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• Re: Idiot lights
  Historical mailing list - wogdog
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 18:51:36 -0700
  ...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: AFC Spring Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 10:49:48 -0500
  ...The O2 sensor (in conjunction with the ECU) ultimately determines the mixture based on the amount of O2 in the exhaust, right? So what...
• O2 Sensor Problem - Last Week
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Tue, 5 May 2009 15:38:13 -0600
  ...The O2 sensor was indeed the problem - after fitting a new one (not quite as straightforward as all that, but it has a new...
• RE: Alternator & O2 lights on
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 13:48:17 -0500
  ...Is this normal for all idiot lights or just the O2 and alternator lights. The oil pressure light didn't stay on while these...
• 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...
• Re: EV Problems/cost - Any sugestions?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:12:11 EDT
  In a message dated 98-08-14 11:42:37 EDT, ray.wei@US.PWCGLOBAL.COM writes: << A O2 sensors generally last only 30K...
• Re: MPG redux
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:39:24 -0500
  ...BTW, it only gets about 17 mpg with the O2 sensor > disconnected. With that much difference, I'd say my AFM is somewhat > maladjusted...
• Re: Still Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:08:40 -0700
  ...One diagnostic step I took was to disconnect the the O2 sensor. That seemed to cure the problem EXCEPT gas mileage went to hell...
• Fail air are
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 19:04:20 -0800
  ...The O2sensor is new and the van is running just fine. Any idea what might be the culprit? Thanks Alain Sent from my iPad...
• type of connector?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 25 May 2012 08:23:23 -0400
  What is the name of the connector type used on the fuel injectors / Temp 2 sender / aux air valve / 2.1 o2 sensor heater...
• Re: Ground for O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 08:26:43 EDT
  In a message dated 9/14/00 6:22:07 PM, larry_avery.johnson@SYMPATICO.CA writes: << IMHO extra grounds can't hurt. -Larry...
• O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 18:29:07 -0500
  Just checked Parts America - Fords/Bosch sender - $35.99 part # 13913 Vanagon sender --- $149.99 part # 13931 $114 difference. THey both will work??????? Hard...
• stalls in the rain
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 17:04:29 -0400
  Check the splice and/or connection to the O2 sensor. I had this problem. If that connection gets wet it will have those symtoms...
• forgive me tom c
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sat, 25 Oct 2003 20:00:34 -0700
  it was a fishy world series and how do we reset those o2 sensor lights? many thanks gary __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere...
• Re: O2 sensor wiring
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:34:21 -0500
  I did mine with an 18" pipe wrench and a 3' length of 1 1/2" iron pipe. Couldn't they have made the...
• Re: 87 Lack of power
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 18:44:42 -0800
  ...The O2 is easy to diagnose. Just remove the green wire from the O2 sensor. (below the coil) and see if the problem persists...
• Re: Why doesn't fuel shut off?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:20:57 -0400
  ...O2 > sensor goes full off-scale rich. > > The O2 sensor is new, and I'm monitoring it on my Ken Lewis-0-Matic O2...
• Re: Vanagon O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Ken Ehlert
  Sun, 19 Jul 1998 19:43:33 -0500
  ...I have a problem > > at idle and when accelerating from a stop when the engine is cold with the > > O2 sensor connected. I have...
• Re: Measuring oxygen sensor output...bad air flow meter?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:42:11 -0500
  From what I have read in my study of the fuel injection system and how the ECU utilizes O2 input to regulate it, the...
• Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:59:21 -0700
  ...and but, the overall mix at the O2 sensor indicates /lean/ on the highway, oddly (see http://camping.elliott.googlepages.com/poormileage). I am...
• Re: O2 sensor substitute
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:06:26 -0700
  ...does not work correctly. > > at the flaps, what vehicle was this O2 sensor supposed to fit? part number? > > > > On 10/25/07, *Mike Collum...
• Re: O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 12:59:36 PDT
  ...I expect it's that pesky throttle switch again, but with all this talk of O2 sensors, I wanted to check mine... Shawn '88...
• Re: 79-83 CA exhaust system
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:24:49 -0700
  ...only difference between a California cat and a Federal cat the O2 mounting hole in the CA cat? If this is true then why...
• Re: Rear Axle Housing Bolts: Use shallow O2 Socket?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:43:11 -0700
  ...Use shallow O2 Socket? Hi all. I'm in the middle of buttoning up repair/rebuild of the rear trailing arms. Some pics near...
• 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...
• Re: disconnect 02 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:51:56 -0800
  ...He probably isn't getting as good of gas mileage or engine performance as he would if he had a good O2 sensor in...
• Re: Another O2 sensor querry -- heater element elementals
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:01:27 -0500
  ...By that time, the unheated O2 sensor would have been warmed up - so it's pointless to heat the sensor - it'd just be...
• Maximum engine power and Performane Chip Discussion
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:30:39 -0800
  ...The Digifant Fuel system works largley by monitoring input from the O2 sensor. By monitoring the O2 sensor with an averaging multimeter you can...
• Re: EV Problems/cost - Any sugestions?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 01:19:37 EDT
  ...it has two) O2 sensor went out. the emissions warrenty covers the sensor for 2yr/24,000miles. I complained and the dealer paid labor...
• Re: OX and charge lights on
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:17:24 -0800
  ...If both the alternator light and o2 light come on or flicker on and off together this indicates a charging problem or something wrong...
• 85 exhaust source needed
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jul 1996 00:08:02 -0400
  ...I just need the rear pipe and the pipe that the O2 sensor screws into. -Gregg 85 Westy (loud as a truck), 76 Goldwing...
