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• Re: How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 18:56:32 EST
  ...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: I guess it wasn't that darned 02 sensor...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 13:48:07 -0400
  ...The ground wire to the engine > is pretty cruddy, but could that cause my problems? PS- The 02 > sensor wire is the single spade...
• Re: O2 Sensor - lean/rich indicator
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Fri, 28 Jul 1995 15:44:19 -0700
  ...three LED indicator that would tell the > driver if the O2 Sensor is reading rich, lean, or "stochiometric" for one > and three wire FI...
• 84 dont smoke no more
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Tue, 29 Apr 1997 11:22:47 -0700 (PDT)
  ...ECU and Temp. >sensor 2, adjustment of AFM. Minimal improvement. > >Friday, finally took it to a mechanic. It took him three hours to figure...
• 84 don't smoke no more!
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Mon, 28 Apr 1997 13:31:51 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Wire coming from the O2 sensor on the 84 is a single lead that plugs into another lead coming out of the wiring harness...
• Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 21:09:13 -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: gotta keep moving
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:44:23 +0000
  ...the wire off the sensor. Try to determin which of the > > three wires is > > ground. Maybe brown? You can jump a wire from the...
• Re.Hego sensor Working
  Historical mailing list - Denis B\ilisle
  Sun, 08 Jun 1997 03:42:53 -0700
  ...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: Hall Sender question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Fri, 4 May 2007 13:57:40 EDT
  ...I took out and disassembled the dist., tried to repair the three wires, put it back in, and no start. There's no spark...
• Re: TIICO oxy sensor, torque converter, and misc questions
  Historical mailing list - selten2
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 13:02:51 -0500
  ...Double check and install the connector.Splice the new wire into the green one running to the O2 sensor. This is your signal wire...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:35:56 -0700
  ...I just ordered a single wire sensor (Bosch) from Van Cafe after discussing it wiith those guys. Bosch seems to be well regarded as...
• Re: Send in the Grounds...
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:13:29 -0700
  ...They always seem to work loose. - Connections from Hall-effect sensor in distributor. There's a flimsy 3-wire connector attached to this. Most...
• Installing digifant injection on an older model vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 21:20:36 -0500
  ...The only thing I lack is a three wire oxygen sensor, but I plan to get it set up and running ok with the...
• Re: O2 Sensor - situation 90' 2.1 (kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:37:39 -0700
  ...Futzing around with wire splices for 15 minutes. :) > According to something I read the the pre-wired sensors are far > superior. Besides the extended...
• Re: O2 Sensor - situation 90' 2.1 (kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:36:27 -0700
  ...Futzing around with wire splices for 15 minutes. :) > According to something I read the the pre-wired sensors are far > superior. Besides the extended...
• Re: noob already in trouble
  Historical mailing list - James Reed-Jones
  Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:24:17 -0500
  ...with tape from the sensor up to the old wire sheath that (I assume) covered all three of the wires (and put a zip...
• Audiovox cruise control/Subaru engine
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 27 May 2010 21:46:02 -0800
  ...There are only three wires from the speed sensor. A 12 V positive red, a black negative, and then a blue (signal wire) which...
• Re: fuel pump?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Mysyk
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 23:58:40 -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...
• the westy came home, shop gave up, still running rich
  Historical mailing list - john cianci
  Sun, 27 Oct 2002 16:05:34 +0000
  ...Also I see that only 2 of the three wires from the o2 sensor are hooked up..... Gonna try to rewire them completed.....so...
• Re: gotta keep moving
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:20:28 +0000
  ...the wire off the sensor. Try to determin which of the > > three wires is > > ground. Maybe brown? You can jump a wire from the...
• FW: The dreaded mystery wire.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:59:46 -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: Ox Sensor and Battery Light on.
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 2 May 1999 09:46:17 -0700
  ...Then I pulled all the the wires from the other side of the 50 amp fuse. And I pulled the three relays. I used...
• Re: Bus Depot AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:00:19 -0400
  ...Typical wiring problem is a bad ground connection for the O2 sensor reference, (the brown wire in the distributor harness) or the sensor connection...
• Re: Of spare tires and broken wires...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Jun 2000 00:37:01 -0400
  ...The >connector on the fitting has three wires - red, blue, and green. The green >wire is cut - and appears to have been do so...
• Re: re- Oxygen Sensor Reset
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 10:20:58 -0600
  ...it has the two speedo cables screwed into it, and a three-wiremulti-plug gizmo with a rubber boot over it. >>
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 08:31:12 EST
  ...Disconnect the sensor lead. This is easiest deduce with a single wire sensor. Three wire sensors have two wires for a heater, DON'T...
• Aircooled FI Questions
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 10:44:54 -0700
  ...How many wires should attach to the cold start valve? Right now there are three brown wires hacked in to the valve. Any advice...
• Need help isolating pulsing engine problem
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 23:35:31 -0500
  ...Wires, cap and plugs were replaced about three months ago. Any ideas will be appreciated. Can a dealer connect this model vehicle to an...
• Re: Gauges
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 21:02:13 -0400
  ...fitting with the original oil pressure sensor and a VDO sensor for the gauge. Ran the wires attached to the a/c hoses, and...
• No power
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 09:42:25 -0800
  ...the >last fixes which were new oxygen sensor and wire >rebuild and a new temp >sensor. Any help to get the power back would...
• RE: Where can I rent a CO meter in East Bay (CA)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Nov 1996 17:09:43 -0800
  ...Bosch Lamba sensor would be 10 times smaller than the percent CO, so if you got a three wire CO sensor, a digital multimeter...
• Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:41:30 -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...
• TIICO oxy sensor, torque converter, and misc questions
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:25:12 -0700
  ...Does this mean that there is wiring for the OXS in the harness? Or do we still need to wire it ourselves? If so...
• Re: how do I get O2 sensor out?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 19:32:08 -0400
  ...If the sensor wire(s) are not connected, then the control unit never sees the oxygen sensor input and the engine may run bad...
• Running problem continues
  Historical mailing list - Aileen Boyd
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:12:41 -0400
  ...sensor again, this time both wires, went for a test drive and saw no change. It runs even worse now actually. Killed three times...
• F.Y.I.
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  18 Oct 1996 19:24:04 -0700
  ...the wires flex and break and ya gotta buy a new one, bout once a month when used on a squirmy three year old...
• Re: Fuel System Issue
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 00:57:23 -0600
  ...Pull two or three fuel injector control plug wires > > C: CRANK IT TILL IT FIRES THEN=20 > > IT WILL RUN ON ONE OR TWO...
• Re: O2 Sensor, Bucking etc.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 19:02:17 EST
  ...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: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 01:28:11 -0600
  ...Disconnect > the sensor lead. This is easiest deduce with a single wire sensor. Three > wire sensors have two wires for a heater, DON'T...
• Re: Tacho Cluster and Parts for 89 Vanagon Q. Cluster Housing, O2 Sensor, Harness Diagram, Things to look out for...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:16:49 -0400
  ...at the three calibration points, may be worth checking out. >2. O2 Sensor > >The older cluster also has an O2 Sensor LED, whereas my...
• Re: Water Sensor Issues
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 5 May 2002 17:33:37 -0400
  ...With an empty tank but everything wired, grounding second bolt to bottom should show red LED. Second and third to bottom yellow, all three...
• Re: Power Loss When Wet Problem SOLVED!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 7 Nov 2007 14:47:29 -0500
  ...It was the splice in type and they had spliced the wires really closely to the sensor. No shrink wrap or tape around crimp...
• Question: '79 bus oil temp/pressure guage installation and wiring
  Historical mailing list - R.D. Robertson
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 17:49:37 -0500
  Hey all, I have VDO oil pressure and oil temp guages mounted in the rubber three-guage holder made by VDO. I've installed...
• searching archives
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:59:25 -0400
  ...new, as is the O� sensor and coolant sensor. Any thoughts? -- H�ctor 1990 Carat 'Ursula' By three methods we may learn wisdom: First...
• Re: Three Items-O2 sensor running rich.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:42:24 -0500
  ...The usual problems are bad sensor, bad wiring or short in the coaxial wire (green) going to the sensor connection. Another problem is the...
• Re: 84 dont smoke no more (27 MPG??)
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Tue, 29 Apr 1997 15:00:11 -0400
  ...ECU and Temp. > >sensor 2, adjustment of AFM. Minimal improvement. > > > >Friday, finally took it to a mechanic. It took him three hours to figure...
• Liquid TAPE
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:42:18 -0400
  ...I pulled the knock sensor harness out of it to use in the pickup. In two or three places VW joined 3-6 wires...
• Re: Removing Oxygen Sensor tips needed, broken O2 sensor cause backfire?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 05:26:44 -0700
  ...Part I: > How can I remove the Oxygen(O2) sensor? > > I've hooked three wrenches together to get around > two > feet of leverage, and...
• Re: Billy won't run
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 07:36:21 -0600
  ...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: 87 westy with wild bucking...reply
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 8 Jul 1998 01:18:44 EDT
  ...three prong spark plugs, you already did the plug wires, cap and rotor, air and fuel filter ( filters can be generic), new temp sensor...
• Re: More Salt Lake City
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:20:29 -0400
  ...Newsletters/KayakNewsletterJune04.html > Mine had similar problems recently The wire for the temp sensor was loose This causes the engine to think it is...
• Re: Multi Conductor Shielded Automotive Wire Temperature Rating
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 11:06:39 -0800
  ...The O2 wire size spec'd in Bentley is metric 1 so ~ 16 AWG but as you say, the sensor wire could be smaller...
• Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 20:38:54 -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: Cough, Choke, Splutter!
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:42:47 -0500
  ...Did > the DPO remove > something? This sensor is referred to as a 3-wire, but I > sort of assumed > that it was three plus...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sun, 5 Oct 2014 08:59:34 -0700
  ...three wires coming out of the fan, you have a 2-speed fan; 2 wires means a 1-speed fan. Same for the sensor...
• Re: Tune-up Time! Recommendations Needed.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:34:32 EST
  ...sensor is good for 50k miles or so (a little less for the one wire and a little more for the three wire). If...
• Re: Wet weather cut out/ 02 sensor removal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 11 May 2004 17:34:03 -0500
  ...All advice pointed to the o2 sensor. After close examination I found 2 >of 3 wires severed right at the oxygen sensor. Now any...
• Re: 86 hot temp gauge---was '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:03:36 -0500
  ...The voltage comes from the yellow/red > wire > and the gauge. The gauge measures current flow through the wire and > sensor. As the sensor...
• Re: '87 GL "Stumbling" Problem
  Historical mailing list - Adam Culp
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 20:33:46 -0700
  ...After the shop tried several things, O2 sensor, spark plugs, wires, AFM etc . ., they finaly found the problem. After three 130 miles test drives...
• Re: Black Smoke and Poor Performance Intermitent
  Historical mailing list - Adam Thacker
  Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:54:36 -0400
  ...2 wires but forgot and left the green wire plugged in yesterday so today I tried again and unplugged all three wires it seems...