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• Re: Silicone tape was '85 with geysering coolant (Update)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 09:56:53 -0700
  ...It would also be a wise choice for sealing wire connections under the van. Assuming it is similar to what we use, there is...
• Re: Puzzled by thesamba instructions: Convert 82D fan wiring to '86 fan.
  Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
  Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:14:39 -0700
  ...three prong temp sensor connector onto your existing wiring: >> The wiring will require a voltmeter or test light. There should be 4 >> wires, 2...
• Re: 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:20:20 -0800
  for an easy first test I'd check the resistance of Temp Sensor II .. especially warm. is the throttle switch making contact at idle...
• Re: '87 Westy 2.1L, Running Rough, No Power, Dies at Idle (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Mon, 3 Sep 2012 23:10:09 +0000
  ...If the symptom clears for a short while then > the o2 sensor wiring is the problem. What to check? > The green wire to the...
• Re: Water reservoir level sensor float? (87 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:10:44 -0700
  ...they don't work, and i haven't troubleshot them, except that the bottom one needs a new spade connector on the wire...i...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:27:28 -0400
  ...the same amount >> of gear, so no data there. >> >>> Bad sensor or wire, thus sending weak signal to your computer? >> The fact that the...
• Re: Truck Fridge / Pilot light indicator
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:33:50 -0400
  At 09:45 AM 6/29/2010 Tuesday, Stephen Cebula wrote: >noticed in the Bently Manual that the original pilot sensor switch >opens and...
• Blinking Oil Light
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:13:03 -0700
  ...I guessing (hoping?) that it's a loose wire connection or bad pressure sensor. Which of the two sensors, high or low, would most...
• Yes, we are going(long) was Last chance/need assistance
  Historical mailing list - David Ohlemacher
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 20:57:22 -0400
  ...Connection broken, wires frayed. So I order main pipe, muffler, distributor (comes with new rotor and cap, oh boy!) cat and O2 sensor. Wait...
• Re: The Vanille Shake Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 23:56:41 -0800
  ...you'll see two temp sensors screwed into what is the thermostat housing. the single wire one is for your Temp Gauge. the other...
• Re: Water level sensor in camper tank
  Historical mailing list - Ed Wiebe
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 20:37:56 -0700
  ...Water level sensor in camper tank At 10:14 PM 8/6/2010 Friday, Ed Wiebe wrote: >http://picasaweb.google.ca/ewieber/WestyDomesticWaterTankLevelSensor# >you...
• Re: oil loss connected to power loss?
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (Certifiable VW mech)
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 21:55:08 +0000
  ...Oxygen sensors are supposed to be replaced every 30k to 60kmi depending on whether it is a one or three wire sensor, one wire...
• Re: Multi Conductor Shielded Automotive Wire Temperature Rating
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:55:57 -0800
  ...thumb you should go down three AWG numbers (or double > the number if you're using mm^2 wire). > > Changing the *location* of a...
• Re: 1.9 low power problem
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:22:32 -0800
  ...Unplug the sensor wire, and try the same driving course, to try to duplicate the problem... Brendan Slevin wrote: Well, Totoro has been running...
• Re: Now what have I done.... Flashing oil light??
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:23:22 -0500
  ...sensor I >> am familiar with on my vanagon is the sensor between the 3-4 cylinder >> pushrod tubes. >> >> Haven't seen any stray wires...
• Re: Link to 12v DC outhouse exhaust fan?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:27:47 -0500
  ...If any of the fans you run across have three wires, the third wire is probably for a tachometer or temperature sensor. Computer motherboards...
• Removing A/C from 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Melissa E. Mourkas
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 18:11:32 -0500
  ...to three hoses running into the side cabinet(driver side, US). One has what appears to be a sensor and/ or ground wire hooked...
• Re: '87 Westy 2.1L, Running Rough, No Power, Dies at Idle (Long)
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 3 Sep 2012 18:43:47 -0600
  ...If the symptom clears for a short >> while then >> the o2 sensor wiring is the problem. What to check? >> The green wire to the...
