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• Re: Infinity Multispeed Wipers
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 31 Dec 2002 14:44:26 +1300
  ...When it begins to rain the windshield-mounted sensor detects a drop in light level and turns it on... starting with a slow intermittent...
• Re: And now for something REALLY important
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:55:54 -0400
  ...t getting winter rain and snow full blast. Dumb little problem, but there it is. On Saabs the OEM sensor mounts conveniently above the...
• Re: Wet Running Issues.....again :(
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 10:58:11 -0500
  I would check the O2 sensor wires. We had a similar issue with our '86 with a 2.1/MT. Turned out the connector...
• Rough running after rain
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 27 Jul 2018 05:20:08 -0700
  ...Something is getting wet and messing with the proper operating voltages - check all the electrical sensor connection points too to see that they are...
• Re: Odd bits of list wisdom and/was: RE: 91 Carat has the highway hick ups
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 12 May 2010 19:57:02 -0500
  ...If either clears up the problem for a short while, O2 sensor > > is > > the issue. Note that the O2 sensors originally had a heat...
• Re: Intermittent dropouts cured
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:55:03 -0700
  ...when idling it would occasionally simply stop; but it > would start up again with no problem. > > Then a week ago in the rain I...
• Re: O2 Sensor Questions
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 17:23:41 EST
  ...I then disconnected the O2 sensor and all is well again. Could it in fact be a screwed O2 sensor or the wire that...
• Re: [Re: O2 Sensor Questions]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:36:54 MST
  I'm far from being a wiz on the vanagon, but learning anyway I heard that the 02 sensor should be replaced every 30k...
• Light at the end of the tunnel....maybe not
  Historical mailing list - Willie T. Lafrades
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 11:21:57 -0800
  ...On friday I am driving home @ 1 AM and its raining like crazy. As soon as I cross the SF bay bridge the check...
• Re: Cold start issue [SOLVED] - Contact cleaner??
  Historical mailing list - courtney hook
  Wed, 8 Jun 2011 13:57:57 -0700
  ...bit of contact > cleaner into, then re-plugged the connector back into the Temp 2 > sensor,and now the van is right as rain.
• Re: Programable intermitent wipers frnt and rear.easy swap.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 1 Aug 2003 11:27:49 +1200
  ...Hella raintronic, standard on some German cars. It's a relay which replaces the stock one on the fuseboard, and a light-sensor to...
• Re: Odd bits of list wisdom and/was: RE: 91 Carat has the highway hick ups
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 12 May 2010 16:59:44 -0700
  ...If either clears up the problem for a short while, O2 sensor > > is > > the issue. Note that the O2 sensors originally had a heat...
• Re: Intermittent dropouts cured
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 6 Oct 2012 18:53:39 -0700
  ...when idling it would occasionally simply stop; but it > would start up again with no problem. > > Then a week ago in the rain I...
• HELP NEEDED ON THE ROAD
  Historical mailing list - Cooper Jonathan
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:36:49 -0400
  ...an O2 sensor go bad, and I had more high speed and climbing "oomph". It started last night in the rain as a slight...
• Re: O2 Sensor Questions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 20:10:12 -0600
  Hello Chad and Trea, There has been disussion the last few weeks about 02 sensors, you may want to check the recent archives.. The...
• Re: O2 Sensor Questions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 20:10:12 -0600
  Hello Chad and Trea, There has been disussion the last few weeks about 02 sensors, you may want to check the recent archives.. The...
• Re: HELP!! Stalling, rain, leaking gas tank...
  Historical mailing list - PNC Allen
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 06:26:31 -0500
  ...little silicon goop at the wire fraying end of my o2 sensor fixed the problem on rainy days. tim allen sends buffalo ny -----Original...
• Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:46:59 -0400
  That clip is usually real tight on the Bosch sensors. If you have a non Bosch sensor the body diameter is different and the...
• exhaust system
  Historical mailing list - Lee Tucker
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 09:01:34 -0400
  ...ox sensor is disconnected). This leads me to believe that the whole system is due for replacement. (since it is the rainy season in...
