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Re: new symptoms w/new 02 sensor
Historical mailing list - Steve Caslowitz
Thu, 14 May 1998 18:43:21 -0400
...If you use the > three wire sensor it would be possible to cross some wires. Try > unplugging the sensor to see if it runs...
Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
Historical mailing list - Jerry
Mon, 9 Feb 2009 20:45:55 -0600
...sensor ground(green wire)? >> Does it go to ground at the #29 chassis ground by the ECU? >> >> I have a three wire oxygen sensor...
Re: Oxygen Sensor splice instructions?
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Wed, 21 Nov 2001 20:54:46 -0500
...O2 sensor fr Bus Depot. > They said that instructions were not included, > suggested I check the list archives. > > Frank G. wrote: "Which wire goes...
Re: Gastester(schon wieder!)
Historical mailing list
Sun, 14 May 1995 22:41:57 -0700
>I whiled away 1.5 afternoons this weekend doing the O2-sensor-as-mixture- >tester trick. Paid $45 for generic three-wire O2 sensor...
Re: Gastester(schon wieder!)
Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
Mon, 15 May 95 01:18:08 EDT
I whiled away 1.5 afternoons this weekend doing the O2-sensor-as-mixture- tester trick. Paid $45 for generic three-wire O2 sensor...
Oxygen sensor info.(Read this)
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:48:34 -0800
...my sensor, which had one less-than-perfect shrink wrap out of three must have sucked water and or moisture into the wire here...
New 0xygen Sensor Alternative
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Sun, 31 Aug 2003 16:58:53 -0400
...http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=15725 Like the other two mentioned above, this is a three-wire sensor that fits '86-up. Pre...
what is this wire...?
Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:45:58 -0500
...It has three wires, one regular, and a couple of prongs. It leads to a plug or sensor that is below the intake manifold...
HELP- water tank wiring 87 Westy Syncro
Historical mailing list - Dana E Hager
Sat, 17 Jul 1999 13:57:29 -0700
...Okay, now there are four spade terminals mounted to the side of tank with wellnuts, these are the sensors. There are three wires with...
Re: Running rough, dies as temp gauge starts to register
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:09:21 -0800
...Went with the original three wire instead of the Ford replacement. Double the price but it works. Mike On 1/13/09 10:53...
O2 sensor is...
Historical mailing list
Thu, 30 May 1996 11:15:15 -0700
...The fancy sensors with three wires have a heater which brings them up to temp faster so the FI system can control emissions quicker...
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...
Re: gotta keep moving
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:25:59 -0400
...the wire off the sensor. Try to determin which of the > three wires is > ground. Maybe brown? You can jump a wire from the...
New Engine + New Oxy Sensor = Off Idle Stumble Problem??
Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:09:19 +0000
...When the new engine I went in, I replaced injectors, hoses (fuel and water) and a Bosch "universal" three wire Oxygen Sensor. Almost from...
Re: O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Gregory Mitch Daughtry
Sun, 8 Dec 1996 13:00:17 -0500
...The generic part does not and you will have to cut the wires from the old plug and splice it on. Both are three...
Re: Water in Oxy sensor.
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Thu, 28 Jan 1999 12:12:34 -0500
...sensor where the wires exit and found WATER inside the metal cap and the rubber plug--- around the connectors for the three wires. Also...
Inexpensive O2 Sensors - A Suggestion
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:59:51 EST
...All Bosch patent three wire O2 sensors are functionally identical to all other Bosch three wire sensors. 3). All Bosch patent four wire O2...
Re: oxy sensor check
Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 21:14:51 -0600
...The 2.1's have three wire hook up. The double connector is for the (o2) heater. Test the single wire to meter and...
Re: Jerky Van continued
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Wed, 6 Jun 2007 19:59:20 -0500
...The hole was stripped on three, so I put > it in the available hole at cylinder four. IMHO the sensor location probably isn't...
Re: o2 sensor troubles
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Thu, 3 Aug 2006 06:52:43 EDT
...The 1.9 OXY sensor is a one wire model and the 2.1 is a three wire, heated, model. They could be interchanged...
