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• RE: Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Erik Rhodes
  Wed, 13 Aug 1997 16:30:55 -0700
  ...Oxygen Sensor > > On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Erik Rhodes wrote: > > > > > I just had a smog check done on my '78 bus and the smog...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Woes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 18:46:22 -0500
  ...Oxygen Sensor Woes This is not really a plea for help; just want to vent my frustrations. For two weeks I've been trying...
• hesitation/bucking (was: Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 17 May 2008 01:47:55 -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: 11MPG!
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 19:34:43 -0600
  ...The oxygen sensor, when working correctly, will >> help, not hinder your fuel milage. > >Actually, if the sensor is dead and the tailpipe is full...
• Re: 87 wolfsburg runs then dies
  Historical mailing list - Paul Bucco
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:17:52 EST
  with the oxygen sensor unplugged it still ran for about 5 minutes and stalled. the fuel pressure is right where it is supposed to...
• Re: O2 Sensors need grounding? (was STILL BUCKING & KICKING!!!)
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:38:08 EST
  ...If pin 19 can't find a good ground, the oxygen sensor signal will vary wildly and the van will run terribly. Many a...
• Re: Air Flow Meter and Idle/Mixture Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 18 Apr 95 12:05:27 CDT
  ...the computer on these Digijet and Digifant EFI systems seems to be very sensitive to the sensor (oxygen sensor, coolant temp sensor, etc.) input...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:20:21 -0500
  ...Oxygen Sensor Ground > > > I just checked with the dealer. List price is $45.65! > > Part number 035-906-274 > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis...
• Re: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:09:03 -0400
  ...AFM failure > > > > > > > > The sensor is a bit of magic and should probably be called an oxygen > > > deficiency sensor! This thought is based on the...
• Tiico: stuttering when i step on the gas
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:55:34 -0700
  ...The oxygen sensor was old from the transplant w/ unknown miles on it! Three wire jobbie too. Prescription? I can log the oxygen sensor...
• Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:34:44 -0700
  ...Anyhow, I was unhappy with the cost of replacing the Bosch 3-wire heated Oxygen sensor in my rig...the best I could find...
• Re: BLACK SMOKE
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 11:08:55 -0700
  ...A quick trip to the VW dealer and the oxygen sensor was replaced. > Problem solved. > > About six months later, the van was idling roughly...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:23:08 -0700
  ...At this point, the final fuel mixture is determined by the oxygen sensor. Dennis 10/26/00]" ORR ~ DeanB On 27 Feb , 2015, at...
• Re: thread size of the oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Brian Keese
  Wed, 2 Nov 2005 08:44:22 -0500
  <<<Would any one knw what the thread/pitch/tap size is for the oxygen sensor? I am not having any luck with the archive...
• Re: Hesitation, bucking, rough idle then died. The paranoia begins...
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:30:26 -0500
  ...Unplug > this from the black wire that goes to the oxygen sensor and see if > your symptoms go away. If they do and the...
• O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sun, 10 Jul 2005 19:58:40 -0700
  Greetings All, I have sent the posts on the oxygen sensors and splicing. The question: with the $40 one with the splice how well...
• Re: BLACK SMOKE
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 11:08:42 -0700
  ...A quick trip to the VW dealer and the oxygen sensor was replaced. > Problem solved. > > About six months later, the van was idling roughly...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:45:24 -0500
  ...Oxygen Sensor Ground What are these shields that they cost upwards of $110? Anybody have a pic so we could see how to make...
• Oxygen sensor info.(Read this)
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:48:34 -0800
  This is an update on my info quest regarding my shorted oxygen sensor: After my comment that I was going to seal my oxygen...
• Re: Progressive rough running - until ignition reset
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:47:39 -0500
  ...Oxygen sensor. Now that we know the grounds are good, the oxygen sensor itself is the next suspect. To test it simply unplug it...
• oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:54:50 EDT
  Thanks for the help on the O2 sensor everyone. I crawled under and reset the switch and then replaced the sensor. I have only...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Woes
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 25 Dec 2002 13:59:55 -0600
  ...Oxygen Sensor Woes > > Not sure I follow you, Ron. The oxygen sensor on my 1.9 L is between the > cat and the exhaust...
• Re: Problem, New Rebuilt Engine, Running Rich, What's Wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:57:01 -0400
  ...valve, stabilizer unit, and > oxygen sensor, etc.. > Could it be as simple as I need a new O2 Sensor? > if so should I get...
• Re: quick question - running rough after 2 minutes
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 20:27:28 EDT
  ...The oxygen sensor must be disconnected with the ignition off in order to cancel a MEMORY function in the E.C.U." George
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 16:18:57 -0500
  ...Stands to reason that the sensors should be shielded both from road crud (it turns out that the oxygen sample comes through the tiny...
• O2 sensor wiring
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:38:00 -0800
  ...I am preparing to crimp in the oxygen sensor. Question is: what white wire goes to what white wire? Or, does it matter? Thanks...
• Tuning with your O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:33:40 -0400
  ...http://www.cfm-tech.com/oxygen_sensor_tuning.htm Mike B.
• O2 Sensor is NOT a thermistor - I stand in error
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 22:43:01 -0700
  After nearly a month I am reminded that I mistook an exhaust gas temperature sensor for an O2 (oxygen sensor). They are two different...
• Stubborn oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:46:53 -0500
  ...I sense a new O2 sensor in my future... -- mordo 1990 Carat
• Re: oxygen sensor on CAT?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 18:21:36 -0500
  ...find a cat diagram that shows this sensor. > >On the CA model there is an Oxygen sensor, but its not connected to the CAT...
• OEM Oxygen Sensor eliminated cold idle cut out syndrome...for me.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 23:56:52 EST
  I just changed to an OEM O2 Sensor and my "cold idle cut out until warm" syndrome has disappeared. All I did was replace...
