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• Re: O2 sensor. How does it effect performance?
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:14:19 -0600
  Marshall, Under certain conditions the FI system runs on "open loop" mode, which means it ignores the O2 sensor. Under other conditions, it runs...
• Re: Ground for o2 sensor and ECU
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:53:59 -0700
  Keep the O2 sensor ground separate and on the engine! Connecting it's ground to other grounds creates the possibility that voltage returning to...
• 87 Vanagon hesitation continues
  Historical mailing list - Kay O Fremgen
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 01:40:45 -0400
  Hi again, Original message below I have changed the O2 sensor and the problem persists. With sensor disconnected the van accelerates smoothly, with the...
• Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 17:24:31 -0700
  Lyle - Vanagons didn't go to a heated, 3 Wire O2 sensor until 1986 when Digifant FI was introduced. Your 85 is a Digijet...
• Voltages from O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - WVVW
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 07:34:44 -0500
  ...When taking the voltage reading off the O2 sensor, do you: 1)leave the O2 sensor connected and take the reading from the O2...
• Re: ECU or O2 sensor ?
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Fri, 27 May 2005 14:52:47 -0400
  ...Can't > say how old the O2 sensor is. > Thanks > > Roger VanTill > 89 Westy > 86 GL Roger, Try changing the O2 sensor first, while...
• RE: O2 sensor price.
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 8 Jul 97 10:01:00 -0500
  The generic O2 sensors (made by Bosch) are every bit as good as the exact part except that they do not have the connector...
• Re: Heavy missing
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:56:19 -0700
  ...Rough running and the O2 sensor If disconnecting the O2 sensor makes it run okay but rich the problem can also be elsewhere. In...
• Re: O2 Sensor Questions
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:08:38 -0700
  ...The O2 sensor not like an appendix, it has a useful function. >4. Ron advertises O2 sensors to replace mine that "require splicing". >What...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 15:47:47 -0700
  ...With a >> cold engine the O2 circuit is inactive until the engine warms up. >> >> If it is related to the O2 sensor circuit it...
• Re: New O2 Sensor and engine dies
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 27 Jun 1998 15:09:39 -0700
  ...Did you do anything else while changing the O2 sensor? If so, double check that work--might not be the O2 sensor after all...
• Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:47:54 -0700
  ...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: O2 sensor and exhaust questions
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 08:56:49 -0400
  Get a three wire O2 sensor for a ford, costs only $32.00. Same sensor different plug, just splice on vw plug. Dave K.
• Re: O2 sensor question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jun 1997 18:11:25 PST
  ...This indicates a rich condition or to little O2.When there is O2 in the exhaust (lean), the inside and outside of the sensor...
• Re: O2 Sensor Woes
  Historical mailing list - Amy and Andrew
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:01:49 -0400
  Did you use OEM O2 sensor? On my 84 Westy with a 91 Jetta 1.8. I used a cheep universal sensor and three...
• Re: How to remove O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 14:44:13 -0400
  The O2 sensor thread is the same as an "18mm" spark plug like in older Fords. The Vanagon spark plug is a 14mm thread...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 19:25:52 -0600
  ...It was in fact the O2 sensor ground wire (green slightly > larger gauge wire). Someone had mistakenly plugged it into the unused spade > connector...
• Re: Gas mileage/o2 sensor 1st report
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:57:41 -0700
  ...Yes it has a heated O2 sensor. Only half the exhaust is installed, so it's not installed. Only connected electrically. Of course given...
• Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 19:15:35 -0500
  Darrell, Thank you for the information in the O2 sensor. I'm curious though, mine ( 1985 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX ) the O2 sensor...
• O2 Sensor Wiring (excerpt from Dealer Service memo)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 07:18:18 -0800
  ...The O2 sensor doesn't control the ECU, engine, or the AFM. The O2 sensor harness, has been written up in the technical bulletins...
• Re: Gas Mileage Improvements?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:20:19 -0400
  ...When, for a couple of days on a four years ago, I had to >drive with the O2 sensor disconnected, I got about 13...
• O2 'meter' reminder...
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 15 May 1995 08:22:47 CST6CDT
  Just a word of wisdom to those of you playing around with your O2 sensor meters... be sure to install them (the O2 sensor...
• O2 sensor premature failure.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 7 May 2001 21:31:20 -0800
  ...Result is a O2 sensor with soot covering it. But the real problem is not a failed O2 sensor, it may be a worn...
• Re: How to remove O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 10:16:06 -0400
  ...I've done this a couple times and it has worked out each time and I was able to reuse the O2 sensor with...
• O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Ron Pascal
  Wed, 5 Feb 1997 07:22:28 -0800
  Anyone know how to tell if the O2 Sensor needs to be replaced on an 88 Westy? Can the sensor be checked using a...
• Re: O2 Sensor in Catalytic Converter - Correct model for each FI system ?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:07:57 -0600
  ...Many O2 sensors are "tuned" to work within a range that determines where the mfr sticks them in the line. They have specific temperature...
• Re: idle fuel calculations
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:49:12 -0800
  Actually the TPS cuts the O2 sensor out of the loop at idle and WOT. The dancing O2 sensor reading is what the sensor...
• Running Rich??
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 07:57:39 -0400
  ...The 2.1L engine in a Syncro is running rich when the O2 sensor is attached. Disconnect the O2 sensor and it runs correctly...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle. Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 26 Jun 2014 09:51:15 -0700
  ...Could that block a hole in sensor shell? I don't think this type is used in Vanagons but.... "Heated Planar-type O2 Sensors...
