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Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:39:53 -0400
...Some air-flow meters may experience a vibration resonance of the metering potentiometer wiper during extended constant driving. This resonance causes the air-flow...
Vanagon FI Test Equip & Sorry
Historical mailing list
Thu, 13 Oct 1994 10:21:15 -0400
...Sun 105 CO Tester; superceded by MGA-1400. Both big motha CO and exhaust testers. About $5,000 each. Would the JC Whitney tester...
Re: Electrical problem?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 1 Jun 2014 11:59:31 -0400
...Honestly, the digital clock is the only thing I can think of that is on. How do you test for a change in the...
Re: Fuel system...follow up
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:58:50 -0700
...I recall reading on this list a test > for the O2 sensor voltges using a meter. If they are off, then the ECU > will...
Re: 85' 1.9 still running rich help :-(
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:13:56 -0500
...The digital meter won't show the alternations as such, but will show some readings above a half volt and some below -- the exact...
Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:22:28 -0700
...I grew up with analog meters and really miss how good they were for showing changes in voltage or current whereas digital meters are...
Re: Faint sputter/stutter at 70mph
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:09:44 -0700
...always check that with a digital volt meter, or some device to tell if the 02 sensor is sending the right info to the...
Re: wanagon
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Sat, 10 Mar 2001 13:36:49 -0600
...I could monitor what the engine was doing with a digital multi-meter. If you run a wire out the engine cover, be safe...
Re: [WetWesties] Aux battery Woahs -Status
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:57:47 -0400
...Suggest making a list of everything > that uses electricity and then going through and checking all wires, > disconnecting while watching your digital multi meter...
First cleanup Re: Westy water tank level indicator problem
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 9 Jul 2014 08:17:46 -0400
...Most digital meters have ten megohm sensitivity on voltage ranges, but some cheap ones may be one megohm. A ten megohm meter will drag...
Re: [WetWesties] Aux battery Woahs -Status
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 23 Jun 2015 18:25:13 -0700
...Suggest making a list of everything that uses electricity and then going through and checking all wires, disconnecting while watching your digital multi meter...
DJ-code WBX technical specs
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:36:40 -0500
...multi-point fuel injection - intermittient air metering: flow Valve timing at 1mm lift in degrees inlet open: 10 BTDC inlet close: 48 ABDC exhaust...
Re: My O2 sensor is NOT faulty..(follow-up to a question yesterday)
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Tue, 9 Sep 2014 10:33:11 -1000
...There is a very very simple test with a digital voltmeter that can tell you for sure if the 02 sensor and it's...
Re: Heater blower motor questions
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:04:37 -0500
...access to such a meter you can build a shunt out of copper wire and use your 200 mV digital voltmeter to measure across...
Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:38:39 -0400
...I grew up with analog meters and really miss how good they were for showing changes in voltage or current whereas digital meters are...
Re: [WetWesties] Aux battery Woahs -Status
Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
Tue, 23 Jun 2015 18:58:23 -0700
...Suggest making a list of everything that uses electricity and then going through and checking all wires, disconnecting while watching your digital multi meter...
Re: interesting for o2 sens/power loss topic
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Sun, 11 Mar 2001 08:57:01 -0600
...ECU by using a digital multi-meter, in open loop or closed loop. Might be good info for your testing. Happy Traveling, Mark Ingalls...
Re: doc wattson or watts up?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:42:34 -0400
...a) Only one power-carrying lead passing through the meter ("three-wire" connection). b) Free air circulation around the meter and its leads. Out...
Re: alt. light
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Fri, 8 Aug 2008 21:35:07 -0400
...at the > > battery with a digital voltmeter. With engine off or just started but > > never revved, the meter should ready less than 13 volts...
Re: hesitation/bucking (was: Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...)
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Sat, 17 May 2008 02:06:49 -0400
...tested Oxygen Sensor, and... >> >> Just for fun, I decided to go out and "test" my oxygen sensor today, by >> which I mean I warmed...
