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• Re: Sensor in CAT question ??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 19 May 2001 11:04:39 -0700
  You may not have smog tests yet in your area but why purposely eliminate those things that help? The sensor is the O2 sensor...
• Re: What are the symptoms of a failing TEMP II Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:54:45 -0400
  I have gone through 3 [! ] temp II sensors in the 2 years on my 90 Van. In the case of the second and third...
• Re: Vanagon Electrical Puzzle 2
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:15:28 -0400
  I think your problem may be the coolant level sensor. After many years this sensor no longer functions correctly and must be replaced. Part...
• TDC sensor cable questions
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 15:26:58 -0400
  On a 1.9L WBX, how do you remove the cable from the TDC sensor (need to move from one engine to another)? Is...
• Blue Syncro oceanside
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:14:27 -0800
  ...I am assuming that this >> happened when the coolant temp sensor told the ECU to turn the heater >> off on the sensor. When I...
• Re: new O2 installed - engine dies
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 27 Jun 1998 17:20:50 -0500
  ----------------------- Hi Michael , Let me explain by giving you some meter readings from my 86 digifant / oxygen sensor and maybe you can discern where your...
• Re: 91 westy starts hard and stalls when cold
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 26 Sep 1999 11:38:46 -0400
  ...You could have an unmetered air leak or a O2 sensor malfunction. To check the O2 sensor unplug the sensor wire with ihe ignition...
• Re: Oil sensor still buzz after going to Mahle oil filter, now what?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 Aug 2000 02:39:50 -0400
  At 01:52 8/9/2000, Mark Dorm wrote: >Is that the way the oil sensor works??? it buzzes?? I've never gone low...
• Temp gauge on dash? Which sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Paul A. Cianciolo
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:04:44 -0500
  ...I have checked the sensor and it reads ok according to Bentley. DO I have the correct sensor? Thank you Paulc W1VLF
• Re: ECU & Coolant Temp Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:07:31 -0500
  ...The temps 2 sensor for the ECU and the sensor for the gauge are completely different. On the later vans, the low coolant only...
• Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 May 2008 23:25:28 -0400
  A steady reading of .5 to .6 volt is a sign of an open sensor or one that has not heated up enough to...
• Re: 1.9 runs better with 02 sensor disconnected-kinda long cause I need to ventialte
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:20:44 -0600
  Some times an O2 sensor comes out pretty well with a long wrench and a little cussin. On my 2.1 tho I've...
• Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 06:56:46 -0800
  Any body got any other ideas for attaching a seperate ground to a 1-wire O2 sensor? I don't want to trust the...
• Re: 87 HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Mitch Daughtry
  Sun, 17 Nov 1996 23:33:53 -0500
  > in the temp sensor wire where the engine rock! With a meter you > can test the temp. sensor. No need to replace if tests...
• Re: 85 stalling probs...Where's the ARCHIVE!!!?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:43:11 -0500
  David, 1> Idle Position Sensor. 2> TEMPII Sensor. 3>Archives : http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ New...
• O2 sensor, 2.1L
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Mar 1997 11:30:21 -0600
  Greetings list, I am replacing the O2 sensor in my 91. Several people have mentioned using a "generic" three-wire sensor ($30-50) instead...
• oxygen sensor replacement
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:48:48 -0800
  i just got a new oxygen sensor and i have a question, the new one i have has about three inches of wire leading...
• 87 Vanagon hesitation continues
  Historical mailing list - Kay O Fremgen
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 01:40:45 -0400
  Hi again, Original message below I have changed the O2 sensor and the problem persists. With sensor disconnected the van accelerates smoothly, with the...
• Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 May 2008 23:23:17 -0400
  It should be! The O2 sensor should almost always be in control after the engine is warmed up. The mixture is enriched for full...
• Re: O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:27:20 -0500
  > I had a Bosch generic three wire O2 sensor go bad after it was a month > old. The Bosch representative said it was the...
