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• Torque on coolant level sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:25:40 -0800
  Hi, I discovered today a small leak on my coolant level sensor. I assumed a bad O-ring and stupidly I wanted to tight...
• Re: FW Tank Level Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 3 Oct 2016 17:56:06 -0700
  ...My '90 > sensor always shows 100% on the LEDs and I'm wondering how the sensor > actually works. The float seems too light to...
• Re: O2 Sensor wire connection (wiring harness end - 2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:24:27 -0700
  ...I don't recall that the 02 sensor connector is yellow though, but I most likely can supply a connector of the right type...
• 87: coolant temp sensor for syncro
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 7 Jun 1996 14:50:21 -0700
  I'm having a difficult time finding a replacement for the coolant temp sensor on my '87 syncro. The VW part (025 906 041...
• Re: Temperature Sensor Light/Difficulty Starting
  Historical mailing list - madsen
  Mon, 13 Dec 1999 04:09:40 -0500
  ...Turns out that my coolant level sensor was covered in a pasty material as a result of a chemical reaction. The plastic housing for...
• Re: Hella rain sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dave Nielsen
  Tue, 23 May 2000 10:51:02 +0200
  Maybe someone could enlighten me as to why one would need a "rain sensor." Can't you just look out and see the little...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:38:30 -0500
  ...Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon > Greetings, > > I'm interested in retrofitting a anti-knock sensor to my vanagon. I > have found...
• Re: Stuck O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 19:15:20 EST
  ...The starting threads of the sensor probably have a bunch of crap (rust, built-up carbon, dried mucous, etc.) in them which is causing...
• Re something wrong
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 14:46:34 -0500
  ...I replaced the sensor in the thermostadt housing (not the blue one for the temp gauge in the dash ) a black 2 pin sensor...
• Urgent: need Subaru speed sensor info
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 10:28:44 +1200
  I need to know whether a Subaru engine from an automatic donor SVX needs a speedometer speed sensor to run in a manual Vanagon...
• Re: Exhaust needed for 84 1.9l motor needed....used ok!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 May 2001 10:42:47 EDT
  ...This includes everything but the cat and oxygen sensor. I also have the S&S system for the 1.9l for $280 (again includes...
• O/2 sensor green wire repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:58:34 EST
  I have found the green wire to the O/2 sensor had one to many splices/ bad connections. I know that I have to...
• Re: OXS sensor on 85 watercooled vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 10:40:09 -0400
  ...Im sure this has been beaten to death but... > >My OXS sensor (newly replaced Bosch) comes on after about 10 minutes of >driving. Any...
• o2 sensor didn't solve it
  Historical mailing list - Rob Infante
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:14:18 EST
  Hmm, put in the new O2 sensor, still doesn't work. It has all the old symptoms of power loss, plus now flipping the...
• Re: conflicting cooling problem data...(this one is for the true experts...)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:05:39 -0400
  ...The chart you provided is indeed for the TEMPI (and TEMPII) sensor. The sensor that operates the gauge is very different, electrically. The gauge...
• Re: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:38:16 -0400
  > > The sensor is a bit of magic and should probably be called an oxygen > deficiency sensor! This thought is based on the voltage being...
• temp o2 sensor...where??
  Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:07:25 -0500
  ...Where's the Temp 02 sensor located? Thanks! Alan
• Re: oil light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Larry LALOFS Joan Alofs
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 22:28:54 -0600
  If the oil pressure sensor at the rear of the engine was replaced during the recent work, it's possible that the wrong sensor...
• O2 sensor output voltage test
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hammerstrom
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:05:03 -0700
  ...Mine reads fairly steady at .91 volts, I believe this is a working sensor reading a rich mixture, correct? Thanks
• O2 Sensor - Low Prices 3-wire in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:08:33 -0400
  Hi Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced 3-wire O2 sensor available in Canada ? Ideally somewhere like Canadian Tire, CarQuest, or NAPA would be...
• Warm Start Issue Likely Solved (+ temp sensor test results)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:51:08 -0700
  ...The suspect temp sensor bench tested out of spec mid range. This coincided with what I saw at coolant temp gauge when hard to...