• Re: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:42:14 +0100
  http://www.howstuffworks.com/question257.htm
• oxygen sensors checking and theory
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:49:46 EDT
  http://www.wps.com/LPG/o2sensor.html
• Re: 11MPG!
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 18:46:39 -0600
  ...Full of soot, right? It's your O2 sensor. >Disconnect it. Shud take care of the problem immediately. > Should read, replace it. The oxygen...
• Re: Removing Oxygen Sensor tips needed, broken O2 sensor cause backfire?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 05:26:44 -0700
  ...Z --- Travers Fenton <fenton_travers@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Double barrel questions. > > Part I: > How can I remove the Oxygen(O2) sensor? > > I've hooked...
• Re: bosch info: vanagons 1980-1983 air-cooled
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Aug 94 11:01:03 EDT
  Joel, when you say oxygen sensor with and without connector, what do you mean. Would all the one wire sensors listed be ok for...
• Re: Is it safe to saw through an o2 sensor ?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:16:03 -0600
  Dave, O2 sensors (if I recall correctly) are a ceramic compound, which, in the prescence of oxygen, releases free electrons and causes a current...
• Re: Ground for O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 12:48:17 EDT
  On the 2.1, the oxygen sensor grounds via pin 19 of the ECU. From this pin, a brown wire runs through the main...
• What do folks do when replacing Calforina Air Cooled Vanagon Exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Sat, 24 May 2003 11:46:45 -0400
  ...includes a cat and egr valve but no place for an oxygen sensor) and many of the parts for the California system are NLA...
• Re: Upgrading 1.9 to 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:07:54 -0600
  ...The only necessary alteration you would > need to do is to add a single-wire oxygen sensor to the exhaust system. > > Bill Actually, except...
• Re: Removing Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:48:40 -0500
  ...wrote: > Hi > > I know this has been discussed before, but the oxygen sensor is a real bugger to get off !! > > I'm about to...
• Re: O2 sensor necessary or jumper the wires on 85 GL 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:34:29 -0700
  hi, there is no way to 'jumper' the oxygen sensor connector that will do any good. If you wanted to simulate an oxygen sensor...
• Re: How to remove O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 22:04:11 -0400
  ...http://www.harborfreight.com/3-8-eighth-inch-offset-oxygen-sensor-wrench-971 77.html
• Oxygen Sensor Simulator
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:58:30 -0800
  for all those O2 sensor aficionados on the list: http://www.bobblick.com/techref/projects/o2sensor/o2sim/o2sim.html Alistair '82 westy, diesel converted...
• Re: CIS-E fuel injection help needed
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 22:44:52 -0400
  Eric the oxygen sensor shouldn't have a steady reading at any time. it should be doing what is called cross counting, that is...
• Oxygen Sensor Bad?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Small
  Sat, 23 Jun 2001 23:49:56 -0700
  Hi Everyone, A Question about O2 sensors: When starting my vanagon, about 50% of the time, the O2 light comes on and stays on...
• Re: shielded wire for oxygen sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 21 May 2008 23:39:01 +0000
  ...Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET> > pickle vanagon wrote: > > I'm planning on running a wire from my oxygen sensor up to the front of...
• Re: oxs light came on
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 17:41:59 -0600
  From what I understand these O2 sensors are comprised of a platinum cap over a zircon tip. When heated, the fluctuating oxygen/co2 molecules...
• Digitool data and more info; need source for correct oxygen sensor.
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 15:59:44 -0400
  ...When I hook up the oxygen sensor the van runs crappy and the values are negative. With it disconnected the van runs pretty decent...
• need help w/oxygen sensor & leak
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 02:36:08 EDT
  ...My oxygen sensor light went on and I replaced the sensor thinking that it was about time. The light is still on when the...
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 08:31:12 EST
  ...Diagnosing Oxygen Sensors: The oxygen sensor is really a simple device : It tells the engine computer how much O2 (oxygen) is left in the...
• Re: '85 Oxygen sensor, 0.1volts
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 22:45:22 -0400
  ...o2 sensor output irrelevant for cold engine. if idle choppy, alternator output can fluctuate below B+, and make warning lights flicker. steady bright o2...
• Re: need help w/oxygen sensor & leak
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 02:54:28 -0400
  ...My oxygen sensor light went on and I replaced the sensor >thinking that it was about time. The light is still on when the...
• Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 20:38:54 -0800
  ...I have read all the posts concerning >>> oxygen sensor grounds and I have questions. >>> >>> Where does the oxygen sensor ground(green wire)? >>> Does it...
• Re: North American Vanagon in trouble in France
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 19:52:52 EST
  ...Check all the basics first like plugs, wires, cap, rotor, oxygen sensor. If it still has the problem then it is probably a temp...
• Re: Billy won't run
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 16:14:42 -0500
  ...if you were to measure the oxygen sensor and get a steady .45 volts your oxygen sensor is not working properly as steady .45...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Nov 2014 09:26:26 -0400
  ...Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report.. OK Gang, Some more ....When I did, at first, connect up a Bosch single wire O2 sensor I...
• '85 GL-Loss of power/fuel economy
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Miller
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 14:58:00 EDT
  ...I had replaced the plugs/plug wires,rotor/cap, oxygen sensor, and the air/fuel filters. Then the bucking started occurring at 64 mph...
• Re: Generic O2 sensor installation
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 23:17:30 -0600
  ...Reduction environments (not enough oxygen) force the fire to gets it's oxygen from the glazes on the pots, turning the copper oxide glazes...
• Re: Stubborn oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:15:23 -0500
  ...Not much left of the sensor, needless to say. The "sensor removal tools" I've bought at parts houses are worthless.