• Re: bucking/ what fix
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:42:43 -0500
  ...Replacing O 2 sensor with the expensive 3 wire unit and putting in new AFM box did solve the problem. Needed the O2 sensor...
• Re: The end of the road (86 westy runnin' rich) - LONG STORY
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 06:23:17 -0400
  ...the AFM three times (god)!. So I decided that I will replace that > "missing" ground by running a new one wire from terminal 19...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Jason Brand
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:25:59 -0400
  ...the same > amount > >> of gear, so no data there. > >> > >>> Bad sensor or wire, thus sending weak signal to your computer? > >> The fact that the...
• 83 Vanagon stalling UPDATE
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 10:03:52 -0400
  ...1) Checked intake air sensor - OK (As per Fred "the Motorhead" from Annapolis, MD - owner of Annaptown Imports) 2) Checked aux. air regulator - open...
• 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:38:17 -0600
  ...Anyway, I made a mistake by letting a wire get caught under the driver side rubber gasket, which cases coolant to pool on top...
• 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
  ...Clean firewall contact of flat braided ground wire from left cylinder head. Clean all of the vehicles ground points, ground wires, and sensor contacts...
• Re: Throttle Idle RPM question
  Historical mailing list - Ramon Hill
  Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:46:37 -0500
  ...cargo deck, the sensor is sticking out sideways toward the left rear wheel ... press down on the long-side silver wire (check the fuel...
• Re: 89 vanagon: Something missing from the alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 09:08:08 -0700
  ...for the oil to >> drain, I noticed that there is a three pin connector cable-tied to the right >> back side of the alternator...
• Bad has milleage
  Historical mailing list - Leo Lee
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:16:44 -0700
  ...15-16.5 mpg in three camping trips. The compression is good, spark plugs, rotor, timing, air cleaner, wire connection, vacuum are all fine...
• Re: Water level sensor in camper tank
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 23:07:27 -0400
  ...I have a nasty feeling, though, that it's the kind with three, which is harder to find. If so, you need to be...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:46:58 -0700
  ...the same > amount >>> of gear, so no data there. >>> >>>> Bad sensor or wire, thus sending weak signal to your computer? >>> The fact that the...
• Feeling a little sluggish
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 07:56:51 -0400
  ...distributor, rotor, plugs and wires, air filter, fuel filter, O2 sensor, oil and filter, AutoBahn coolant, air intake boot. I also reconnected some vacuum...
• Re: 1.9 low power problem
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:05:27 -0800
  ...Unplug the sensor wire, and try the same driving course, to try to duplicate the problem... Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM> wrote: Well, Totoro...
• Re: fan switch or sensor
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sun, 28 Sep 2003 18:14:38 +0200
  ...wanting to replace the switch or sensor that > turns the radiator fan on at various temperature. > The three speed fan on my 87 vanagon...
• Re: More Salt Lake City
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:40:38 -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...
• Repaired water tank sesor!
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sat, 15 May 1999 13:55:46 -0700
  ...I got the water tank sensor working properly today! It required modification of the circuit that runs the three LED's in the panel...
• Re: Losing power...update
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:14:56 -0700
  ...The three recurring suggestions from list members were: 1) Hall sender wires are shorting out on distributor body therefore replace Hall unit or entire...
• Re: The Vanille Shake Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 23:39:03 -0800
  ...if I ever need to , I think I'll unplug the ECU and 02 sensor .. the ohm check between the 02 sensor signal wire...
• Re: Runs like crap when cold
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 22 May 2008 11:02:53 -0500
  ...three, the Vanagon cannot be maintained properly, nor can proper trouble-shooting be done when there is a problem. The Temp II sensor is...
• Ongoing engine build, it starts! part 4
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 May 1995 08:35:18 -0700
  ...Connect FI oil temp sensor, run wires to general location, lots of wires. Vaccuum out manifolds and spark plug holes in case any gunk...
• Re: What should I hear if I pressurize my intake manifold?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:40:32 -0700
  ...the fuel pressure reg, new spark plugs, new wires, three > different coils, three different coolant sensors, two different > distributors, and checked the timing everywhichway...