• Tiico / Vagcom / Mileage - Kinda long
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 31 May 2002 14:07:37 -0700
  ...Mileage was a lot worse, but while on a trip, I replaced the O2 sensor with a generic 3-wire (all I could find...
• Re: Use Oxy Sensor light to re-set odometer?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 20 May 2006 22:50:39 -0500
  ...The O2 sensor light in the odometer is in no way connected to the O2 sensor itself. For that reason, you can choose to...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:02:21 -0700
  On 8/3/2008 4:47 PM Jake de Villiers wrote: > Yeah, what David said. > > With the Oxygen sensor unplugged it should run on...
• Re: Ground for o2 sensor and ECU
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:14:30 -0400
  ...Ground for o2 sensor and ECU >Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:01:49 -0700 > >Hello > >I have a question on the theme of...
• Temp II Sensor, Engine Hot.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:22:06 -0700
  ...The Digifant manual and archives suggest that when the engine is up to temp, the temp II sensor has no effect on the ECU...
• Re: Not giving up!!!
  Historical mailing list - P.Dooley
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 23:48:26 -0400
  The O2 sensor does give lower emissions than open loop. If the motor goes lean, NOx emissions go up. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Diagnostic Question
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Fowler
  Thu, 1 Mar 2007 10:56:03 -0800
  ...I also replaced the ground on the O2 sensor. I have put two tanks of gas through it, one with fuel injector additive. Anyhow...
• Re: 87 Lack of power
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 18:44:42 -0800
  ...Someone on the list suggested a clogged catalytic converter, faulty ground connections to the cylinder head, faulty Oxygen (O2) sensor faulty TempII sensor and...
• Re: 84 Red light problem again
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 07:47:54 EDT
  ...Coolant then forms a short between the contacts or between the plug and the sensor. Replace your sensor. gmbulley cary, nc
• Re: Does the ECU remember? Learn? Or simply React?
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:21:22 EST
  ...It does have a memory of values sent by various sensors. I.E. if a sensor all of the sudden starts to send bad...
• Re: Expansion Tank Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 16:23:32 +1100
  ...Expansion Tank Sensor > > It's a coolant level sensor. It causes the LED to blink when the = >coolant drops below a certain level.=20...
• temp II sensor
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 09:13:58 -0500
  ...Are we talking about the sensor mounted inside the AFM? (I have a picture of that). I assume we're not talking about the...
• Re: Weird Stuff----
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 09:48:49 -0800
  David Katsuki wrote: > > Where is there a coolant pressure sensor in the system? I've never seen > one and don't recall > any reference...
• Re: hesitation/bucking (was: Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 17 May 2008 02:06:49 -0400
  ...the oxygen sensor is only about 4000 > miles old. > > Anyways, the reason I was checking the oxygen sensor voltage in the first > place, is...
• Re: Temp 2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - alfred bagdan
  Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:16:19 -0600
  ...Temp 2 Sensor > John Lane wrote: > >>This is possibly a Temp 2 sensor issue..if the sensor goes bad it tells >>the puter it...
• Water Sensor Issues
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Sun, 5 May 2002 13:09:16 -0700
  Hi All - I've been working on the water sensor in my 85 Westfalia, and I'm still not able to figure it out...
• Air fuel tuning technique - Gurus wanted
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:59:12 -0400
  ...With the o2 sensor unplugged, I was getting .7 to .8V from the o2 sensor itself at hot idle. The CO adjustment screw would...
• Re: Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:34:18 -0400
  ...I have changed the temperature sensors.... Thanks, Andree On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, Jim Arnott wrote: > change your temp sensor I & II. Check engine...
• Vanagon Head Leak
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Arnfeld
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 21:23:32 -0700
  ...The sockets I have are all too deep to pass the TDC sensor and seat firmly on the nut. Removing the TDC sensor not...
