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• Re: Parts supplier on West coast
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sat, 13 Jul 2013 10:39:51 -0700
  ...I'll have to order the oxygen sensor. Its certainly expensive trying to get these vans through emissions. My problem is this van is...
• Re:Computers on Board
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Sep 94 15:38:02 bst
  ...Reports > advance curve under various driving conditions. >Oxygen sensor, mabye to indicate mixture under various conditins. > >If you have any suggestions, send them my...
• fuel pump producing bubbles
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:22:32 -0400
  ...the air bubbles and the air/fuel ratio fluctuates and the oxygen sensor and idle valve struggle to compensate. Make sense? The gas tank...
• Re: peed sensor (subie conversion question)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 7 Jul 2009 20:26:01 -0700
  ...if it's OBD2 there'll be a second oxygen sensor too of course ...........a sure giveaway/tip. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Mathis" <cvmathis...
• Re: flow-through muffler -> cool cat -> failes emissions
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:40:51 -0500
  ...after confiming that the van is in tune and running right (new O2 sensor, valve position sensor, temp sensor and new plugs), and adding...
• rough running
  Historical mailing list - Pat Little
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:54:33 -0700
  ...throttle more the roughness gets less towards 3000 rpm. - with the oxygen sensor disconnected (and in the minute or two before the ECU reacts...
• Re: Performance Exhaust for Vanagons (clarification)
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 23:40:08 -0500
  ...On > the early 1.9l header there is a provision for the oxygen sensor in a similar > location as the stock exhaust (the 2...
• parts required: 1.9 to 2.1 litre conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 20 May 2008 18:54:50 -0500
  ...First of all I need a new water pump and oxygen sensor. Should i be ordering 1.9 parts or 2.1 parts? Fuel...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:54:39 -0800
  How is your oxygen sensor ? Do you know how to take a reading on it to tell if it's got a decent output...
• Another Update, was Re: Update: More idle issues for idle hands and minds
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:03:14 -0500
  ...a new K&N air filter, the idle stabilizer valve, the oxygen sensor . . . I did not take the taillight off and check the idle...
• Re: Heat inside the camper.. No
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 3 Jan 2015 11:08:10 -0600
  ...At least some of those propane heaters with oxygen depletion sensors work on the same principle. the pilot light is what heats the thermocouple...
• Re: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:56:57 -0700
  ...You need oxygen deficiency to reduce NOx to make Nitrogen and O2. The O2 sensor system switches between rich and lean rapidly so these...
• 1985 Vanagon 1.9l Digijet No Start
  Historical mailing list - Mark Pinnell
  Tue, 8 Nov 2022 17:25:48 -0500
  ...Also, both the battery and oxygen sensor red idiot lights did not extinguish as they usually do after increasing the rpms. A little light...
• Inline VW Vanagon: 60k miles now
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:48:32 -0800
  ...Even including some two weeks with no oxygen sensor operating and over 44 fill-ups I have an average gas mileage of 25.5...
• Re: What does this wire go to?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 21:31:32 -0600
  ...On my 85, there's a green wire that attaches to the oxygen sensor. It runs to pin 5 on the ECU. I share...
• Re: Fuel ponderings
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:36:34 -0800
  ...Later yet, computers, and feed back loops from Oxygen sensors were added in, to better control the fuel. So the answer is, there continue...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:16:46 -0700
  ...the tools I use to tune waterboxer vanagons - timing light, digital voltmeter ...to read oxygen sensor output , for example. - and to check resistance of...
• RE: CB Performance Fuel Injection system
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Tue, 28 May 96 15:51:28 UT
  ...The ECU comes from an Izusu (mounted under the rear seat on the drivers side) and most of the other parts (oxygen sensor, MAP...
• Re: Three Items-O2 sensor running rich.
  Historical mailing list - Arthur,Dave
  Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:40:28 -0400
  ...Reconnected * Disconnect oxygen sensor - No effect on bad behavior * Tested throttle switch on plenum per Bentley - Pass and adjusted correctly * Tested AFM per Bentley...
• Re: AC causes engine reduction in performance and stalling
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Fri, 18 May 2012 09:01:48 -0400
  ...If the van runs better for a minute > then starts messing up again it is definitely an oxygen sensor problem or > an oxygen sensor...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 16 May 2012 07:28:42 -0700
  ...in > whichever direction will make the sensor flip the other way. > >> they run wonderfully without an oxygen sensor anyway, and the 02's >> limited...
• Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 11:55:53 -0500
  ...Revisiting the Catalytic >> > Converter... >> > > > >> > > > oxygen sensor bad = running rich >> > > > >> > > > running rich = more work for cat to do >> > > > >> > > > more work for cat = getting hot & melting...
• Help!! 85 Vanagon Intermittent Problem
  Historical mailing list - Greg McElroy
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:21:38 -0500
  ...1) New ignition switch 2) Rebuilt air flow meter 3) New Oxygen sensor 4) New cap and rotor 5) New fuel filter (check fuel...
• FS: '88 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition
  Historical mailing list - Barrett Willet
  Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:42:44 -0700
  ...coolant level sensor replaced New Thermostat Bilstein shocks installed GoWesty wheel upgrade GoWesty high power headlight upgrade Belts replaced Oxygen sensor replaced Hatch struts...
• Re: Automatic Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:49:18 -0700
  ...I would think you would need something to >remove the Oxygen in the engine compartment and something to cool off >the hot engine components...
• Re: Heat inside the camper.. No
  Historical mailing list - Bill Gibson
  Sat, 3 Jan 2015 18:40:45 -0700
  ...At least some of those propane heaters with oxygen depletion sensors work on the same principle. the pilot light is what heats the thermocouple...
• Re: I just want to drive?? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 16:40:18 -0500
  ...the 2 1/2 inch hose, unplugged the oxygen >sensor and had the temperature sensor replaced. I went to drive it >again today and...
• Re: Westy stalled/won't start
  Historical mailing list - Geosh Fathauer
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:11:45 -0500
  ...course, it won't > misbehave for them! We have had the oxygen sensor checked and done all > the obvious things. Sometimes it runs for...
• Re: Advice needed: engine speed jumping abruptly
  Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:19:24 -0800
  ...at a time >at slower speeds. > >It's time to replace my oxygen sensor - could it affect this? > >Thanks for any advice. > > -Steven Sittser
• Re: Scary happening plus fuel injectors/catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:29:22 -0400
  ...And how easy is it to replace a catalytic converter and oxygen > sensor, can I do that myself? The last time I took my...
• Re: Vanagon List Traffic... Bravo!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:42:15 -0400
  ...pointed out that the throttle gobble sensor should be set to 10 degrees off center and the oxygen checked with a sniff meter. All...
• Re: We went to Mammoth Lakes for a few days too....
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 08:16:07 -0700
  ...Could the cold-start issue at altitude be caused by the O2 sensors? Do these motors have a good 3 wire sensor to get...
• Re: Update: Only 13V from Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 22:25:49 -0700
  ...in Grants, NM, when I started the engine, the alternator > and oxygen sensor lights were on until I revved the engine > slightly. Then both...
• Re: Screw Holes, Cruise Control Sender: Thread? (Diesel Speedometer)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 May 2011 14:02:52 -0700
  ...like a diesel vanagon uses, and most gas vanagons have an oxygen sensor miles counter box in them ..so there are two cables, and...
• Re: 1987 running issues.
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:24:26 -0500
  ...it just as the thermostat opens. >> >> I have tried unplugging the oxygen sensor and no difference. >> Is this perhaps the fabled vanagon syndrome or...
• Re: Buying 88 Vanagon- Anything I should know 1st?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Ingland
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 19:37:17 -0800
  ...I think that is normal for the German >cars with the oxygen sensors. I had an Audi and a VW Jetta that both did...
• Diesel Fuel as a fuel treatment
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:42:39 -0500
  ...Would this be safe in > >an modern car? I envision losing injectors and oxygen > > sensors... > >Diesel fuel is often VERY high in sulfur, so...
• Re: how many grounds
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 18:30:31 -0600
  ...So after unplugging the Oxygen sensor it did nothing so checking all the grounds again the 2 on the drivers side head are clean...
• Re: catalytic converter failure question
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:03:38 -0600
  ...I got home and found that the idle > stabilizer on the oxygen sensor wasn't connected (don't ask me how the > mechanic didn...
• Re: Throttle stop switch? Stumbles on resume throttle..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:06:08 -0700
  ...freeplay too of course. >> >> Do you have a 3 wire heated oxygen sensor ? >> and is it working ? >> if it's non-heated ( should be...
• Vanagon parked on driveway gets violation from city.
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:31:15 +0000
  ...the time.I bought several new parts (AFM, catalytic converter, muffler, oxygen sensor) for it but never got around to installing them all.Eventually...
