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• Post-waterpump replacement - wires and noises
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Thu, 24 May 2007 17:35:21 -0700
  ...What should I look for? And how expensive is it likely to be? b) Post overheat, my O2 sensor light is on and the...
• Re: O2 sensor substitute
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:26:59 -0400
  ...Mike thomas LaPointe wrote: > the link you gave does not work correctly. > at the flaps, what vehicle was this O2 sensor supposed to fit...
• Re: Idles, stutters, turn off and on then back to normal. Any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:08:12 -0400
  ...unplug your O2 sensor and see if symptoms go away. If they do, replace your O2 sensor. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia Jul...
• Re: O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:39:03 -0700
  At 4/26/2009 10:41 AM,Paul Connelly wrote: >Hi All, > >So seems to be O2 is at least the most likely culprit...
• Re: O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 27 Jul 1996 12:12:10 -0400
  ...I expect it's that pesky throttle switch again, but with all this talk of O2 sensors, I wanted to check mine... >> Yes. Us...
• O2 Sensor upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Wed, 25 Dec 2002 07:46:44 -0500
  Volks, For those of you who have '83-85 Vanagon's using the single wire O2 sensor I believe the three wire sensor used...
• Re: O2 sensor shield and grill clips
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:04:27 -0500
  ...BOEING.COM> Date: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:41 am Subject: O2 sensor shield and grill clips > So who carries this 034-906-274...
• o2 Sensor on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:58:06 -0400
  ...I went into the engine compartment and traced the three wires (there are three right?) that come out of the o2 wire that leads...
• Will This Ruin an O2 Sensor or Cat Converter?
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Wed, 6 Sep 2006 11:40:39 +0200
  ...I'm concerned that I may ruin the O2 sensor or the catalytic converter, while burning off the excess oil in the combustion chambers...
• Re: O2 Sensor Monitor Gadgets for Sale.
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:52:07 -0400
  At 07:13 PM 3/27/2009, Ken Lewis wrote... > I have a new batch of these All your pictures say "Remote Linking Forbidden"
• Re: Rough idle,Hesitation,and Backfire
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:55:32 -0700
  ...regarind o2 sensor btw. matthew
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:20:37 -0700
  ...The O2 sensor is > required with the 3-way cat to reduce NOx emissions, a leading > contributor to smog. In order to test the...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:16:10 -0400
  At 07:16 AM 8/4/2008 -0700, Mike Elliott wrote: >Some comments to the below: > >>>That said, your situation with disconnecting the O2...
• Smog test redux
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 13:09:32 -0700
  ...PASS PASS CO2 14.3 9.00 O2 0.00 0.00 RPM 0890 0823 NOTE: O2 sensor has never been replaced Carat miles...
• Re: At Idle: AFM Flap, CO Screw Relationship. Explanation Found
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 08:57:32 -0400
  With the sensor disconnected from the engine the mixture screw should affect the O2 sensor reading. You want to adjust for about .5 volt...
• Re: How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:33:45 -0500
  ...How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad? Horace; The O2 sensor fine tunes the FI system to achieve stoichiometry. A rich condition produces...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:01:46 -0700
  ...my Digifant Haynes is buried in a box, somewhere. ;) Does your version of Digifant use a Heated O2 Sensor (HO2S) relay or "module" ? Looking...
• Re: Stalling '86
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Apr 1996 10:43:45 -0500
  ...Might this be the O2 sensor? Or some other sort of >temperature sensor? Or is it a short as a result of water in...
• Re: interesting for o2 sens/power loss topic
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 19:20:54 -0800
  ...interesting for o2 sens/power loss topic nteresting...throttle switches in spec? Jay ----- 85 Westie started out getting 19+ on the road, 18 or...
• Re: Running Rich??
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 14:04:34 -0400
  ...Disconnect the O2 sensor and >>it runs correctly. > >It would be difficult for that to be anything but a sensor >problem. Measure the output...
• Re: Marla Stelk
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:40:19 -0500
  ...It's a liguid that bonds to >the metal to keep o2 from reaching it. No o2, no rust. Must be applied to >bare...
• Re: High Cost of O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Thu, 22 May 2003 10:29:30 -0700
  ...Good luck TJ --- Sidney White <Jeanon@AOL.COM> wrote: > In calling around and shopping on Internet I cannot > find an O2 sensor for > less...
• O2 sensor outlet in new CAT, size?
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:22:50 -0400
  ...So I investigated farther and discovered the hole for the O2 sensor in the CAT. I must not have been paying attention as this...
• Re: OXS light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:02:39 -0400
  ...OXS light Any chance the alternator light is flickering with the O2 sensor light? Is? the alternator warning light working? The O2 light goes...
• Re: FI mixture adjust?/ Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 17:07:17 -0600
  ...However, when idling O2 fluctuates normally. All >other sensor readings on the Digitool are normal. The fuel pressure is >normal I'm told by...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - batt./OXYS dash lights on?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:29:35 -0500
  ...Now the O2 sensor light is really useless. It is normally activated by the mileage counter. When the ignition is turned on, the O2...
• Re: Fuel injector cleaner: harm O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 5 Mar 2016 12:08:21 -0800
  ...Wondered if any WBX users had run into an O2 fouling situation after using injector cleaner in fuel tank When light came on this...
• Re: good gas consumption?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 11:32:33 -0500
  ...Try unhooking the O2 sensor and see if your mileage doesn't improve considerably. Voltage at O2 sensor measured with high-impedance meter (10...
• Re: Hesitation, bucking, rough idle then died. The paranoia begins...