• Re: O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:27:20 -0500
  > I had a Bosch generic three wire O2 sensor go bad after it was a month > old. The Bosch representative said it was the...
• Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:18:58 -0400
  ...Shorting the engine end of the O2-sensor connector to ground makes the engine decrease RPM, run rough, and exhaust to smell rich. Voltage...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle. Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:49:48 -0400
  The sensors with the gray wire do not work! Not sure why but they don’t. For the Bosch sensor the two white wires...
• Re: crazy o2 sensor prob
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:23:02 -0500
  ...i just put in new temp > sensor and o2 sensor. > only way i can drive it normal is keeping the o2 sensor > disconneted. runs...
• Re: O2 Sensor - Low Prices 3-wire in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 18:43:03 -0400
  does the digifant waterboxer use a 3 wire sensor? i know the digifant golf uses a 4 wire sensor. for my engine conversion i...
• Re: are sensor wires polarity specific?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Feb 2006 20:06:49 -0500
  The gauge sensor only has one wire. The two wire sensor is the temp 2 sensor for the ECU and idle controller. There is...
• Re: Hall sffect sender/ engine in '90 Vanagon cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 00:49:14 EDT
  On my 88 Wolfsburg the wire harness going to the hall sensor had cracked where it curved down to plug into the hall sensor...
• coolent level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 06:11:42 -0800
  ...Decided to clean and check the coolent level sensor. Pulled the connector and expected the flashing LED on the clock to flash but it...
• Re: Another O2 sensor querry -- heater element elementals
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 19:13:02 -0400
  ...It runs open loop until it sees that the lambda sensor is working (because it's overpowering the bias voltage that the ECU puts...
• Re: Gas mileage/o2 sensor 1st report
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:42:24 -0400
  Neil, is your O2 sensor heated? Are the heater wires hooked up proper and functioning? If not, the O2 sensor won't provide accurate...
• Re: Did the mechanic do something?
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:18:29 -0700
  Good point, Mark, but measuring the voltage should give me an idea if the ECU is being driven by a faulty O2 sensor. Charles...
• O2 sensor splicing (was Re: Water-cooled VW parts?)
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 08:26:29 -0700
  ...The wire from the sensor to its connector is not coaxial. Hence there should be no problems making this splice when installing a generic...
• Re: Which antiseize for o2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:02:30 -0500
  At 10:37 AM 1/22/2001, Schmidt wrote: >Can I use the regular silver colored antiseize You can, but the sensor lifetime will...
• Re: High Cost of O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Thu, 22 May 2003 13:47:24 -0400
  It's the O2 sensor for a 1986 Ford Taurus with a V6. Richard Hotchkiss http://www.hotstrings-inc.com > From: TJ Hannink <tjhannink...
• Re: Did the mechanic do something?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:37:51 -0700
  While there may be good reasons for checking the effect of disconnecting the oxygen sensor, the fact that an engine runs better with it...
• Re: Thermostat housing differences, syncro and non-Temp 2 sensor plug
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:35:28 -0400
  Except for color the temp2 sensor plug is that same as a fuel injector plug. There are many varieties available in the aftermarket. Dennis...
• Re: O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Dec 1996 18:18:12 -0500
  ...I now use only bosch sensors on the vanagon. Beck arnley sells a universal sensor that is bosch. It has worked well so far...
• Re: expansion tank wierdness
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:36:33 -0400
  ...Check it out and the coolant sensor switch is loose. OK. So > the system gets hot and the sensor loosens up, tighten it down...
• Re: CIS-E FUEL INJECTION BAD O2 sensor TEST , LVC
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:01:53 -0700
  ...Anyone know what symtoms a bad O2 > sensor in this system would cause? I > put an digital volt measer on the O2 sensor > and...
• Fw: Temp 2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Martin
  Wed, 19 May 1999 07:00:28 -0500
  ...Temp 2 sensor >My Bentley shows that both sensors on the thermostate housing on a 87 >Vanagon to be for the fuel injection temp...