• Coolant temp mystery
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 15:47:17 +0100
  ...I suspect it to be an electrical problem, that is, either the temperature gauge (approximately DEM 80.-) or the temperature sensor (approximately DEM 25...
• Re: Intermittent Wiper Relay Upgrade - Answer
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 7 May 2002 21:34:00 +1200
  ...There's always Hella's expensive Raintronic system, as sold stock in some BMWs etc. There's a sensor which you stick to your...
• 1.9 Stumbles When Damp
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:40:24 -0500
  ...It doesn't matter if the van is in the garage or outside in the rain. The problem is intermittent, which is one of...
• Re: Damnagon stutter !@#$
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 22:20:11 EDT
  Richard; I'll bet a doughnut it's the O2 sensor. More precisely the O2 sensor's wire is cracked and water is getting...
• Re: 1.9 Running issues when wet out
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:01:14 -0500
  Jeff remember when we met in Grand Rapids in a rain storm for the first time, and I limped in getting 8mpg.... It only...
• Re: O2 Sensor Readout
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 20:10:52 -0500
  ...See my last post on the rain problem. Complete disconnection of the sensor will leave things last state or run-away rich. Dennis -----Original...
• re : wet hard start
  Historical mailing list - Henning, Eric
  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 08:25:08 -0500
  ...Replaced everything i could think of (cap and rotor, distributor, hall sensor, plugs, wires, etc...). Finally I found if i removed and reattached the...
• Re: Rain and bad idle / no start
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:42:22 -0700
  When this happened to me it was water in the O2 sensor. Gregor On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Joe Fernandez...
• 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
  ...It died just like it did before when it was raining, but this time there was no rain and it would not start back...
• Re: O2 Sensor Questions
  Historical mailing list - DAN WILKIN
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 17:10:50 -0800
  ...I then disconnected the O2 sensor and all is well again. Could it in fact be a screwed O2 sensor or the wire that...
• Re: O2 Sensor Questions
  Historical mailing list - DAN WILKIN
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 17:10:50 -0800
  ...I then disconnected the O2 sensor and all is well again. Could it in fact be a screwed O2 sensor or the wire that...
• Re: 1.9 Running issues when wet out
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Sun, 23 Jan 2011 11:36:40 -0700
  ...When it rains (snow > > doesn't seem to bother it) a medium to hard rain I can get about 15-20 > > minutes down the...
• Re: NPR Reporter Wants to Dump Her Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:48:00 -0500
  I think her O2 sensor and/or the wiring is getting wet. If the mechanic is saying "dunno" then they have gone through all...
• Re: 84 Vanagon GL does not like the rain
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 18:58:23 EST
  Topher; During the next dry day; drag a garden hose out and lightly mist the O2 sensor and associated cable. Do it after the...
• Re: that bucking syndrome?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 18:42:04 -0500
  ...Rain, snow, and high speed can cause the sensor to cool enough to stop it from working. It works by actually measuring the difference...
• Re: O2 Sensor Readout
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 19:19:46 -0500
  ...See my last post on the rain problem. Complete disconnection of the sensor will leave things last state or run-away rich. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: 85' low idle, loss of power/compression, surging-UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 01:00:17 -0600
  ...First was the O2 sensor. He disconnected > it. All was good for a couple days and then instead of bucking, it died > going up...
• Hella Raintronic wipers (was: Why I hate UPS...)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:13:19 +1200
  Glen It's the Hella Raintronic, which is sold as a kit but also as a factory fitting in some VWs, BMWs, Mercedes etc...
• Stalling, flooding. Is it Oxygen sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Maureen Stretch
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 11:45:36 -0500
  ...Two of the three times it had just been raining and windy outside. Once it was perfectly dry and it stalled. All three times...
• idle surges
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 08:44:54 -0800
  ...am excluding oxygen sensor and coolant sensor. The complicating factor is also that the problem is intermittent and it is raining and cold which...
• Repost of Power loss in rain
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fahy
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:13:25 -0400
  I hope that someone has seen this before: '87 auto Westy 2.1l loses power in rain or dense fog. I can restore power...