• Re: Mustn't it be the ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 19:02:50 -0400
  ...Could this be anything but the ECU not properly dealing with the signal from the oxygen sensor? Everyone says don't suspect the ECU...
• Re: Idle Surge
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Aug 2013 14:45:50 -0400
  ...If it's just a slight alteration in exhaust note, that's normal behavior from the oxygen sensor feedback causing the ECU to adjust...
• Re: Cold Start Unsolved: Help
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:03:00 -0400
  ...stabilizer selenoid removed, cleaned and verified as > functional, new battery, new oxygen sensor, Air Flow Meter cap popped and > resistive trace cleaned. So, yesterday...
• Re: Funny, but not funny ...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:17:35 -0600
  ...He says, he has changed almost everything; Temp II sensor, Oxygen sensor, computer, distributor, cap, rotor, cables, plugs, new injectors, AFM, ICU, idle control...
• '86 idle revisited - Darrell Boehler
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 19 Apr 1997 22:01:03 -0700 (PDT)
  ...you mention on your vanagon. > I rigged a heated exhaust gas oxygen sensor or hego that I had replaced and > kept that was just...
• Re: gas consumption
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 13:11:37 -0800
  >>> Have you ever thought of replacing the Oxygen sensor? If this is worn out or >> Unknown command - "HAVE". Try HELP. > Unknown command - "UNKNOWN". Try...
• stranded in san francisco...need watercooled westy tech help (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:19:40 -0600
  ...good spray pattern....basic electrical checks on coil, air flow meter, oxygen sensor, and computer seem to indicate all is well.... the engine was...
• Re: "Toyota made a Vanagon also" according to my local Midas Muffler Manager!
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 15:58:43 -0700
  ...Left Side Collector Pipe (with the mentioned "heat sensor" which most likely is the Oxygen Sensor attached to the rear-most portion of the...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:09:27 -0400
  ...treats the injectors as one big injector in 4 parts. > The Oxygen sensor is a good thought - it's very easy to measure their...
• Re: Hunting idle, jerking bucking Vanagon woes!!!
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Mon, 11 Apr 1994 14:52:39 -0700 (PDT)
  ...the ECU > ($$$). > > I've replaced: > Air Flow Sensor > Fuel pressure regulator > Plug Wires ($$$) > Plugs > Oxygen Sensor > Fuel Filter > Air Filter > Oil and Filter > I...
• COLD START WOES (long)
  Historical mailing list - Rob Lebo
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:59:44 +0000
  ...with voltmeter)operation verified with a hot and cold engine, new oxygen sensor (out of the loop at start-up anyway). I also checked...
• Re: decreased mileage problem solved!
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 14 Jun 1998 10:57:26 -0500
  ...If he is using that extra power he will most probably use more petro since the oxygen sensor will ensure a proper mixture with...
• Re: gas mileage question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 7 Oct 2007 09:00:08 -0600
  ...Does your engine set up have an oxygen sensor on the cat/exhaust system? I'm thinking that if you do and it's...
• Re: It works AND it's a scam Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:58:15 -0400
  ...Hydrogen & Oxygen for your engine, 2. The MAP Sensor Enhancer tunes your computer to maximum fuel economy. 3. Several formulas given, mainly based on...
• Re: 20/50 full syntetic motorcycle oil
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:10:49 +0000
  ...The > additive packages in these oils are detrimental to catalytic converters and > oxygen sensors. 2007 and later Diesels require the now current low Sulphur...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:25:49 -0700
  ...That way you won't be putting a CB antenna on your oxygen sensor. > Yes! Mark Drillock had mentioned Kens' device here or on...
• Re: HELP!! Stalling, rain, leaking gas tank...
  Historical mailing list - Joe Volpe
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 20:22:31 -0500
  ...That said, and I know this might sound like guesswork upon guesswork, what I really suspect you might need is a new oxygen sensor...
• Re: Digifant Operating Specs
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 19:43:09 -0600
  ...adjusting things? I thought that the O2 sensor / ECU combination attempts to adjust for no excess oxygen or a 0.00 voltage. Our WBX...
• Re: : Re: Tag an SUV today
  Historical mailing list - dan nims
  Wed, 27 Dec 2000 09:46:54 -0800
  ...I think the new Chev Malibu has 4 or > 5 oxygen sensors. > > So - maybe some very large SUVs use more fuel per mile, the...