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• Re: Running issue
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:34:31 -0400
  The O2 sensor is not getting on line fast enough. On a warm restart the ECU will look for that sensor in about a...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Test. Generic vs VW.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 21:30:06 -0700
  ...Swapped in the other ("VW") ECT sensor. Seems to run the same. Time will tell if ECT DTC shows up again. -- Neil Nicholson '81...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 08:23:23 -0500
  Stuart, Have you used a voltmeter to check the O2 sensor while the engine is running? Even if your DVM isn't fast enough...
• Re: Temp 2 sensor installation question.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Thu, 3 Sep 2015 09:02:18 -0400
  ...Unplug the old sensor and remove the clip that holds it in place. Pull out the old sensor and as quickly as you can...
• Re: Power loss when engine wet and cold
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:43:21 -0700
  I'll second the O2 sensor. Last winter we had exactly the same symptoms, and were running a splice-in type 02 sensor. I...
• Re: Difficult starting, smell gas, fires when pedal down (more air flow)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 12 May 2008 19:18:27 -0700
  A hard to start (either when warm or cold) or type problem has often been the temp2 sensor if you go by this list...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 00:38:41 -0500
  ...At this point, the final fuel mixture is determined by the oxygen sensor. Dennis 10/26/00]" ORR ~ DeanB On 27 Feb , 2015, at...
• Re: Oxygen sensor-replace or unplug?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 20:09:26 -0700
  ...Oxygen sensor-replace or unplug? The Ox sensor I bought from one of our list vendors had (2) white wires. I was under the...
• Re: Oil Pressure sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:52:40 -0700
  ...Oil Pressure sensor Just purchased my first Westy with some oil leaking out of the oil pressure sensor. (81 air-cooled) Bought a new...
• Using O2 sensor for fuel mix adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:27:13 +0100
  Listees! I've seen references to using the O2 sensor present in some Wasserboxer vans to adjust the fuel mix, or CO level, or...
• Coolant level sensor lite dimly lit
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Scharff
  Fri, 22 May 1998 16:58:52 -0400
  While pulling my '85 Westy out of my dark garage I noticed that the coolant level sensor light was on but very dim. The...
• Re: 83 h20 fuel injection problem
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 15:27:09 EDT
  Sounds like either you have a sensor problem or you have a brain problem. Have you replaced the oxygen sensor? If not replace it...
• Re: O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 19:50:20 -0600
  ...It is labeled OXS. > > > > >Where is the O2 sensor indicator light located on a 90 instrument cluster? > >Coop > > Chris DeLong > ICQ#45030867 > Seattle, WA...
• Re: voltage question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 03:42:46 -0600
  With the engine warmed up and the sensor disconnected, the 02 sensor should put out between .1 and .9 volts DC. The red wire...
• Does O2 sensor plug into green connector?
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Klahn
  Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:31:10 -0600
  ...The connector on the O2 sensor I'm swapping out is also female. I'm about to splice in a male connector on the...
• MAF Sensors and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:49:13 -0600
  Has anyone any new information about using/developing a MAF sensor for our beloved Vanagons? -- John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus...
• Re: bosch info: vanagons 1980-1983 air-cooled
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Aug 94 11:01:03 EDT
  Joel, when you say oxygen sensor with and without connector, what do you mean. Would all the one wire sensors listed be ok for...
• Re: OXS sensor reset? --THANKS
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Wed, 17 May 2000 09:48:06 -0700
  ...I reset the sensor light last night. It was the easiest service I have ever done on the Vanagon. Thanks, Vince.
• OHM Readings for 1.9 injectors and o2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 17:56:25 -0800
  Any body out there no what the resistance is supposed to be for the injectors and the o2 sensor? Thanks, Walter Evens Hesperia, CA...
• Head sensor
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 14:42:37 -0800
  Volks, In the midst of changing engines there is a sensor on the bottom side of the driver's side head. Anyone know how...
• Re: O2 sensor thread size? Helicoil kit part number?
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:22:50 -0600
  it's an 18mm thread guys, we have the bungs if you want to weld one into your exhaust for an O2 sensor. John...
• Re: O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:51:44 -0600
  > Has anyone ever heard of "retraining the computer" for a new O2 sensor? Does this shop advocate changing the air in the tires, too...
• Re: testing temp 2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 08:49:42 EDT
  ...If you are going to ohm out the sensors I recommend you only use a digital meter. A quick and easy check is to...
• Re: Gastester(schon wieder!)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 May 1995 22:41:57 -0700
  >I whiled away 1.5 afternoons this weekend doing the O2-sensor-as-mixture- >tester trick. Paid $45 for generic three-wire O2 sensor...
• Re: 1.9 ltr WBX O2 sensor question?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:54:17 -0400
  The O2 sensor develops it signal real time. It can be easily checked with a voltmeter set to the 2 volt scale. Needs to...
• Oil P&T sensor - Vanagon application
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL PJETRAJ
  Wed, 3 Dec 1997 12:38:58 EST
  ...So, can the same oil P & T sensors be used on a 91 vanogan that are used on my 76 ? Does it make sense...
• Re: question about replacing temp 2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:24:53 -0800
  ...I was referring to the clip itself rather than the sensor wire, though your idea regarding the wire makes sense as well. This clip...
• Re: 1000 mile rebuild recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - alfred bagdan
  Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:24:03 -0600
  ...The > rebuild shop told me to run w/o the O2 sensor, the other shop totally > missed the fact that the O2 sensor was...
• Re: Coolant temperature sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:28:36 -0400
  Why did you think you needed to change the sensor in the first place? An which coolant temp sensor? The one for the gauge...