Re: FI Weirdness -- please help
Historical mailing list - kenstich
Fri, 3 Jul 1998 00:38:39 -0600
...4) Maybe then check injector power at one of the injectors - put a meter or test light on a disconnected injector connector power pin...
Re: Heater blower motor questions
Historical mailing list - James Felder
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:01:01 -0600
...access to such a meter you can build a shunt out of copper wire and use your 200 mV digital voltmeter to measure across...
Re: hesitation/bucking (was: Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...)
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Sat, 17 May 2008 12:56:22 -0400
Thanks again for the replies! I'm going to go out and check my air flow meter and throttle switch resistances according to bentley...
Continuing to diagnose rich rough running Digifant ....from yesterday
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 24 Jul 2014 06:59:03 -0700
...and I turn the ohm meter to the 20k scale, I see no movement at all from the digital readout....When I probe the...
Idle test for digifant.
Historical mailing list
Thu, 8 May 1997 12:45:17 -0500 (CDT)
...I used this test to repair my van. I used a Craftsman engine analizer to measure the RPM and a Fluke digital multimeter to...
Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:51:03 -0700
...I grew up with analog meters and really > miss how good they were for showing changes in voltage or current whereas > digital meters are...
Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
Historical mailing list - David Vickery
Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:05:37 -0700
...Some air-flow meters > may experience a > vibration resonance of the metering potentiometer wiper > during extended > constant driving. This resonance causes the air-flow...
article: Alternator Charging Systems (long)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 14 Jun 95 10:30:51 CDT
...A digital test meter is necessary for this test; analog-type meters lack sufficient resolution. Also, the house and chassis batteries should be fully...
Re: [WetWesties] Aux battery Woahs -Status
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 23 Jun 2015 19:34:56 -0700
...Suggest making a list of everything that uses electricity and then going through and checking all wires, disconnecting while watching your digital multi meter...
Re: 84 westy alternator light flickers(longish)
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Mon, 8 May 2000 18:22:09 -0700
...Is there a way >to test the alternator., Hook a digital multimeter up to the battery terminals. (Do not use a cheap analog or...
Re: ECU Digital
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Mon, 16 May 2022 22:38:31 -0400
...ECU Digital > > Hi Dennis, > > I’m collecting your last several emails on this topic and have them printed and hoping to follow the steps...
Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
Historical mailing list - Jack R.
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:58:57 -0400
...My tentative game plan is to check the alternator output, somehow..I have the digital tester and I recall our Bosche VW alternators are...
Improved Voltage Regulator (more volts) For Vanagon
Historical mailing list
Wed, 27 Dec 1995 11:41:15 -0500
...To test this you will need a digital voltmeter to do a >volt-drop test. Set the meter to auto ranging or on the...
Re: hesitation/bucking (was: Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Fri, 16 May 2008 23:38:43 -0700
...tested Oxygen Sensor, and... > > Just for fun, I decided to go out and "test" my oxygen sensor today, by > which I mean I warmed...
Re: Continuing to diagnose rich rough running Digifant ....from yesterday
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:19:51 -0700
...and I turn the ohm meter to the > 20k scale, I see no movement at all from the digital readout....When I > probe the...
Re: [WetWesties] Aux battery Woahs -Status
Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:04:07 -0700
...Suggest making a list of everything that uses electricity and then going through and checking all wires, disconnecting while watching your digital multi meter...
Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:32:49 -0800
...multi-point fuel injection - intermittient air metering: flow Valve timing at 1mm lift in degrees inlet open: 10 BTDC inlet close: 48 ABDC exhaust...
Re: vanagon 1.9 L FI problems
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Sun, 18 Mar 2001 21:39:29 -0600
...I could monitor what the >engine was doing with a digital multi-meter. If you run a wire out the >engine cover, be safe...
Re: ECU Digital
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Tue, 17 May 2022 06:59:33 -0700
...ECU Digital > > > > Hi Dennis, > > > > I’m collecting your last several emails on this topic and have them > printed and hoping to follow the steps...
Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:20:15 -0400
...Some air-flow meters > > may experience a > > vibration resonance of the metering potentiometer wiper > > during extended > > constant driving. This resonance causes the air-flow...
Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:43:42 -0400
...I grew up with analog meters and really > miss how good they were for showing changes in voltage or current whereas > digital meters are...
Re: 85 with uneven idle/poor fuel economy (response long and thorough)
Historical mailing list - Dave C.
Sat, 9 Dec 2000 22:52:20 -0500
...I could live with this but my fuel economy > hasn't improved. > So I finally went out and bought a digital multi-meter at...
Re: [WetWesties] Aux battery Woahs -Status
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:10:44 -0700
...Suggest making a list of everything that uses electricity and then going through and checking all wires, disconnecting while watching your digital multi meter...
Re: gremlins in ignition
Historical mailing list
Wed, 15 Jan 1997 18:48:15 +0200
...There is also another box DLS (Digitale Leerlauf Stabilisierung) which keeps your engine on perfect idle revolutions. The DLS can be switched out by...
Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:17:34 -0500
...multi-point fuel injection - intermittient > air metering: flow > > Valve timing at 1mm lift in degrees > > inlet open: 10 BTDC > inlet close: 48 ABDC > exhaust...
Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:22:13 -0400
...plan is to check the alternator output, somehow..I have the digital tester and > I recall our Bosche VW alternators are around 35 amps...
Re: Now: Jetta ECU-Coil Amp Draw Was: Ignition Switch "Su"...
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:05:42 -0800
...small boxwith digital readout .. this one does up to 30 amps. It very convenienty plugs in where a fuse was .. the more modern spade...
Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:29:39 -0700
...I grew up with analog meters and really >> miss how good they were for showing changes in voltage or current whereas >> digital meters are...
Re: [WetWesties] Aux battery Woahs -Status
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:17:33 -0700
...Suggest making a list of everything that uses electricity and then going through and checking all wires, disconnecting while watching your digital multi meter...
Re: Not passing smog, still... Need help!
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:48:40 -0700
...If your still not below the idle HC, then read my posts on adjusting the basic fuel injection with a digital voltmeter and the...
Re: Still running like crap, the saga continues
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:55:52 -0800
...Just read your Bently on how to test the temp sensor. Need an ohm meter, preferably digital in m world, but not totally necessary...
Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
Historical mailing list
Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:32:15 -0700
...My tentative game plan is to check the alternator output, somehow..I have the digital tester and I recall our Bosche VW alternators are...
Cruise Control troubleshooting: continued
Historical mailing list - boroko
Sun, 8 Jun 2003 22:09:54 -0500
...You'll likely see a slight bump on a meter needle if it's analog, or an erratic reading if it's a digital...
Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:45:46 -0400
...plan is to check the alternator output, somehow..I have >the digital tester and >I recall our Bosche VW alternators are around 35 amps...
Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
Historical mailing list - Jack R.
Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:49:05 -0400
...I grew up with analog meters and really >> miss how good they were for showing changes in voltage or current whereas >> digital meters are...
Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:20:28 -0800
...multi-point fuel injection - intermittient air metering: flow Valve timing at 1mm lift in degrees inlet open: 10 BTDC inlet close: 48 ABDC exhaust...
Re: 87 Syncro - Vanagon-type Syndrome and Questions-Learning!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:08:08 -0500
...Invest in a fairly good digital multi-meter that also has a bar graph display. The bar graph display responds much faster than the...
Re: Not passing smog, still... Need help!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 21:19:07 -0400
A compression test can be deceptive and does not tell where the problem really is. Oil can seal a valve as well as the...
Re: On the topic of Battery explosion/voltage reg Batt & Charging Discussion by SDF
Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:05:58 -0700
...very, very rare actually.) But...........here's how to test it according to Scott Daniel Foss, Turbovans ( Digital Voltmeter is best for this, analogue...
Re: Not passing smog, still... Need help!
Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:17:14 -0700
Danke, Her Keller! The compression test today showed might fine compression in all but #4. #1=130, #2=128, #3=132 and #4=98...