• Re: Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:30:50 -0500
  Hi Ken, I have used the 3 wire o2 sensor for 88 3.8 tarus on a 2.1L in a bind and it...
• Re: Drop in gas mileage update 2
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:30:44 -0500
  William, The O2 sensor kind of acts like a fuel cell(a battery is a good analogy). A voltage is produced (1 to 1...
• 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...
• 1985 O2 sensor and idle
  Historical mailing list - Ignace Speybrouck
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 00:27:41 -0400
  ...Without an O2 sensor plugged, the engine ran just like a charm, a bit fast as far as idle is concerned, but very stable...
• Re: O2 Sensor - situation 90' 2.1 (kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:37:39 -0700
  ...The computer is probably running in "open loop" at startup - it ignores the O2 sensor until it thinks the sensor has had enough time...
• Re: Drop in gas mileage update 2
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:22:55 -0600
  Interesting things about these O2 sensors. Potters have discovered the application of the automotive O2 sensor to the pottery business. In certain pottery operations...
• Re: O2 Sensor - situation 90' 2.1 (kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:36:27 -0700
  ...The computer is probably running in "open loop" at startup - it ignores the O2 sensor until it thinks the sensor has had enough time...
• Where is the O2 sensor LED reset button?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 07:54:08 -0800
  ...I'm out on Cape Hatteras, NC, Freezing my butt off and the O2 sensor light comes on. Bentley says to change sensor and...
• Re: CIS-E FUEL INJECTION BAD O2 sensor TEST , LVC
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:01:53 -0700
  ...Anyone know what symtoms a bad O2 > sensor in this system would cause? I > put an digital volt measer on the O2 sensor > and...
• Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:02:31 -0700
  ...O2-sensor not connected. Voltage from O2-cable > coming from engine is +0.46 volts. Again, O2-sensor is not connected. > I have tried...
• Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:07:14 -0700
  ...As long as it does, all is will |with the O2 sensor. If not - then no ocillation. On startup |and until the O2 sensor...
• Rich Van $$$
  Historical mailing list - The Martins
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 16:38:07 -0600
  When I bought my 85 Vanagon, the O2 sensor was disconnected. I reconnected it and found that it ran too rich so I bought...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:05:07 -0800
  This sounds like it could be related to the oxygen sensor circuit. When the engine is cold the ECU ignores the O2 sensor. Once...
• Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed lead voltages!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:26:32 -0400
  The O2 sensor is a bit unique in that it actually produces voltage-current. Most other sensors change resistance, capacitance, or inductance based on...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:12:18 -0500
  Jim, You didn't say whether you had the O2 sensor disconnected from the harness when you made this measurement. If so, the reading...
• Re: Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 14:29:16 -0500
  ...Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor? > > > > If you have a water-cooled catalytic converter [which, by the > > way, is probably a bad idea...
• Re: O2 sensor testing the wires...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 12:43:23 -0500
  ...sensor wire mentioned in the references > to the O2 sensor. > > How does one check these wires? > > VOM from the connector on the O2 out...
• Re: Digifant II O2 sensor....My questions answered...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 7 Aug 2014 06:37:05 -0700
  I don't know exactly what O2 sensor WAS in the system, but the wires and the plug, those were from the Digifant Cabriolet...
• CIS-E FUEL INJECTION BAD O2 sensor TEST , LVC
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:49:08 -0400
  ...Anyone know what symtoms a bad O2 sensor in this system would cause? I put an digital volt measer on the O2 sensor and...
• O2 Sensor - 3-wire vs 1-wire
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:19:50 -0600
  ...My newly installed 3-wire O2 sensor apparently has an internal fault. I have a brand-new-in-the-box 1-wire O2 sensor...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:49:18 -0500
  Evan, There are generic O2 sensor available with grounds attached, check archives. Here is a page on sensors: http://www.wps.com/LPG/o2sensor...
• Re: crazy o2 sensor prob
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:23:02 -0500
  ...i just put in new temp > sensor and o2 sensor. > only way i can drive it normal is keeping the o2 sensor > disconneted. runs...
• Re: O2 problems
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 06:21:31 -0800
  What the O2 sensor does is provide feedback to the ECU as to the fuel/air ratio so the ECU can compensate for a...
• Re: Removing Oxygen Sensor tips needed, broken O2 sensor cause backfire?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 19:28:53 -0700
  ...It's the same threads as 18 mm spark plug. (nearly all threaded O2 sensors are 18mm) O2 sensor bungs are available from any...
• Re: Drop in gas mileage update 2
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Fri, 5 Nov 2004 10:12:07 -0800
  Is it possible to clean an O2 sensor to make it functional again? Jason > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 21:04:51 EST
  Where is the O2 sensor indicator light located on a 90 instrument cluster? Coop [text/html]
• Re: Water in Oxy sensor
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 20:12:13 -0600
  > Nathaniel Merrill wrote: > > Anyway I intend to seal my new one well with oxy sensor safe rtv > silicone.! > > > hello > Please do not seal O2...
• Re: oxs light
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 23:20:05 -0500
  All this talk about O2 sensors -- When I got my van 2 years ago, the O2 sensor was disconnected and remained disconnected up until...
• Re: How to remove O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 11:46:33 -1000
  ...I've done this a couple times and it has worked > out each time and I was able to reuse the O2 sensor with...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:30:18 -0400
  ...You said the van runs fine without the sensor connected. So with this thought in mind you dont need the o2 sensor to drive...
• Re: sensor not hot enough
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:15:50 -0500
  Geza, It sounds like your electronics (and your electronic troubleshooting skills) are in good order, new O2 sensor, sure and solid grounding., new TempII...