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turn o2 sensor off
Historical mailing list - matt
Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:55:07 -0700
Anyone know where to turn the o2 sensor light off at? thanks matt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >...computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes...
High Cost of O2 Sensor
Historical mailing list - Sidney White
Thu, 22 May 2003 13:01:49 EDT
In calling around and shopping on Internet I cannot find an O2 sensor for less than $140.00. Isn't this ridiculous considering the...
New problem (updated O2 sensor question)
Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:55:59 -0400
...Shouldn't I notice a detectable difference with the O2 sensor disconnected at idle or driving? TJ
Re: 1.9 L engine 10mpg
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:07:41 -0800
Your O2 sensor might be clogged up, resulting in a lean reading to your ECU. Try disconnecting your O2 sensor wire from the ECU...
Ground for o2 sensor and ECU
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:30:52 +0000
Does it make any sence to have the O2 sensor, ECU and any other critical sensor gounds all ground at the same point? Or...
Re: 91 syncro troubleshoot ?'s
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
Sat, 11 Jul 1998 22:58:51 -0700
...I read the conclusions and don't think it covers my problem although It is related... > I just installed a new O2 sensor. It...
engine management theory
Historical mailing list - Lance LeBaron
Sat, 15 Jan 2000 19:54:11 PST
...I wonder if The O2 sensor fake out box would work if it added or subtracted a voltage from the O2 voltage instead of...
Re: o2 sensor didn't solve it
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:01:55 -0800
...The problem you had before sounded like an O2 problem since turning the key off and back on cleared it up. The ECU ignores...
Re: How to remove O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 17:48:01 -0400
Hi Dennis, My thread chaser has two ends the 14mm spark plug end and the 18mm end for the O2 threads. Sorry I didn...
Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:21:27 -0700
Any abnormal smoke from exhaust? (rich running) At green O2 wire on body harness, check for short between center lead and outer braided shield...
Re: Bosch generic o2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 21:11:22 EDT
I noticed this evening that Zygmunt has generic Bosch O2 sensors for $18.90, at least for my van ......'84 If you are interested...
Re: How to remove O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 11:46:33 -1000
...I've done this a couple times and it has worked > out each time and I was able to reuse the O2 sensor with...
O2-senser voltage testing
Historical mailing list - Leo Lee
Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:24:21 -0700
To detect the voltage deliver from the O2 senser to the ECU after engine warm up, I connected the positive end of a voltmeter...
Re: Bosch 4 wire O2 sensor PN
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:17:26 -0800
2.1's have 3 wire O2 Sensors, not 4 wire. Try these two links (the number after the "=" is the Bosch Number): http...
Re: Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:23:29 -0700
...It goes unshielded from the O2 sensor about 15", snaking up into the engine bay, where it enters the wiring harness and crosses another...
O2 sensor question.
Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
Sat, 3 Nov 2001 18:32:14 -0500
...The only option for putting the O2 sensor back in the current system, would have the O2 sensor only reading from one of the...
Re: Cat / O2 Sensor Removal
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 5 May 2008 21:51:10 -0500
Ya gotta keep the cat and the O2 sensor. Remove the O2 sensor and your wallet will hate you because it will no longer...
Re: 87 Vanagon hesitation chapter (3)
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Fri, 14 Aug 1998 16:06:41 -0500
...Most newer applications now use 4 wire O2 sensors that connects the O2 plus and minus directly to the ECU O2 circuits. Maybe a...
Re: O2 sensor testing the wires...
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Tue, 3 Apr 2007 21:01:37 -0500
...Unplug connector at O2 sensor. Unplug connector at ECU. Put one VOM probe to a prong in the harness side of the O2 sensor...
Re: O2 sensor transition time
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Sat, 9 May 2009 08:50:08 -0400
...Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:38 PM Subject: [VANAGON] O2 sensor transition time > Running an '89 2.1l -- how fast should the O2 sensor...