• '85 Vanagon - won't come off idle
  Historical mailing list - Kenn Draymon and Corinne Janow
  Sat, 11 Dec 1999 21:28:14 -0800
  ...Trouble vanishes when temp sensor is disconnected. So, leave it disconnected you say. Ah, but it won't start while sensor is disconnected. Local...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Woes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 25 Dec 2002 10:05:58 -0500
  At 12:12 AM 12/25/2002, The Bus Depot wrote: >end of life, and relocate the new 02 sensor there, leaving the old...
• Re: New problem (updated O2 sensor question)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:05:54 -0400
  ...Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:55 AM Subject: [VANAGON] New problem (updated O2 sensor question) > My archive search hangs even on a single word...
• Re: idle fuel calculations
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:23:26 -0700
  ...injectors or O2 sensor, the O2 sensor is > not used by the ECU at idle. This is why the CO adjustment on the AFM...
• Running HOT!, help, '80
  Historical mailing list
  03 Jul 97 06:38:54 PDT
  ...Tried hooking a 1.5 volt AA battery to the O2 sensor lead, no effect. Disconnecting O2 sensor had no affect. Bentley indicates that...
• Re: dwell
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Sun, 14 May 2000 12:06:58 -0400
  ...A hall sensor turns on based on the > >strength of the magnetic field that they see, thus, it is logical to > >conclude that you...
• Re: A damn OS question again, yea!!! now i need some help, it's my turn....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Boland
  Tue, 7 May 2002 06:57:49 -0500
  Ben, VW Vanagon pro book says to disconnect O2 sensor with ignition off. (this resets the ECU) It says that oxygen sensor creates a...
• Re: digitool readings help needed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:04:02 -0400
  At 12:43 PM 6/12/2002, Vanagon man wrote: >Hello, just replaced my O2 sensor with digitool hooked up.....prior to >replacent, it...
• Re: Changing T2-sensor with air conditioning compressor in place
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:07:21 -0700
  ...2.1 wbxr 2WD vanagons have a plastic t-stat housing with a clip-in Temp Sensor II, yes. syncro vanagons have al all...
• Re: Our beloved digifant
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 19:46:47 EDT
  ...Check the readings on the Temp II sensor. I had a bad "new" sensor. The O2 sensor if a clip in, could could be...
• O2 sensors and those little balls.
  Historical mailing list - Antony P Marsh
  Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:37:09 -0500
  Dear List What does the List offer in the way of recommendations on where to purchase an oxygen sensor (because everybody seems to be...
• Re: engine cut out
  Historical mailing list - Doug &Rachel Mahone
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 20:45:49 -0500
  Check the temp sensor, also known as the head temp sensor on air cooled vanagons. I had the same problem for the longest time...
• turn off O2 light
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 08:09:46 EST
  Dear List, My O2 sensor light is now on permanently. The engine is running fine; O2 sensor itself was replaced recently. How do I...
• O2 Sensor Wrench Size
  Historical mailing list - David Baker
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:12:59 -0600
  Anyone happen to know the size wrench I need to replace my oxygen sensor? (85 1.9L Westy) I have an British Engineering System...
• Digifant & the Throttle Position Switch
  Historical mailing list - Brad Estergaard
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 22:13:56 -0800
  ...Just wondering if the Digifant ECU ignores ALL sensors until the engine is warmed up or is it just the O2 sensor it ignores...
• Re: O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 06:05:58 EDT
  "Has anyone ever heard of "retraining the computer" for a new O2 sensor?" I have had to have it done to both my '96...
• Re: Water level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:29:05 -0800
  ...Water level sensor Do you mean the sensor for the drinking water tank? I didn't know anyone ever had one that worked! Who...
• Re: 86 Camper Engine Elect Problem..Help
  Historical mailing list - Psychic Trucker
  Fri, 09 Feb 1996 15:51:29 +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...
• FI and head temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 09:11:30 -0700
  ...It is a stubby bayonet sensor that fits the sensor hole on a stock head (I'm assuming for a Type 3 engine). In...
• Temp 2 Sensor Good, Anyone ever rewire this circuit?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:45:42 -0500
  ...After lots of troubleshooting and three temp 2 sensor replacements. I finally decided to check the continuity of both wire leads that come from...