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• Warning: Oxy Sensor wires exposed
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 9 May 2000 10:52:06 -0700
  ...So check your system out for wear it may alleviate poor performance due to the wrong signals out of the sensor. Cheers ===== Joel 89...
• BLACK SMOKE
  Historical mailing list - Cooper John LCDR ALCOM/J322
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 18:08:28 -0000
  ...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: BLACK SMOKE
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 21:13:57 -0400
  John; Are you using any silicone products in it's vacinity? That will destroy the O2 sensor. Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis...
• Re: sudden timing advance change/Tiico
  Historical mailing list - Nock
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 21:47:05 -0800
  I thought it was the nock sensor too. Is that the only thing the "retards" timing? Can't I disconnect it temporarily to check...
• Coolant bottle sensor leak?
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 07:47:13 -0400
  ...The coolant had the sensor wet and I am wondering if there is a seal there I need to replace or what... I wasn...
• Re: O2 sensor wire replacement, '85
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 1 May 2008 16:47:21 -0400
  ...The run from the O2 sensor to the spade connector is not shielded. The shielded wire must only be grounded at ONE end (at...
• SETTING THE SPECS ON A 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:21:27 -0500
  ...Do I set the mark on the pulley to the crankcase > edge at idle speed (850) or at 2500rpm with the temp sensor > disconnected...
• Re: '86 idle revisited and other comments
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 7 Apr 1997 17:22:25 -0700 (PDT)
  ...After replacing the 02 sensor with a generic > Bosch 3 wire, the problem was reduced to sporadic and then disappeared > after I replaced the...
• Re: FI mixture adjust?/ Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - David R. Paterson
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 07:20:31 -0500
  ...I have installed all new sensors, AFM, checked, cleaned and reconnected all grounds. After I installed the AFM she ran great for about two...
• melted oxygen sensor wires and no start fun
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:46:34 EDT
  ...In the engine compartment the two wires for the oxygen sensor that share a common connector have melted their insulation off. I did replace...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 20:17:46 -0400
  ...O2 sensor is strictly emissions-related and enforces a very narrow range of mixture oscillating back and forth across stoich, which is what the...
• Re: Surging Idle fixed! / High O2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 04:06:10 -0600
  Hi Gary, If not the afm then the temp 2 sensor. Also check the grounds on the left head and the ones on the...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:40:30 -0700
  ...Question about temp II sensor and bad running Jim, I just purchased an extra Digitool on Ebay and it came yesterday. Today I tested...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 14:04:32 -0800
  ...Nice things are added like a custom ECU, knock sensor, crank position sensor, MAP (manifold absolute pressure) sensor, new waterproof connectors, and sealed relays...
• Re: westy cold = rich
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 May 2005 23:12:36 -0400
  I have never seen a temp 1 sensor go bad and the temp 2 sensors are not wear or even common failure items. I...
• Re: 85' 1.9 still running rich help :-(
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:13:56 -0500
  ...As the engine warms the sensor voltage will start to rise, indicating the sensor is getting hot enough to work and the mixture is...
• Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 21 Mar 2016 19:59:43 -1000
  ...As the sensor goes >> off line the mixture will go rich as the ECU is looking for that sensor >> input. Without the sensor feedback...
• Re: Working ranges for Temp sensor and AFM
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 4 Apr 2001 09:45:12 -0400
  ...At equal temperatures, though, the Temp I= > sensor in the AFM should measure about the same as the Temp II sensor= in > the motor...
• Re: Vanagon exhaust gaskets for 84GL Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:16:58 -0400
  ...Vanagon exhaust gaskets for 84GL Vanagon > weird that you have a leak at your oxygen sensor .. > though if you haven't checked it out...
• re:Air Flow Sensor Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Oct 94 11:30:54 PST
  I was reading in the thread about carburator problems where someone had a problem with an air flow sensor and ended up converting to...
• 89 backfires, sputters when warm. MYSTERY problem!!