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:30:26 -0500
  ...The O2 sensor could be my problem as well -- another suggestion was the AFM or its connector. In my case I may have harmed...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 Feb 2015 23:10:41 -0500
  ...Removing stuck O2 sensor yes carbon build up is bad... I use Lucas injectors/rings cleaner every other fill up the gas
• Stuck O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Les Shiaman
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 11:45:32 -0800
  My current o2 sensor has been on for 80,000 miles so i am trying to replace it. Yesterday I put liquid wrench on...
• Re: OHM Readings . . . . . . o2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 11:09:29 EST
  ...the o2 sensor? >> I am wondering the same thing for the 2.1L heated OXS. I have a VW sensor with unknown miles of...
• O2 Sensor Wire
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:16:16 -0600
  Anybody got the VW part number for the shielded green wire for a 1.9L Digijet O2 sensor? Lately I've been getting some...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:55:34 -0700
  ...Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter > At 06:58 PM 9/26/2008, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote... >>but now .......you're saying...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:40:42 -0500
  ...9/26/2008, Jim Felder wrote: >> >> When I test this second O2 sensor, I hook up my digital meter (set to >> 2v) and it...
• Re: dometic frig from ...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Tue, 4 Jun 2024 10:32:54 -0700
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• O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sun, 10 Jul 2005 19:58:40 -0700
  Greetings All, I have sent the posts on the oxygen sensors and splicing. The question: with the $40 one with the splice how well...
• Re: o2 sensor didn't solve it
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:29:01 -0600
  Geza Polony wrote: >Sorry about the spelling--I meant Mr. Rodgers. Must have been in the wrong >neighborhood. > > > > Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh! Mr...
• Jerky Van continued
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:31:06 -0600
  > The Van: > Aircooled 82 Westy Vanagon, California Edition If you mean "made for the California market" then it should have an O2 sensor. Have...
• Re: Can't get the %&#*!!! OFF!
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 09:54:43 -0400
  ...Because this is the O2 sensor he is unwilling to treat it as a simple removal but insists on charging full labor for replacing...
• '91 Carat smog test results
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 21:20:08 -0700
  ...PASS CO2 14.3 O2 0.6 RPM 0890 Wonder what the results would have been with a fresh O2 sensor? Oh, yeah...the...
• Re: Oxygen sensor coax
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:10:17 -0800
  ...I recently put my oscilloscope on the O2 lead of one of my Vanagons when getting it ready for a smog test. For fun...
• Re: O2 Sensor - 3-wire vs 1-wire
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:51:43 -0800
  ...installed 3-wire O2 sensor apparently has an internal fault. > > I have a brand-new-in-the-box 1-wire O2 sensor. > > Thanks, > > John...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:28:44 -0700
  ...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: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:43:29 -0600
  Stuart An O2Snsr MostCertainlyDoes NeedToBeGrounded ~ Any Electrical"Circuit" HasToHave a CompleteLoop or Electrons Won'tFlow ~ You even say in your Test explanation below "Clamp...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:22:48 -0700
  If you suspect the o2 sensor just disconnect it and see how the van runs. With it disconnected the computer uses internal maps to...
• Re: A damn OS question again, yea!!! now i need some help, it's my turn....
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 7 May 2002 09:34:55 -0400
  Ben, Take the reading with the O2 sensor plugged in and the engine warmed up. Touch the +'ve of the VOM to the connector...
• RE: Dying in the rain 2
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Thu, 3 Jul 97 18:44:51 UT
  ...I've never had to replace a Bosch O2 sensor with lower than 80,000 miles use, usually get much more. Perhaps the generic...
• Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ellis
  Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:02:16 +0000
  ...I had completely forgotten about how the O2 and Temp2 sensors play into this. I had the blinders on! Let me do some work...
• Alternate to "cheapo-splice" routine?
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 10:05:57 -0400
  I just bought a $40 "generic" Bosch O2 three-wire sensor -- the one with the wierd connector. Rather than splice the wires (the standard...
• compression/vacuum/fuel pressure/O2 voltage
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:46:08 -0400
  ...15" at 950 rpm, some fluctuation (GOOD/BAD??) 20" at 2,000 rpm, smooth I monitored O2 sensor voltage (with lead disconnected): 0.05V...
• Sans O2 Sensor - Problem??
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 12:00:59 EDT
  ...So, I figure it must all have to do with a leak in the exhaust somewhere affecting that pesky O2 sensor. But, I can...
• O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:41:29 -0600
  ...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: Interesting '87 Westy charging problem
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 24 May 2004 17:42:02 -0400
  ...Check this wire for grounds, OK. > Disconnected the O2 sensor plug from the speedo cable > thingy and the O2 light goes out but the...
• Re: O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:08:29 -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: 1.9 Running issues when wet out
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:33:56 -0500
  You mention that there's no difference whether the O2 sensor is hooked up or not. THAT is the sign that the O2 sensor...
• Re: O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 12:40:36 +0000
  > Subject: Re: O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire? > Hi. I've asked around for the last few days, and every parts store...
• Cheap O2 sensor - 90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Michael David Korsak
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 20:49:51 -0500
  Hey everybody, I got the post from Tom Young concerning cheap O2 sensors. So I went to partsamerica.com and looked up some prices...
• Re: Diagnosing Issue using O2 Meter during Open-Loop Operation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:45:42 -0400
  At 08:42 PM 9/9/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >I have a Ken Lewis O2 meter and during the initial open-loop...
• Had surging, fixed it, but did I just bandaid it?
  Historical mailing list - Nate Saylor
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 05:31:01 -0800
  ...I checked my O2 sensor voltage, now that the idle had settled down. On hot engine (off) I disconnected it then turned on the...