• Re: Where's my O2 sensor - 1988 Weekender
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 15:25:07 -0600
  ...The O2 sensor scres into the CAT. Converter. On the 84 models its in a different place. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver VWNut...
• temp 2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 16:46:19 EDT
  My temp 2 sensor reads approx 2k ohms when cold and 400-500 ohms when hot. Is this a normal reading or is there...
• Water Temperature Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Rodrigo Bonilla
  Wed, 7 Jul 2004 21:58:43 -0500
  I have a vanagon 83 water cooled, the engine is not working properly, I need the Water Temperature Sensor, Do you know if other...
• Re: O2 Sensor 85 motor to 87 motor compatibility Question.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 31 May 2005 10:18:49 -0400
  I think O2 sensors are overpriced at mail order companys. I got the identical single wire sensor that most venders sell, at Advance Auto...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 19:25:52 -0600
  ...It was in fact the O2 sensor ground wire (green slightly > larger gauge wire). Someone had mistakenly plugged it into the unused spade > connector...
• Coolant Level Sensor observation
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 May 2019 15:28:18 -0400
  I have, once again, replaced the 251 919 372 Coolant Level Sensor to fix the blinking red light in the Coolant Temperature Gauge in...
• Re: 1/4 mile syndrome is back!
  Historical mailing list - Darie Duclos
  Sat, 9 Oct 1999 10:16:56 +0200
  Hi again, It's the oxygen sensor! I waited all week for the problem to show up again, and when it did last night...
• Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 16:14:01 -0800
  The true O2 sensor circuit ground point is nowhere near the O2 sensor and does not share any wires with the O2 sensor wiring...
• Sensor Tester at NAPA on Sale
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 13:52:42 +0000
  Today I purchased a Napa brand, Ultra Pro Sensor Tester. Model # 95122 For Foreign cars sensors, They have a domestic #95121. Turns out they...
• Leak at coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 13:03:50 -0500
  Until I got my '86 Diesel DoubleCab, I had never had a coolant level sensor on the coolant expansion tank. Now it appears I...
• Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed lead voltages!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:08:14 -0400
  I tried to provide an extremely simplified explanation of why there is a measurable voltage on the O2 sensor lead for those that do...
• Re: temp 2 sensors?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 14 May 2005 10:19:59 -0400
  Temp II sensor is located in the thermostat housing of the cooling system not the catalytic convertor (the oxygen sensor is located there). Perhaps...
• Re: O2 Sensor Questions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 20:10:12 -0600
  Hello Chad and Trea, There has been disussion the last few weeks about 02 sensors, you may want to check the recent archives.. The...
• Re: O2 Sensor Questions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 20:10:12 -0600
  Hello Chad and Trea, There has been disussion the last few weeks about 02 sensors, you may want to check the recent archives.. The...
• Re: Vanagon O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:42:58 -0100
  > My '85 is running better with the O2 sensor disconnected. I have a problem > at idle and when accelerating from a stop when the...
• clarification please
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Feb 1997 19:20:20 -0500
  Can someone please shed some light on a problem I am having concerning the coolant temperature sensor. Is the temperature coolant sensor the little...
• Re: Which O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:55:03 -0500
  Have you checked the sensor with a meter to be sure that it is weak? Larry A. Jeffrey Vickers wrote: > I've been getting...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:20:32 -0700
  Need to know if you have the 02 sensor still connected into the system while you take the voltage reading. The 02 should still...
• Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:29:18 -0400
  There is a way to test the O2 sensor system for response. With the engnine warm and running, short the O2 sensor lead to...
• O2 sensor useful life?
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:17:23 -0700
  At 10:38 AM 8/14/98, Yi-Ruey Wei wrote: >A O2 sensors generally last only 30K to 60K? Then why Vanagon(88...