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:02:06 -0400
  ...continuity between o2 sensor and brain is fine, too. resistance of o2 sensor is fine, too. temp sensor at intake is fine as well...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:17:59 -0800
  ...Oxygen Sensor >> A/C Connector >> New Throttle Position Sensor >> Rebuilt Throttle Body >> New MAF Sensor and Housing [Replaces Airflow Meter] >> New MAP Sensor >> Power...
• Re: Generic O2 Sensors - What is the real deal?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:48:28 +0000
  Yes, GoWesty would have us buy OEM O2 sensors with the money we save by following their recomendation to run passenger car tires.. <BSG...
• Re: Stalling diagnosis (FI related?) --
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Aug 1996 09:41:26 +0200
  ...We had a helluva hard time finding temp sensor II. We knew from Bently and Muir where it is *supposed* to be and we...
• Re: Removing Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:51:24 -0600
  ...Where do all of you people LIVE?!? I recently had to remove 2 oxygen sensors from a pair of 87's- one had been...
• Re: anyone know the resistance/ohm out put of a temp sensor on perfectly running vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - RODOLFO MATHIEW
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 09:04:36 -0600
  Temperature sensor resistance F (C) Ohms 50 10 3100-4100 68 20 2000-3000 86 30 1500-2000 104 40 1000-1500 122 50...
• Re: How Hot is To Hott?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:00:30 -0400
  Sometimes it isn't the temp sensors, but the wires to the sensors which go bad!! If there is a break in the insulation...
• Re: Ox Sensor and Battery Light on.(Help!)
  Historical mailing list - Don Record
  Sun, 2 May 1999 17:12:36 EDT
  As I wrote earlier my O2 sensor light and Battery light came on when I turned my A/C fan to high(4). Since...
• Re: need dealer part # for coolant temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:23:34 -0400
  Gary, there are two coolant temperature sensors: 1 pin sender, VW 049 919 501, for dash temperature gauge, is threaded 2 pin sender, VW...
• Splicing the O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 08:08:53 -0600
  ...I'm going to be replacing most of the exhaust system next weekend, including the catalytic converter and O2 sensor. Trimming cost where I...
• Re: Top Dead Center sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 17:14:03 -0500
  ...ANY SOLUTIONS? It's a sensor for an obsolete piece of dealer test gear, no operational function. It's normally attached to one of...
• Re: CO adjustment
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 07:57:43 -0400
  ...Especially the idle position sensor. ----- Original Message Follows ----- > On a fairly new rebuilt 1.9 '84 digijet, installed a > rebuilt AFM. Now about 10...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:16:39 -0800
  ...Both can cause most sensor issues. The sensor can get contaminated from the outside. Its signal is derived from the difference on O2 content...
• Re: O2 Sensor - 3-wire vs 1-wire
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:31:00 -0800
  ...3-wire O2 sensor apparently has an internal fault. > > I have a brand-new-in-the-box 1-wire O2 sensor. Casey Olympia, WA...
• Re: Water Temperature Light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 19:08:19 -0500
  The sensor is nothing more than 2 probes sticking into the coolant. If it is not leaking, (cracked),no reason to remove it. It...
• Re: O2 sensor trouble
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 22:33:39 -0400
  ...Same as old >sensor. Unplug it and it runs So...the system is getting a constant "lean" signal from the sensor input so it...
• Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:59:29 -0800
  ...Should I break it off and use a regular 22mm socket? Get a 7/8" special O2 sensor socket, which is slightly larger, so...
• Re: Temp.-dependent Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Thu, 16 Jan 1997 00:42:57 -0800
  Scott, Check your coolant temperature sensor that goes to the computer. It may be telling the 'puter that it's hotter than it really...
• o2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 14:08:51 -0500
  How do you know when your o2 sensor goes bad and how important is it to replace? In the past, I've just reset...
• Re: Blinking coolant light...
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Fri, 5 May 2000 13:27:13 EDT
  ...the tank was only about a year old, so i figured it must be the sensor itself (screwed into the top of the expansion...