• Re: Flashing Low Coolant Light (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:39:34 +0200
  ...The sensor in the expansion tank only checks the level, not the composition of the coolant. Hope this helps. Sincerely Rainer '89 Caravelle GL...
• coolant sensor price ramblings
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 15:03:33 CST6CDT
  ...No heated garage but at least i know it won't rain and my dog doesn't bite. I picked up sensor # 025-906...
• Re: 1987 Syncro Bogging/jerking/hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Gary E Thaxter
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 15:37:28 -0500
  ...sensor, I just sprayed everything that might be affected by the water.) It still acts up once in a while in the rain or...
• electrical boots
  Historical mailing list - Cooper Jonathan
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 10:27:11 -0400
  After 18 years, every time I disconnect an electrical part (fuel injectors, Temp2 sensor, etc...) the nice rubber boot that protected the connector from...
• Re: Throttle-on running issue
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:29:25 -0700
  ...Unplugging O2 sensor makes no > difference ( a new sensor is on the way just in case). Unplugging Temp > sensor only raises idle slightly, but...
• Re: Why no reverse lights? Why is coolant light flashing? 85
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Rafferty
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 09:28:17 -0700
  ...I didn't bleed the system (rushing to beat the rain). But > is it possible the sensor in the tank is bad? The sensor...
• Re: HELP NEEDED ON THE ROAD
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:42:33 -0400
  ...an O2 sensor go bad, and I had more high speed and climbing "oomph". It started last night in the rain as a slight...
• Re: O2 Sensor Wire
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:49:32 -0600
  Matt, With the O2 sensor disconnected the engine runs fine and the Digitool shows a constant 0.40. The guitar cable sounds interesting. Are...
• Re: HELP NEEDED ON THE ROAD
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:49:03 -0400
  ...an O2 sensor go bad, and I had more high speed and climbing "oomph". It started last night in the rain as a slight...
• Re: Random Oil Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Apr 2004 17:41:00 -0500
  ...a damp or rainy day, so I had a look at the wires that run to the oil pressure sensors and sure enough there...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:41:51 +0000
  ...Due to rain probably splashing on the sensor, it is cooling and maybe even getting contamination cause it to not only stop producing output...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:14:31 -0600
  The engine rain fine before this, and seemingly runs fine now. Just the oil light fickers. Obviously something happened to bend those rods. However...
• Re: HELP!! Stalling, rain, leaking gas tank...
  Historical mailing list - Joe Volpe
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 20:22:31 -0500
  ...weren't exactly rain, but rather a rain-slush mix that the wheels would throw up onto my oxygen sensor, making it go haywire...
• Re: 1.9 Running issues when wet out
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:59:38 -0500
  ...When it rains (snow > doesn't seem to bother it) a medium to hard rain I can get about 15-20 > minutes down the...
• Digitool and driveablity issues
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:57:45 -0500
  ...Next the O2 sensor readings the 02 sensor seems to be working fine according to your instruction book my reads are between .33 and...
• Re: fuel pump?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Mysyk
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 23:58:40 -0600
  ...o2 sensor was > the culprit, your symptoms would show up in the winter and when ever the > van was driven in the rain, I...
• oil pressure led
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Sun, 23 Sep 2001 10:38:57 -0700
  ...The last > time I noticed the light was a while driving back from High > Country Bus Festival in a driving rain. The led had...
• Raintronic
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:23:26 +1200
  ...They didn't know anything about the Raintronic, so they contacted the distributor. The part number they had, which they wouldn't tell me...
• Re: engine bucking and bogging - simple answer
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 16 Jul 2013 08:45:07 -0400
  ...Winter here means rain, lots of rain. Temp 2 > sensor in a bit of an exposed to road splash area. > > But I will check...
• Re: Pic of my new emerald green skylight
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Thu, 9 May 2002 10:06:28 -0500
  ...E-mail message How about a motorized sky-light! With a rain sensor! No there's a worthwhile project! cc: Subject: � Re: Pic of...