forgot to mention it is an 82 westy, 120k and as far as I can tell, it doesn't have a O2...
O2 sensor reset
Historical mailing list - Brad Anderson
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:46:24 -0700
Here's an easy one for most of you... How do you reset the oxygen sensor warning light? > [Brad Anderson] > 87 Vanagaon Syncro > 87...
Re: O2 Sensor Voltage, homemade voltmeter
Historical mailing list
Sat, 3 Feb 2001 21:05:27 -0800
Try "Plans" http://www.students.tut.fi/~eppu/dev/EGO-bar.html or commercial product: http://www.splitsec.com/products/arm1/arm1ds.htm
Bosch 4 wire O2 sensor PN
Historical mailing list - Joe Beckham
Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:38:55 -0500
Hello All, I'm looking for the part number for the Bosch 4 wire sensor for a 2.1L. Thanks in advance, Joe
Bosch 4 wire O2 sensor PN
Historical mailing list - Joe Beckham
Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:25:25 -0500
Hello all, I'm looking for the part number for the Bosch 4 wire sensor for a 2.1L Thanks in advance, Joe
sensor not hot enough
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:16:05 -0800
...Most vanagons would run just fine without an o2 sensor or a cat but they would not pass smog. In your case I think...
Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:08:28 -0400
...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: Running issue
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:16:54 -0400
...If it > clears for a short while the O2 sensor or circuit is the problem. > > As for testing the O2 sensor heater this is...
Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:07:51 -0400
...the O2 sensor i again modulating the fuel > > mix properly....When running with the O2 sensor disconnected from > > the ECU, I was seeing around...
A Complaint w-South African Engine Conversion
Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
Fri, 12 May 2000 02:56:44 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...
Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:47:12 -0700
...Would that account for this intermittent stumbling condition somehow? Is that likely? If the O2 sensor can be disconnected and the van will then...
Re: New O2 Sensor now stuttering
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:50:57 -0500
I went for a long time with a generic O2 sensor, but it finally pooped out. Then the next wo generics were really problematic...
Re: Generic O2 sensor installation
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 9 Nov 2005 23:17:30 -0600
...I don't know where I got the notion that this single wire O2 sensor could be substituted for the 3 wire version, but...
Re: My turn with the O2 sensor issue.
Historical mailing list - B Feddish
Sat, 7 Jan 2012 11:17:50 -0500
...My turn with the O2 sensor issue. Hi, I only test them while connected to the ecu ..and engine running, warmed up. if it...
Re: How do I reset the O2 sensor light?
Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
Sun, 15 Aug 1999 14:08:51 -0400
...39 PM >Subject says it all! How do I reset the O2 sensor light? If you follow the speedo cable from it's source...
Re: Removing Oxygen Sensor
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:14:41 -0700
My brother shared this trick with me for removing o2 sensors: 1) Get the pipe and sensor hot (engine running for a couple of...
Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
Historical mailing list - jon
Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:10:41 -0800
Yes, disconnect the O2 sensor AND the idle stabilizer. That might get you in the ballpark. The only *real* way to adjust that screw...
Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
Historical mailing list - Jack R.
Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:48:39 -0400
...My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay Thanks, Jack. The mileage has been constant since we got Mellow Yellow a three-four years ago...
Re: FI harness help needed
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:46:13 -0700
...The thick and stiff green wire is the one for the O2 sensor. It is coax so great care must be taken with it...
Re: 1.9 fuel injection / O2 problem
Historical mailing list
Sun, 22 Jun 1997 13:42:46 -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...
Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:34:55 -0700
...I don't wish to mislead your search for O2 perfection, but Marks > comments reminded me of the O2 connector on my swap engine...
Re: air flow meter
Historical mailing list
Thu, 20 Jun 1996 17:07:49 -0400
...If the CO is high, then the O2 sensor is not working or the engine is not set up properly. If the timing is...
Re: The Dying 86 Vanagon - engine cuts out
Historical mailing list - Dana E Hager
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 19:45:21 -0700
...To date I have changed the O2 and Engine temp sensors, wires, cap, rotor, and checked injectors, fuel pressure, all grounds and connectors. After...
spring time, were runnin', a big thanks
Historical mailing list - john cianci
Sat, 22 Mar 2003 14:52:25 +0000
...after 3, yes thats right 3 o2 sensors..... we found out that my 86 westy syncro required a 1-wire o2 sensor... All the...
When the O2 sensor cools down...
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:34:33 -0400
...quite lean which should show as low voltage on the narrowband o2 Jim Akiba On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:59 PM, pickle...
Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:02:09 -0400
This happened to my van last year, and at the sugestion of a co-worker, I disconnected the O2 sensor, and the problem went...
problem splicing O2 sensor wires
Historical mailing list - John Fleming
Tue, 9 Jun 1998 13:25:21 -0400
Message text written by Austin >Recently while splicing a generic 3-wire O2 sensor onto the stock loom I couldn't get the solder...
Re: idle fuel calculations
Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:05:19 -0800
...I know the TPS on L-Jet cuts the O2 sensor at idle and WOT, and I can't recall now if the TPS...
Re: Vanagon trivia - name THAT part!
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:58:28 -0700
...This is a European Syncro > DJ-code 112 hp liter engine with an O2 sensor and a Catalytic converter. > The Lambda Sensor Control Unit...
O2 sensor light reset?
Historical mailing list - Dwight Mattix
Tue, 20 May 1997 10:28:39 -0700
how to reset this light? some past list discussion said to look for switch behind speedo, but i'm not finding it. any clues...
Re: Another O2 sensor querry -- heater element elementals
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:21:27 -0700
The heat is always on. it would be interesting to see how it changes your mpg, etc. matthew 86 syncro westy tiico
Re: OX and charge lights on
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Tue, 21 Jan 2003 23:23:07 +0100
BULLSHIT! ---snipped--- > The O2 light is not a backup for the anything; the indicators merely share a > common electrical node for convenience. ---end snipped---
Re: running problems, 2.1
Historical mailing list - Robert Smythe
Thu, 19 Jan 2006 03:10:49 +0000
when you disconnect the O2, sensor I figure the voltage output goes to zero. How does the Fuel injection treat this output? Robert 90...
Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:58:18 -0700
I would tend to agree, but I've tested single wire O2 sensors plugged into the ECU sitting on a piece of cement board...
Re: O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:33:36 -0800
...I recently (approx 500 miles ago) replaced my O2 > sensor after having a problem with my 1990 Wesfalia that caused it to > bog down...
Re: Hesitation at low RPM
Historical mailing list
Tue, 6 Sep 94 15:16:27 PDT
...Then I reconnected the coolant sensor, and disconnected the O2 sensor. Bingo! Without the O2 sensor attached, I have lots of power at all...
Re: Fast idle and stumble
Historical mailing list
Thu, 28 Jul 2022 11:51:28 +0000
...Re: [VANAGON] Fast idle and stumble So if the problem only manifests itself with the O2 sensor plugged in, put in a new O2...
Help - Power loss above 2500 RPM once engine warms up
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:09:09 -0800
...The only goofy one was that darn O2 reading. The O2 fluctuates from -0 but for the most part of the reading was around...
Re: HELP!My vanagon is missing OS sensor switch and trans fill plug
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 16 Apr 2002 08:47:49 -0500
...When the speedo counter in the box reaches 30,000 or 60,000, depending on the year of the van, it turns the O2...
Re: {SPAM?} Re: my 83.5 Vanagon gets no power
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Mon, 15 Mar 2004 17:09:55 -0800
...A cat installed is less than $150 if you shop around and an O2 sensor is about $30. Where are you located? Mike In...
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
At 09:34 AM 5/7/2002, Laurence Smith wrote: >Take the reading with the O2 sensor plugged in and the engine warmed >up...
Smog check results
Historical mailing list - Don Kane
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 10:15:11 -0700
...I suspected the O2 sensor, disconnected it, and it ran fine. I took the O2 sensor off of my '85 van and put it...
Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:05:54 -0700
...My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay > >As I've posted previously, my 84 1.9L auto only gets about 15.5 MPG >while...
Re: engine bucking and bogging - simple answer
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:49:50 -0400
...engine bucking and bogging - simple answer Nope, no change with O2 sensor disconnected. No change when O2 sensor connected and ign switch cycled. Only...
Re: Subaru was: 2.1l engine for sale too $900.
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Wed, 1 Sep 1999 19:38:56 -0700
...On another occasion had my >O2 sensor was "disconnected" by road debris on a logging road, didn't >notice any driveabilty problems at all...
Re: O2 sensor question
Historical mailing list
Fri, 6 Jun 1997 22:02:55 -0700
...I would suspect many, many cars out there have bad O2 sensors and never notice. Typically, the maps are set a bit rich, and...
Who needs an O2 sensor, cheap?
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:59:27 -0800
...That is until I looked at the O2 sensors. They're saying Bosch #11025 Single Wire Universal Oxygen Sensor are $19.49! Take 15...