• Re: trying some new timing settings...
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Fri, 31 Jan 1997 13:33:04 -0500 (EST)
  ...2 - NO O2 sensor in the system. FIx: Drive Van for 15 min. and made sure temp. gauge is up to middle after running...
• Re: hip-hip ---hooray!(not the AFM harnessam)
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 07:24:14 EDT
  ...I'm not sure about the '91's but the older models have shown problems with the O2 Sensor wire. If you can make...
• Re: O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 30 May 2006 10:54:05 -0700
  ...Mark Arlene K Sondergaard wrote: >i wish it was just the o2 light that was the problem. >my 1987 wolfsburg vanagon is bairly driveable...
• Re: How to remove O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 22:04:11 -0400
  No need for any expensive tool truck sockets. Any auto parts store or HF sells them. http://www.harborfreight.com/3-8-eighth-inch...
• Re: Bad fuel economy (solution)
  Historical mailing list - Timmy Evens
  Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:06:39 -0700
  ...maybe maybe bad O2 sensor? Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android
• Re: 84 westie at 10 miles/gallon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:52:54 -0400
  At 06:32 PM 7/23/2011, David White wrote: >A recent purchase, came with the low mileage >New O2 sensor Start by disconnecting...
• Re: Do I just cut the wire from the O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 17 May 2009 19:23:33 -0400
  Robert Keezer wrote: Blue smoke is unburnt fuel Hmmmmm ... I would think that unburnt fuel would cause black smoke and oil burning causes blue...
• NEED HELP!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jaime Bates
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:13:40 -0500
  Attempting to change O2 censor and can't seem to be able to get the shield off !!! Any suggstions??? we want to take care...
• Circuit 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - jon durham
  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:47:34 -0600
  I need to know what circuit(s) control the dash lights, O2 Sensor diode, and heater switch light. -- "Until one has loved an animal...
• Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:38:19 -0600
  Uhm, read on, the O2 thing is no longer an issue.............. Possible or not, it looks like a fun project. Gracias, Miguel
• Re: New O2 Sensor now stuttering
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:46:37 -0400
  ...If you disconnect the O2 sensor the ECU will know it and control the mixture according to its internal maps. As I said, this...
• Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:03:44 -0400
  ...AM To: Dennis Haynes Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Subject: Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question "What is more important is to have...
• Re: Emissions failure Nox (update)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:07:29 -0400
  ...NOx is formed by the combination of combustion temperatures and pressure and excess O2. Yes too lean creates more NOx. That is why the...
• Re: Fuel Injection Discussions
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:13:29 -0700
  ...Another source of contamination is if the sensor is sprayed > directly with a silicone based spray, O2 sensor breathe in fresh air as > part...
• Re: temp o2 sensor...where??
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 18:52:45 -0400
  ...The O2 sensor is in the collector pipe on 1.9l, and at the left end of the CAT housing on 2.1l. d...
• Re: '87 vanagon camper hesitating/bucking and burning gas in Mexico
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Sun, 6 Nov 2011 21:06:44 -0800
  ...I unplugged the o2 sensor and still had issues. It turned out to be a broken wire in the harness . It was fixed by...
• Re: O2 Sensor - lean/rich indicator
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Fri, 28 Jul 1995 15:44:19 -0700
  ...How > difficult would it be to set up a three LED indicator that would tell the > driver if the O2 Sensor is reading rich...
• Re: Fwd: EV Problems/cost - Any sugestions?
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 10:38:25 -0500
  A O2 sensors generally last only 30K to 60K? Then why Vanagon(88+) and EV have maintenance interval of 90K? BTW, I thought emission...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 21:46:07 -0600
  ...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: unplug '86 idle stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 May 1997 22:41:22 -0700
  ...While most people seem to not realize it, a sealed exhuast upstream from the O2 sensor is critical for proper operation of the system...
• Re: Help! It's raining & my bus won't accelerate.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 17:20:37 -0800
  ...BTW the water in the fuel "fools" the O2 sensor, so unplugging the O2 would just mask this symptom. The "rain" could short the...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:26:55 -0400
  ...Excessive CO is due to insufficient O2. The mixture adjustment is not going to have any effect at speed, something is wrong. Check the...
• Re: 86 Camper Engine Elect Problem..Help
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 23:31:25 -0500
  ...Check the connections to the O2 sensor, temp sensor, and all low voltage grounds. See if you have a groung wire connected at the...
• Re: gas maleage dropped to 10.1
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:18:55 -0400
  ...Also made sure the O2 sensor was connected. Van still >drives fine, and power seems as usual. Anybody got any ideas until I can...
• Re: 1.9 runs better with 02 sensor disconnected-kinda long cause I need to ventialte
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:20:44 -0600
  Some times an O2 sensor comes out pretty well with a long wrench and a little cussin. On my 2.1 tho I've...
• Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 06:56:46 -0800
  Any body got any other ideas for attaching a seperate ground to a 1-wire O2 sensor? I don't want to trust the...
• Re: She's bucking...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:57:44 -0500
  Disconnect the O2 sensor, drive it a bit and see what happens. It does not hurt to do this. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver...
• Re: Ground for O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 20:33:07 EDT
  In a message dated 9/15/00 3:27:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, JKrevnov writes: << This must be another reason to use stainless...
• 02 sensor
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:26:22 -0700
  for sale o2 sensor new bought it for the vanagon never used it is about 1.5 months old .still in box for thre...