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• Re: Idiot lights
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 12:17:23 -0400
  ...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: Do I just cut the wire from the O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Bernie
  Sun, 17 May 2009 14:52:00 -0700
  I am mechanically challenged so when you say to disconnect it do I just cut the wire coming from it. Thanks Bernie
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 24 Oct 1999 16:44:52 -0700
  Dear List Gurus, My O2 light never comes on, even with just the key on and vehicle not running. Is this a bad thing...
• Which antiseize for o2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Schmidt
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:37:31 -0500
  Subject line says it all. Can I use the regular silver colored antiseize or is there a special type I need to buy? Thanks...
• Re: O2 sensor stuff
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 14:21:54 EST
  In a message dated 3/8/01 11:11:37 AM, CMathis227@AOL.COM writes: << What I meant was .020" and .040". >> Chuck, Want...
• Re: Stumbling after fuel filter change
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:13:22 -0400
  ...Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ Vanagon mods, tech info and O2 sensor help
• Re: 1.9L Gutless when first started
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:25:03 -0700
  ...Ken Lewis O2 monitor sits pretty steady in center of > >range during this brief time (new O2 sensor, too, O2 fluctuates properly > >when ECU...
• Re: CA Smog Failed - 1985 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:06:46 -0400
  ...I will now check the injectors, the O2 sensor, the fuel pump pressure, and the AFM per our friend Bentley. However, my mechanic swears...
• Re: Cough, Choke, Splutter! - Update
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 11:56:12 -0500
  ...The O2 digitool readings were very high, so I >disconnected it. That solved the problem temporarily, but it recurred >after >a couple of days...
• WOT switch and digitool O2 decipher Qs
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 1 Dec 2002 21:10:48 -0800
  ...damned intermittent problems), i noticed a couple things about my O2 readings: 1) when coming to a stoplight or such, and idling, the O2...
• Re: Running Problems
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:46:22 -0400
  ...Based on what the list had recommended I had the repair shop splice in a Bosch O2 Sensor and the problem went away. -- Rob...
• oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 09:43:09 -0500
  ...Darrell >Darrel, a CO reading between .3 to 1.1 with the O2 sensor connected still wont >tell you the condition of the actual...
• Re: Running Rich - O2 sensor reading low?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 19:29:05 -0800
  ...Running Rich - O2 sensor reading low? > In a message dated 2/18/03 11:37:15 AM, vannman99@YAHOO.COM writes: > > << I guess my...
• Re: (LONG) Surging Idle fixed! / Surging O2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 18:09:14 -0600
  ...Re: (LONG) Surging Idle fixed! / Surging O2 sensor readings > Thanks guys! I read some other other responses and all ready have my answer! > > > So...
• Re: Idle problems on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 23:14:38 -0500
  Before anyone begins tearing apart AFMs and O2 sensors, I'd suggest checking your vacuum hoses. This fixed my high idle problem immediately. Dave...
• Re: 2.1 Syncro; Failed Emissions "Say it isnt so Joe:" :o)
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:29:20 -0400
  ...11.8 %O2: 3.3 HC: 788 CO(%): 1.53 FAIL RPM: 2511 %CO2: 13.5 %O2: 1.6 HC: 203 CO(%): .88 PASS...
• Re: temp II sensor (syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:15:53 -0400
  Re- check O2 again, by disconnecting at the plug. Run like this until it acts up. Removing the O2, makes ECU going to a...
• FI harness help needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:57:28 -0400
  Hi Volks, One of my projects today was to install a new O2 sensor on my van and hook it up to one of...
• Re: Last word on tach going to zero?
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Thu, 3 May 2007 07:57:34 -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...
• CO Adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Vic and Bonnie Welker
  Sat, 13 Sep 1997 18:08:36 -0500
  ...I have a couple of O2 sensors, any way to use an external O2 sensor and meter to calculate CO Increase/decrease? My van...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 15:09:47 EST
  Fellow Suffragons; I have a hard time believing the O2 sensor only affects 1% of fuel management. I know for a fact that a...
• 87 Westi, Idle problems...
  Historical mailing list - Don Record
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 05:51:12 EDT
  ...I searched the archives and found that the usual suspects for this problem are throttle switch, O2 Sensor, TempII Sensor, Idle controller, and Idle...
• starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Donald Welch
  Wed, 9 May 2001 09:02:12 -0500
  ...I am presently running without the O2 sensor hooked up do to hessitation problems during acceleration.. I think that can be atributed to a...
• Re: Power loss when engine wet and cold
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:59:34 -0700
  ...Power loss when engine wet and cold > > > > I'll second the O2 sensor. Last winter we had > exactly > > the same symptoms, and were running...
• Re: Tire question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Dec 2019 05:48:50 +0000
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• Tuning with your O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:33:40 -0400
  My brother sent me this link. I thought it may contain several items of interest to this list. http://www.cfm-tech.com/oxygen...
• Re: More questions on my '85
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 15 Nov 94 10:23:50 PST
  ...The > O2 Sensor is fail-deadly- on the waterpumper inline-four, a bad O2 sensor > will drive the K-Jetronic system to full-rich...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:09:03 -0400
  ...importance for performance, so you > decide! I ran the original Bosch O2 sensor on my '84 for 250,000 miles, and my '85 > has...
• Re: Air Flow Meter and Idle/Mixture Adjustments
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 95 12:24:46 EDT
  ...The air mixture screw has little effect on leaness and hence pollution because the O2 sensor will always compensate. He demonstrated this by adjsuting...