• Re: digijet fuel pressure
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 18:09:12 -0500
  > >At 03:16 PM 8/1/2001, Dave Baker wrote: >>On the subject of O2 sensors, mine is disconnected on my 85 Westy 1...
• Re: Temp sensor II replacement
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 24 Sep 2001 07:38:55 EDT
  ...Temp sensor II replacement I have a in my 90 Vanagon Westy. Does anyone know if I replace the Temperature Sensor II if I...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 29 Jul 2014 21:34:21 -0700
  ...and I have driven the van about without the O2 > sensor...it runs just fine, but I think I am getting poor fuel economy...
• Re: Coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:36:30 -0400
  At 07:03 PM 8/12/2009, Andrew Philbrick wrote: >I'm trying to determine if I need to replace my coolant level sensor...
• Re: You need a spare temp 2 sensor NOW!
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:36:05 -0400
  Yes I know about the O2 sensor issues as well but this time is was the temp 2 sensor not functioning properly. I don...
• Re: New O2 Sensor now stuttering
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:55:09 -0700
  The difference while running mine with and without the O2 sensor was slightly less than 1 mpg. YMMV (!) Cya, Robert -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:13:34 -0500
  Jim, This is how my engine ran when the temp sensor II failed. In another related case on a different van, the wire from...
• Speed sensor mod kit "kit"
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 22:50:44 -0800
  ...http://ivanagon.com/i_Vanagon_Tips.html It shows a modification to the vanagon "speed sensor" that allegedly cures the deceleration cutout problem. I...
• Re: oxs light came on
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 15:04:25 -0800
  ...I do have a > Jetta that needs one, that will be my first 'have to' O2 sensor change. > > I wonder how many of you...
• Re: VW Fuel Injection Information (was SS header)
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:17:50 -0400
  ...The three wire type O2 sensors that many cars have encorporate a heating element to get the sensor up to operating temperature faster. Otherwise...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:56:08 -0400
  ...Or when its characteristics have changed... >That said, your situation with disconnecting the O2 sensor instead of the >gauge and the resulting response tells...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 18:50:59 -0400
  ...Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report.. > > The sensor does need a return path and it is done through the exhaust > and engine. There has...
• Re: O2-sensor results with digital voltmenter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:04:49 -0800
  the .4 to .7 volts warmed up and at 2K rpm shows that the 02 sensor is working .. like medium all right. a wider...
• Re: O2 sensor help please?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 12:43:21 PST
  ...0258-003-913 3-wire Oxy sensor $65.19 On the box were the numbers: 610328 021 13913. 13913 were also in big numbers...
• Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:25:46 -0700
  ...ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start. > Hi Ben. > > On OBD1, I know a failed RPM sensor (aka engine speed sensor...
• Re: How to remove O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 22:04:11 -0400
  ...http://www.harborfreight.com/3-8-eighth-inch-offset-oxygen-sensor-wrench-971 77.html
• Temp 2 sensor have O-ring???
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 30 Sep 2000 20:11:04 -0700
  Does anyone know if there is supposed to be an O-Ring on the Temp 2 sensor .... the one with brass threads... for a...
• Everything you ever wanted to know about O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:32:32 -0600
  I found this web page about O2 sensors. It is every bit worth a read. http://www.wps.com/LPG/o2sensor.html Regards, John...
• Oxygen Sensor Simulator
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:58:30 -0800
  for all those O2 sensor aficionados on the list: http://www.bobblick.com/techref/projects/o2sensor/o2sim/o2sim.html Alistair '82 westy, diesel converted...
• Re: just changed temp II sensor now low temp guage readings (bit long with details)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:38:30 -0500
  David, I did not think the two sensor were interchangeable, that is, the connectors were different. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• 02 sensor
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Jul 1996 08:37:47 -0700 (PDT)
  Some folks expressed an interest in the 02 sensor thingy. I'll try to oblige here. >>I'm using the O2 sensor on anything...
• Re: 89 backfires, sputters when warm. MYSTERY problem!!
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:28:53 -0400
  ...continuity between o2 > sensor and brain is fine, too. resistance of o2 sensor is fine, too. temp > sensor at intake is fine as well...
• Re: Digifant II O2 sensor....My questions answered...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 6 Aug 2014 21:40:26 -0700
  Were you using the 4-wire O2 sensor that came with the ABA? The Motronic Mk3 O2 sensor is different� from the Digifant O2...
• Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:57:52 -0500
  ...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: Vanagon O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 17:28:34 -0700
  ...vanagon kaputt (heads, pistons, rings ???) After the inital shock, I started to think about all these recent posts about O2 sensors. Hmmm... As a...
• Re: [FIX] seal on Expansion Tank sensor
  Historical mailing list - dneu
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 19:19:39 -0700
  Get a new sensor (dealer part #251-919-372). It's probably cracked, and besides, its not that expensive ($11). It comes with a...
• Re: 85 stalling probs...Where's the ARCHIVE!!!?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:52:09 -0800
  On the 1.9L, the idle position sensor is bolted on the throttle body. It's the one closer to the rear of the...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 25 Dec 2017 19:14:53 -0700
  ...For >> about >>> twice the price, Van-Again and Bus Depot have a Bosch oxygen sensor with >>> the connector. Has Bosch started making the sensors...
• blinking coolant indicator light on 91 Vanagon auto
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:00:35 -0400
  ...How would you determine which sensor is = > the bad one. Computer engine scans don't nessecary include all sensors = > on these engines. I had...
• Re: Not giving up!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:10:29 -0500
  Andy Morse wrote: > So why does the vehicle even need an oxs sensor if it runs OK without it? >I'm assuming it would...
• Re: catalytic converter failure question - Bentley Error
  Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:49:07 -0500
  hi all, In my previous email, I stated "the idle stabilizer on the oxygen sensor wasn't connected" when in fact, it was the...