• 85 water-cooled Vanagon and OXS
  Historical mailing list - Peter Brandt
  Thu, 9 May 2002 07:47:14 -0400
  ...The oxygen sensor light in the dash of my 85 water-cooled Vanagon keeps coming on for a while, then going off. Any common...
• Re: 1.9 runs better with 02 sensor disconnected-kinda long cause I need to ventialte
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:22:29 -0500
  ...It has no idle stop adjustment.I would like to swap out a O2 sensor with my parts van. Need to know if this...
• Changed sensor and still no idle ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 10 May 2007 08:02:58 -0700
  ...Changed the temp II sensor, but no change. Any ideas? Zoltan
• question about bad temp2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:49:22 -0700
  hello everyone, I have a question about a bad temp2 sensor, anyone give some feedback on the issues if you had a bad one...
• Re: digijet FI adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:32:19 -0400
  ...Using voltmeter, check O2 sensor voltage, (still disconnected). Should be about .5v. If no reading, rev engine for 30 seconds to heat sensor. Adjust...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:22:09 -0700
  ...Question about temp II sensor and bad running thanks for the link to the page showing what a digitool is, and some things about...
• Re: O2 Sensor Readings
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 09:01:56 -0800
  I'm not an expert, but I noticed somthing on my 02 SENSOR after replacing it, was all full of carbon at the tip...
• Re: Measuring oxygen sensor output...bad air flow meter?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:42:11 -0500
  ...Then, the O2 sensor will read a positive voltage one second, a negative voltage the next second. If you had it hooked to an...
• Analog TPS fitted to a WBX throttle body?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 10 Feb 2004 21:50:56 -0800
  ...I am pretty close to installing it with the exception of one problem - the throttle position sensor. Megasquirt (MS) uses a genuine throttle position...
• Re: Another Exhausting Question!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 17:38:21 -0700
  ...The threads on a O2 sensor are the same as 18mm spark plugs (-: It's a simple matter to cut the anti fouler in...
• Re: Idle problems on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 22:31:09 EDT
  The green wire running from your O2 sensor to the ECU is coxial. The coax is supposed to shield the signal from interference. The...
• Re: Rich Running....Vanagon Syndrome? HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Craig C Forney
  Wed, 6 Jan 2016 15:18:31 -0800
  ...The ECU is adjusting the mixture by adding more fuel to the air/fuel mix, since the O2 sensor is telling it is lean...
• Re: Coolant warning light trouble
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 18:34:57 -0400
  ...I've replaced the sensor, the one with the two plastic covered metal prongs, with a used one that was thoroughly cleaned before installation...
• Re: Dying in the rain
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Wed, 02 Jul 1997 23:06:35 -0500
  ...Either main or air-flow sensor.??? Mine too. I suspect the 02 sensor is shorting out. But then, I always suspect the 02 sensor...
• Re: oxygen sensor test
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Tue, 07 Jan 1997 17:05:07 -0800
  ...If I recall correctly (it's been a number of months since I read it), the signals from the O2 sensor are suppose to...
• Re: Loss of power while cruising .
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 22:49:59 -0600
  ...Another probably cause would be O2 sensor, especially since shutting off, even when hot, and restarting gives you a 2 minute reprieve. The ecu...
• Re: 1.9L Engin Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave C.
  Sat, 16 Dec 2000 12:12:42 +0000
  ...Does the 1.9L waterboxer engine have a Knock Sensor in it? ie. a sensor that detects whether a lifter is "knocking" A knock...
• Re: Need O2 sensor shield help / advise
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 01:21:01 -0500
  ...If you really want to see the semi-square-wave of a sensor running in closed-loop, you need a scope. :) david -- David Beierl...
• DIY $20 digital oil temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 22:04:22 -0500
  ...It may have been talking more about the wire going to the sensor than the sensor itself. It also had some sort of alarm...
• Re: ...oil pressure...oil sensor
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 27 May 2005 23:50:29 -0700
  ...Re: ...oil pressure...oil sensor > > Well...the oil pressure is (if I recall) 20 psi at 2000 rpm, and I have a > new oil...