• Re: decreased mileage problem solved!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Sat, 13 Jun 1998 23:05:48 -0600
  ...The problem had nothing to do with the tuneup or O2 > sensor change. The problem was an adjustment I made to the throttle switch...
• engine flooding
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 17:19:17 -0500
  ...I think something (O2 sensor?) that's supposed to tell it to cut back on fuel as it warms up isn't working. Maybe...
• Re: O2 sensor coax (sic) wire terminating
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:39:54 EST
  ...it can't short to the crimp terminal. >> Terminating the shielded O2 sensor wire this way replicates the factory scheme, complete with its shortcomings...
• Re: Generic or VW O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 5 Apr 2003 10:43:35 -0500
  ...die when she idles down I am thinking > about replacing the O2 sensor tomorrow. My FLAPS has a generic Bosch one > for ~$22 and...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 13:51:43 -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: Fuel Injection
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 18 May 2001 07:33:15 -0800
  ...The Bosch digifant can do this easily without an O2 connected. As I said the O2 voltage correlates with CO. so a .5 volt...
• Re: O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:56:41 -0400
  ...The last time I needed in O2 sensor, I was away from home and had to get one from NAPA (it was the single...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 11:47:24 -0800
  The O2 sensor is basically an exhaust temprature gauge. Connecting a multimeter to your O2 sensor is a poor mans CO gauge. You're...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:41:51 +0000
  ...Normal O2 sensor operation is to oscillate from .2 to .8 volts. The goal is to average around .5 or so. The fact that...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 00:59:19 -0500
  ...If it clears you have an O2 sensor or circuit problem. Start with the ground wire in the harness to the distributor. That is...
• 87' Syncro runs rough until warm
  Historical mailing list - Dana E Hager
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 19:08:10 -0700
  ...I was told that if I disconnect the O2 sensor and start the engine it would default the ECU and if the problem went...
• Re: ticco automatic gas mileage.
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 17:26:02 -0500
  ...A properly working O2 (regardless of engine type) will cause you to use LESS gas as it gives feed back to the CPU. The...
• Fuel system woes are over!
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Dawson
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:48:45 -0400
  ...It turns out that the O2 sensor was bad. When I took it out, it was all plugged up with carbon deposits. I figure...
• O2 sensor substitute
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:44:35 -0400
  ...The morning I left I replaced my bad O2 sensor with one from VIP (a flaps) which cost me $16.00. I cut off...
• Re: 86 cabinet cad
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:00:00 -0500
  ...trouble, why not make something modern and use a modern fridge, drawers, modern cooktop etc? http://www.westyventures.com/O2kitchen%20%282%29.JPG
• Re: 1988 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:55:07 -0800
  Hi John, Possible parts for the symptoms you report are: O2 Sensor and/or Temp-II Sensor. Bentley covers the operational checks for both...
• Re: Bucking Engine
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Sat, 1 May 2004 14:21:32 -0600
  I have seen O2 sensors go bad a lot sooner then 1 yr. Just because it was replaced a year ago does not mean...
• Stubborn oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:46:53 -0500
  ...I sense a new O2 sensor in my future... -- mordo 1990 Carat
• Re: Running rich floods
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 10:54:54 -0600
  ...First, I got a new O2 sensor and put that in. With that came a new Muffler (Thanks Cherry) that I put in at...
• Re: Crummy Vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Gil Ngai
  Mon, 17 May 2021 11:32:02 -0600
  ...The observed signal varied as expected for an O2 sensor. The temps 2 and O2 sensor inputs relay heavily on proper ground reference. Yes...
• Re: Ques.for 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 24 Feb 1998 07:31:36 -0200
  ...I plan to buy a > new can but I still need an O2 sensor. I need the connector for the O2 > sensor that plugs...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:48:19 -0500
  ...Its signal is derived from the difference on O2 content of the exhaust and outside air. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant?
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:26:16 -0500
  Ken, Since I been trouble-shooting my own van's fuel and electronics systems I've been watching the O2 sensor output. Between what...
• Re: the westy came home, shop gave up, still running rich
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Sun, 27 Oct 2002 20:46:56 -0500
  ...Not the grounds on the firewall or the wires connected to the O2 sensor. Been exactly where you are.... Laurence Smith Hamilton, ON 90...
• Re: Fw: Question-Oxygen Relay?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 5 May 2020 11:08:54 -0700
  ...i.e the O2 sensor does not have a built in heater element requiring a relay to switch it on/off. Does this Vanagon...
• Re: Continuing Engine Troubles
  Historical mailing list - John Huguenard
  Mon, 13 May 1996 06:40:34 -0700 (PDT)
  ...So with the >knowledge that the O2 circuit was somehow grounded, I started checking and Gerry, I think that might just do it. This...
• Fix Those Exhaust Leaks!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:42:01 -0500
  ...The crack was right after the y-pipes come together and about 6" before the O2 sensor. I could hear a slight leak, but...
• Re: 85 1.9 failed smog
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 19:09:35 -0400
  First check O2 sensor operation. Then make sure ignition timing is not over advanced and idle speed near 1,000 rpm. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Re: CA Smog Failed - 1985 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:14:47 -0400
  ...Test 1: %CO2=14.5 %O2=0.6 HC PPM Max=131 Measured=131 CO% Max=0.87 Measured = 0.37 NO PPM Max...
• Running issue 84
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:06:46 -0400
  ...Thoughts on the current trail of investigation? Issue is van running rich with or without O2 connected. Poor gas mileage. With O2 on hesitation...
• Re: update on decreased mileage after tuneup problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 22:04:40 EDT
  Mark; One possibility is the old O2 sensor had your system running lean, hence the good gas milage. Lean running means higher temperatures though...