Re: Temp 2 Sensor Questions
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:29:06 -0400
...it temporarily run better, like the little green coax wire to the O2 sensor. I've found that cleaning the connection with an acidic...
Re: More 91 syncro troubleshoot ?'s
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 07:50:39 -0400
...three wires to the sensor are not coaxial. None of the pins on the two connecters show continuity with ground or the sensor housing...
Re: fuel pump?
Historical mailing list - Tony Mysyk
Thu, 28 Aug 1997 00:38:01 -0600
...heater wires, yours may be a single wire design compared to a three wire design. To check the effect of the o2 sensor, I...
Re: Inexpensive O2 Sensors - archives
Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:20:56 -0500
...All Bosch patent three wire O2 sensors are functionally identical to >all >other Bosch three wire sensors. > >3). All Bosch patent four wire O2...
Re: test for radiator fan working?
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Wed, 8 Oct 2003 14:37:46 -0400
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Zoran Mladen wrote: > Unplug the temp sensor behond the grill. It has three > wires. One brings in juice, the...
Re: sensor not hot enough
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:15:50 -0500
...I grounded my O2 sensor with a wire and a radiator hose clamp. > >The engine will run ok without the O2 sensor, but you...
Oxygen sensor and warning light
Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:04:23 EST
...Connected to it is a three-wire cable. The cable has blue and brown wires, which are connected to the connector. It also has...
Re: Billy won't run
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Sun, 7 Mar 2004 16:14:42 -0500
...this is the deal with the oxygen sensor. the senor you have is three wire heated sensor. the two white wires are the heating...
oxy sensor (lambda probe) $$$$$$
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 12 May 94 23:09:04 CDT
...buses shows (and my old sensor here in hand): 025 906 265 B and it is a THREE-wire probe. it also has a...
Re: Water in Oxy sensor.
Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
Fri, 29 Jan 1999 20:03:27 -0800
...sensor where the wires exit and found WATER inside the metal cap and the rubber plug--- around the connectors for the three wires. Also...
Re: O2 sensor question
Historical mailing list
Fri, 6 Jun 1997 18:11:25 PST
...Disconnect the sensor lead. This is easiest deduce with a single wire sensor. Three wire sensors have two wires for a heater, DONT mess...
Re: Generic O2 Sensor Clarification
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Wed, 10 Jul 2002 07:41:13 -0700
The Beck Arnely number below is for the heated, three wire, O2 sensor. I didn't correctly read the post as the request was...
Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
Historical mailing list - mdrillock
Mon, 9 Feb 2009 19:23:26 -0800
...sensor ground(green wire)? >>> Does it go to ground at the #29 chassis ground by the ECU? >>> >>> I have a three wire oxygen sensor...
Re: And now for something REALLY important
Historical mailing list - BA
Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:57:19 -0700
...Before he passed the sensor through, he threaded a grommet onto the wire to keep the wire from chafing on the edge of the...
Re: Power loss when engine wet and cold
Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:15:16 -0700
Tom, I agree and have found the three wire Bosch sensors w/ loom in eBay store for about $40 each. I bought up an...
Re: New 0xygen Sensor Alternative
Historical mailing list - Tromper
Sun, 31 Aug 2003 14:27:16 -0700
...http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=15725 Like the other two mentioned above, this is a three-wire sensor that fits '86-up. Pre...
Re: water tank level sensor
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Thu, 13 May 1999 16:31:08 -0700
...wires? Anyone know the test procedure for the two-wire sender? Or am I just reading this incorrectly? The fact that I get three...
Re: Oxygen sensor info.(Read this)
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
Tue, 2 Feb 1999 13:15:47 -0800
...my sensor, which had one less-than-perfect shrink wrap out of three must have sucked water and or moisture into the wire here...
Re: O2 sensor question
Historical mailing list
Fri, 6 Jun 1997 08:17:32 PST
...I understand >the hot-wire versions do a better job. > >In closed-loop operation (normal driving) the O2 sensor will do a good >job...
Re: Ground for O2 Sensor?
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Fri, 15 Sep 2000 06:33:38 EDT
...FWIW, I checked a spare, three wire O2 sensor. The heater circuit is isolated from the metal body of the sensor.Hence no grounding...