Re: Fuel injector cleaner: harm O2 sensor?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 5 Mar 2016 11:08:54 -0500
...harm O2 sensor? Hi all. Has anyone found that running fuel injector cleaner has fouled their O2 sensor? After running a bottle through, my...
Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 3 Aug 2008 20:41:58 -0400
When I had the old (210,000 mile) 1.9, in my '85, it would run smooth and feel normal with the O2 sensor...
Can O2-sensor make engine run too lean?
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:15:00 -0500
Have been running engine with O2-sensor disconnected for past couple of weeks. Engine performance okay in other regards with sensor disconnected. My Son...
Re: Loss of Power after carwash
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Tue, 7 Apr 2009 08:39:41 -0400
Exhaust sounds throaty after car wash? Check for cracks while you're looking at the O2 sensor. Cracks ahead of the sensor can cause...
Re: O2 light
Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
Sun, 5 Nov 2000 10:01:45 -0500
http://www.vanagon.com/problems/oxs-light.html > My O2 sensor light is now on permanently. The engine is running fine; O2 > sensor itself...
O2 Sensor '85 vanagon
Historical mailing list - Psychic Trucker
Sun, 15 Sep 1996 15:34:08 +0600
Hello everyone, could someone please tell me how to turn off the O2 sensor, or at least direct me to the page in the...
O2 sensor thread size? Helicoil kit part number?
Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:14:51 -0400
Is the O2 sensor thread size M18 1.5? If so.. anyone know the helicoil kit part number to tap this out and put...
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: Stuck O2 Sensor
Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
Sun, 3 Feb 2002 16:21:37 -0700
...Stuck O2 Sensor > > > > Les Shiaman wrote: > > > > > > My current o2 sensor has been on for 80,000 miles so i am trying to > > > replace it...
Re: O2 Sensor Disconnected=better mpg???
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Fri, 26 Oct 2001 10:45:42 -0700
So you o2 sensor is new. You didn't use any antisieze compounds on the threads when you turned it in? You didn't...
Re: Digifant Operating Specs
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Sat, 11 Nov 2000 19:43:09 -0600
...I next reconnected the O2 output to the ECU while keeping the multi-meter connection piggy-backed as well. Now the O2 output changes...
Re: Fuel Injection tuning - wide band O2 sensors
Historical mailing list - Dennis
Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:39:57 -0400
I checked the Halmeter Kit...it's pretty much the same as using a voltmeter on the existing O2 sensor, in other words, not...
Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
Historical mailing list - Jon VO
Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:35:09 -0700
...On 2/27/2015 4:54 PM, Steven Johnson wrote: > Agreeing with Mark, O2 sensor. Had similar issue with my > 91 and a replacement...
Re: O2 sensor question
Historical mailing list - Erik C Peterson
Fri, 6 Jun 1997 09:37:02 -0700 (PDT)
The O2 sensor is in closed loop while in startup and warmup, then it goes to open loop after the sensor is at operating...
Re: How to remove O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 14:43:55 -0400
Rich Is the thread on the O2 sensor the same as a spark plug? Looking through my tools I did find a spark plug...
Re: Help one Vanagon owner, please
Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
Sat, 10 May 2008 08:42:36 -0700
...This will force the system open loop, ignoring the o2 sensor. > > If that works, there's some o2 sensor and/or ground problem. > > If...
Re: O2 sensors revisited (short)
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:35:36 -0400
...I do not believe a new O2 sensor is going to fix your cold running van. Sounds like you need a thermostat instead. Ken...
Re: O2 SENSOR IDIOT LIGHT
Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
Thu, 17 Apr 1997 13:46:23 -0500
Gregg, If you're replacing your O2 sensor every 25k miles, you're waisting a lot of money! My manual specifically says that the...
Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:01:49 -0700
...O2 sensor in gutted cat question hi, it was suggested to me that the O2 sensor in the stock position in a 2.1...
Re: HELP 90 bucking
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 3 Nov 1999 12:35:43 -0600
In the event you haven't resolved this yet, try warming the engine up, then disconnect the O2 sensor. Next drive it some. With...
Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:00:47 -0700
...I think that my 2nd O2 sensor got clogged up due to all that soot in the exhaust. After driving for a while without...
Re: O2 sensor transition time
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sat, 9 May 2009 08:32:00 -0700
For the record, my O2 sensor cycles at 126 beats per minute according to my metronome. That's 2 cycles per second in a...
Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:27:47 -0700
...O2 sensors brand quality difference? I am replacing what's almost surely a failing O2 sensor in my inline VW motored van and I...
O2 Sensor problem
Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
Sun, 22 Mar 2020 11:24:54 -0500
...With engine running and o2 sensor connected, Ive got 0.92 v sensor to ground. Running and O2 disconnected .91v on sensor and .44v...
Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:00:30 -0700
...O2 sensors brand quality difference? I am replacing what's almost surely a failing O2 sensor in my inline VW motored van and I...
Re: two questions
Historical mailing list - Casey, Tim
Thu, 19 Dec 96 15:45:00 PST
>Gregory Mitch Daughtry wrote " O1 would be ozone, the stuff that is created when fluorocarbons >released from aerosol cans combine with O2. Ozone is...
Re: Vanagon O2 Sensors
Historical mailing list - Chris Bracken
Wed, 15 Jul 1998 13:40:52 -0700
The discussion about "Generic" O2 Sensors led me to my FLAP. The counterman let me go through the Bosch book, and I could not...
Re: Tii Trading Co. 2.0 South African conversion kit
Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
Sun, 6 Feb 2000 12:57:59 -0800
...The O2 sensor is > mounted in the cat in most Vanagons. ahh, but does the ECU use the O2 sensor? dave
diagnostic help? running rich(?)...
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:31:58 -0600
...Do you suppose that means I have a > bad O2 sensor, or am I testing it improperly? > > > > Hi...I just re tested my O2...
Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:58:00 -0400
Just because the O2 sensor is new does not mean it is good. Once they are exposed to excessive carbon or if silicon is...
More ECU questions
Historical mailing list - Stephen Buck
Tue, 26 Nov 2002 19:08:51 -0500
...Voltage on the O2 input to the ECU is 0.5v with the O2 sensor disconnected (I suspect that is the default). However, when...
Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 2 Feb 2015 10:57:06 -0800
...Removing stuck O2 sensor Stuart, Have you used a voltmeter to check the O2 sensor while the engine is running? Even if your DVM...
Re: FW: Inexpensive O2 Sensors - A Suggestion
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Fri, 16 Feb 2001 18:12:25 -0800
...Inexpensive O2 Sensors - A Suggestion > 2) The way I understand this whole O2 thing is that it is a binary value. > Why not remove...
Re: Rusted on O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:59:55 -0500
...Rusted on O2 sensor > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Hi All, > > I'm trying to remove my o2 sensor but it's rusted in...
Where is the O2 sensor LED reset button?
Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
Fri, 22 Mar 2002 07:54:08 -0800
...I'm out on Cape Hatteras, NC, Freezing my butt off and the O2 sensor light comes on. Bentley says to change sensor and...
Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:11:49 -0400
...O2 sensors brand quality difference? I am replacing what's almost surely a failing O2 sensor in my inline VW motored van and I...
new O2 installed - engine dies
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 14:40:54 -0400
Dear List, I finally got around to installing a new 3-wire O2 sensor (generic from Ron @ Bus Depot) on my 87 Westy Syncro...
Re: One more %^$ part...now O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:03:42 -0400
...Vanagon 1973 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" > Volks, > if the "direct fit" O2 sensor for your 86-91 Vanagon is hard to find or > too...
FW: What does o2 sensor do?
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:03:43 -0400
...What does o2 sensor do? HI All, I recently found that my o2 sensor was disconnected (the sensor that sticks into the catalytic convertor...
Re: 1991 Vanagon sputters and blows black smoke on highway.
Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
Wed, 2 Jul 2003 21:15:01 -0700
Hi All, The below method is a perfect way to check if the problem is the O2 sensor, but do this check while you...