• Re: Eurospec problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 21:57:57 -0700
  ...all three revisions of the Digifant II system. Easiest way to tell what you have is to look at the Idle Stabilizer wire colors...
• Re: Mystery Loss of Power At Startup
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:43:49 -0400
  ...since those wires had to be jostled some while replacing the two injectors on that side. It's possible that some sensor failed (o2...
• Re: 3 prong connector on alternator
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 21:25:42 -0500
  ...The three wire connector is connected to a hall sensor that is powered through the three wire connector, it blinks a light at TDC...
• Re: Water level/temp warning flasher
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:08:37 -0400
  ...1) ground the temp sensor (the one with the single wire) briefly. Needle should head for the sky, if not you have more problems...
• Re: Idle Relay - Idle Valve match?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:06:28 -0700
  ...sensor, so that's always a possible source of trouble. A marginal connection could cause the trouble you describe. Excess resistance on the wire...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Problem
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:21:04 -0800
  ...in fact, it was just a rotten brittle ground wire (very small gauge wire on my vehicle) that was intermittent. Worth a look. Don...
• Re: Won't Start...Again 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - John Erickson
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 08:28:22 -0700
  ...Of the three items you listed...coil, hall sensor, and ecu, which is most likely to operate intermittently? (I sometimes smell fuel when I...
• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:24:30 -0700
  ...The fully mechanical VW TD motor needs 1 wire to run the engine. The gasoline wbx with Digifant has a 25 pin ECU. The...
• Re: Idiot lights
  Historical mailing list - wogdog
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 18:51:36 -0700
  ...As far at the O2 sensor light being on, I read in the archives that the bulbs are wired that way so that you...
• Re: HELP THE VOLKSWAGEN GODS HATE ME!}:(
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Wed, 05 Feb 1997 10:04:49 -0800
  ...I've replaced spark plug > wires, cap and rotor, fuel filters, that expensive o2 sensor. After > replacing the o2 sensor I thought the whole...
• Re: EGR light
  Historical mailing list - Ra�l Barreras
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:27:42 -0400
  ...which will turn off the light. > >dealers, in later years, just cut the wires cause vw changed the >'suggested life' of the oxygen sensor...
• Re: 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:02:24 -0600
  ...Before I found the head gasket leak, I was able to run it to warm > and then drive it for three or four miles...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:48:21 -0400
  ...the same > amount >>> of gear, so no data there. >>> >>>> Bad sensor or wire, thus sending weak signal to your computer? >>> The fact that the...
• Re: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:43:58 -0700
  ...The O2 sensor system switches between rich and lean rapidly so these three reactions can happen. > > Hope this helps, > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon...
• Re: The Vanille Shake Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 19:16:25 -0800
  ...fast sending of the necessary "bits". > > > > Replaced 02 sensor with new Bosch sensor with three lead attached - made > > no difference. > > > > Replaced the very red...
• Fuel Pump? O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Rus
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:37:47 -0800
  ...well after nights and nights and nights of painstaking work and also three engines later i finally got my vanagon running wonderfully.....and after...
• Re: 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:03:14 -0500
  If you checked all the usual suspects like the temp sensor, AFM and o2, then maybe look at the fuel pressure reg. some, if...
• Re: 86 hot temp gauge---RESOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:40:43 -0500
  ...You > don't have a problem here. > > As the resistance of the temp sensor drops the current flow through it > increases, lowering the voltage...
• Re: Vexing Subtle Misfire Issues
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:19:13 -0700
  ...Compression good on all cylinders. > -O2 sensor. Sensor is new, misfire happens even when ECU is in open loop, > and wideband O2 sensor indicates...
• Re: 2.2 engine hiccups at 3300 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:08:27 -0400
  ...Now to understand how to test the O2 sensor electrically. I'll study my Bently and see what I can come up with. Dennis...
• Re: Water level sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:22:43 -0400
  ...If you don't get three distinct resistances, something in the nature of 300K, 600K, 1M, then the sender is definitely bad. I used...