Re: what is this wire...?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:58:20 -0800
...It has three wires, one regular, and a couple of prongs. It leads to a plug or sensor that is below the intake manifold...
Re: 1986 Westy - AC evaporator installation question
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Wed, 5 Aug 2009 08:11:29 -0700
...quite remember is where the evaporator temp sensor wire > goes--it's a gray double wire that terminates in a small red sensing > tip...
Re: 85 Water Sensor
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 3 May 2002 20:13:00 -0400
...and three others which connect to a little black box in the "secret" compartment forward of the tank, then a (green?) wire which connects...
The dreaded mystery wire.
Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:42:28 -0400
...I have a broken brown wire with a blue tracer coming out the same harness as the three wires to the Hall Sensor on...
Re: Generic, three-wire, 02 sensor choice for digifant?
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:07:31 -0400
> I am curious to know your thoughts on the O2 sensor. I have just read Ken > Wilford's post on "cheapy 3-wire universal...
Re: [Syncro] PERFECT wireless thermometer for the westfalia fridge!
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:39:48 -0700
...One is used for the 'fridge and the other sender has a local readout and the temp sensor is on a long wire. That...
Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle. Was "vanagon syndrome?"
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:49:48 -0400
The sensors with the gray wire do not work! Not sure why but they don’t. For the Bosch sensor the two white wires...
Re: the westy came home, shop gave up, still running rich
Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
Sun, 27 Oct 2002 20:46:56 -0500
...Also I see that only 2 of the three wires from the o2 sensor are hooked up..... Gonna try to rewire them completed.....so...
Removing Oxygen Sensor tips needed, broken O2 sensor cause backfire?
Historical mailing list - Travers Fenton
Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:55:42 -0700
...How can I remove the Oxygen(O2) sensor? I've hooked three wrenches together to get around two feet of leverage, and pulled such...
Re: Billy won't run
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Mon, 8 Mar 2004 06:21:27 EST
...There were three wires. Two were white (identical as far as I could tell) and one was black. I oriented the new O2 sensor...
Re: Water reservoir level sensor float? (87 Westy)
Historical mailing list - DaveC
Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:12:39 -0700
...It should sit on the bottom. >The sensors are along the side of the tank. You should see three probes >sticking through the tank...
Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 9 Feb 2009 16:56:59 -0800
...sensor ground(green wire)? > Does it go to ground at the #29 chassis ground by the ECU? > > I have a three wire oxygen sensor...
wiring for gauges
Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 21:18:33 -0400
...I used an o-ring to seal the sensor and made a ground wire for the sensor to work, since the thing is plastic...
Re: Wire in engine compartment.
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Sat, 23 Jan 1999 13:27:24 -0800
...It has three wires to > the plug. The plug is a cone shape rubber boot about 1 inch and a half > in length and...
Re: O2 sensor question
Historical mailing list - Erik C Peterson
Fri, 6 Jun 1997 09:37:02 -0700 (PDT)
...I > understand > >the hot-wire versions do a better job. > > > >In closed-loop operation (normal driving) the O2 sensor will do a good > >job...
Re: Vanagon O2 Sensors
Historical mailing list - marcus
Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:53:06 -0700
...three > wires to the sensor are not coaxial. None of the pins on the two > connecters show continuity with ground or the sensor housing...
Re: Vanagon O2 Sensors
Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
Wed, 15 Jul 1998 11:47:55 -0500
...three wires to the sensor are not coaxial. None of the pins on the two connecters show continuity with ground or the sensor housing...
FIX - Re: FI questions on 84 1.9
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sat, 4 Jan 2003 15:51:04 -0800
...Just clean up the >>three or so ring-eyes (brown wires) slightly to the front/left of the >>distributor. After cleaning (steel wool works...
Re: ECU reset, O2 voltage stability
Historical mailing list - jon
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:41:12 -0800
...1) Disconnect the Temp II, and rev over 3000 three times. 2) Same as above, but rev four time 3) O2 Sensor, as discussed...
Re: Update on AFM testing procedure
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 5 Jul 2014 12:09:54 -0400
...Umm...you are aware that those aren't Mass Air Flow sensors, nu? The MAF has a cobweb platinum wire or some such strung...