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Re: 90GL cold start trouble Part II/UPDATE
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:09:35 -0700
...My cat housing has nothing > in it except the O2 sensor. Anyone that curious about Haltech can go to > their website( www.haltech.com...
short trip report
Historical mailing list - joe trussell
Tue, 20 Jul 2004 01:53:40 +0000
...I recently put in a manual rack, new AFM, oxygen sensor, idle stabilizer, all new vacuum lines, and tune-up. I took out the...
Re: 1.9 Running issues when wet out
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:36:33 -0500
...When it rains (snow doesn't seem to bother it) a medium to hard rain I can get about 15-20 minutes down the...
Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 23:13:26 +1200
...Electric windows (more reliable than stock ones) *Remote central locking *Hella Raintronic autovariable-intermittent automatic wipers *Electric mirrors (from Hilux Surf SSR = 4Runner) *Driver...
Re: 90GL cold start trouble Part II/UPDATE
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:47:52 -0400
...My cat housing has nothing >in it except the O2 sensor. Anyone that curious about Haltech can go to >their website( www.haltech.com...
Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 21 Dec 2013 20:24:04 -0500
...Check the temp 2 sensor. Unplug the injectors and try to start it with the throttle open. If you get a short spit and...
Re: Water Wetter questions...
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:00:30 -0700
...Alistair > On Jul 12, 2015, at 6:58 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > > No wonder you get that little rainbow glimmer...
Still doesn't add up, was: Re: [Syncro] Oil pressure mystery, resolved???
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Tue, 1 Oct 2002 08:14:21 -0600
...pressure sensors are supposed to fire at 0.3 bar and 0.9 bar > respectively. > > Sincerely > Rainer > > '89 Caravelle GL Syncro 16" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Rainer M...
Re: Warning - WA Dept of Trans & Chemistry
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Sun, 24 Nov 2002 00:20:56 -0600
...And, keeping the treated sand out of the rain also reduces the amount of salt that leaches into the ground. The new barns could...
Flooding in Iowa
Historical mailing list
Sat, 8 Jun 1996 20:38:11 -0500
...The problem ioriginally started on a rainy day, but continued into the dry.... 2) I got a "new" airflow sensor in Feb. The resistances...
Re: No spark, no hall juice, tech help request.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:23:43 -0400
The ECU is not involved in switching the 12 to the ignition coil or the Hall sensor. Check to see if 12 volts is...
Re: 2.1 Engine idles at 2600 rpm; 2nd computer doesn't fix
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:37:03 -0500
...At least it isn't raining >> > >
Re: I need help, please
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 4 Dec 2022 13:54:31 -0800
...I agree and suspect that either (or both) Temp2 and O2 > > sensors... > > > I > > > > just started it under the rain and she ran fine, idle...
Re: Mystification
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 3 Sep 2011 19:36:25 -0500
...If we here are not getting rain from the storm in Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, I will check it out. I have no...
UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
Historical mailing list - Mark Drexler
Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:30:01 -0500
...Getting more and more rough on start up last couple of days, actually since some heavy rains a couple of days ago. Suggestions on...
2.1 Engine idles at 2600 rpm; 2nd computer doesn't fix
Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
Mon, 17 Apr 2006 01:37:48 -0400
...Idle Switch PS Switch AC Switch Hall Generator Temp sensor 2 Power from relay IDLE COMPUTER OUTPUTS: Idle air bypass Ideas? Anyone? Beuller? tabe...
Re: To-do list while transaxle is out.
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Thu, 7 May 2009 12:28:04 -0400
...The problem was probably due to water in the O2 sensor wiring I suspect, but the van's been running a lot better since...
Re: Westfalia owners
Historical mailing list - Vince S
Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:06:14 -0700
Sorry to rain on your parade. Removing heat from the size of Vanagon cubic footage requires a lot of energy. All that glass for...
Re: Idle issues...
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Sat, 4 Apr 2009 21:45:53 -0400
...valve, replaced the Temp II sensor, > replaced the fuel filter, replaced the gas tank gaskets, replaced the > O2 sensor, and replaced a number of...
Re: running rich/low power
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Sun, 28 Nov 1999 12:09:14 -0800
...Then I come home where it > rains much of the time, and after half an hour to an hour of driving in > the rain...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - moritz schmid
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 06:30:30 -0400
...I ordered the replacement high pressure sensor as well as the oil filter adapter plate to install a pressure gauge to get to the...
Update: More idle issues for idle hands and minds
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Sun, 15 Dec 2002 22:19:31 -0500
...when it was really rainy. How would one go about sealing the point where the wires enter the O2 sensor? Silicone caulk? About six...
Re: Cutting out problem
Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 22:52:58 -0500
...sensor, etc). See if there are any other common external factors. Always happens on the same bumpy road or when it's raining? Check...
Re: Weird little electrical problem
Historical mailing list - Neil
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 12:39:06 -0700
...Water fouled connections at sensor that connects to glow plug relay which in turn caused issue in 15 circuit to fuel cut off solenoid...
Re: Tire pressure device was:PSI and Bars,
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Mon, 10 Feb 2020 20:48:16 -0800
...https://m.banggood.com/Universal-Wireless-C240-TPMS-Solar-Power-Tire-Pressure-Monitor-System-Color-LCD-Display-with-4-External-Sensors-p-1494130.html...
Re: 85 Vanagon Feedback
Historical mailing list - Michel (O'Hara) Escaravage
28 May 1996 08:05:40 -0400
...I changed the ignition cables >the ignition cap, the rotor and the coolant sensor and still once in a >while the van runs roughly...
Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Sat, 21 Dec 2013 21:25:56 -0600
...Check the temp 2 sensor. Unplug the injectors and try to start it with the throttle open. If you get a short spit and...
Re: Westy won't go!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 3 Nov 2008 14:19:13 -0800
...you can do the disconnect the 02 sensor thing if you like. Oxygen sensor is not part of the starting sequence really. Though a...
Lundy Canyon Backpack
Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 19:58:26 -0700
...sensor wire and soon they were on the road going north.By then the storm began moving in and soon rain started to fall...
Re: Water Wetter questions...
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 21:01:05 -0500
...the question is... >> >> >> >> would Water Wetter (or any similar product) affect the Temp2 sensor >> >> reading on our vanagon... >> >> >> >> would our vanagon run richer or...
Re: Throttle-on running issue
Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:02:20 -0700
...Unplugging O2 sensor makes no > difference ( a new sensor is on the way just in case). Unplugging Temp > sensor only raises idle slightly, but...
Re: Quest for instructions on AFM modification instructions
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Wed, 10 May 2023 09:35:20 -0400
...A known good one has just solved my inability to run the van with O2 sensor plugged in. >> >> So, anyone got that write up...
Re: 1.9L itermittent stalling at random
Historical mailing list - Billy Hirt
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:03:21 -0500
...what if I am > testing when the sensor arm is on the right spot? > > so question 2 - what are the symptoms of > these sensors...
Re: glad to meet you
Historical mailing list - Joe Volpe
Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:15:59 -0500
Like Marc Perdue's description of his van's rain-related problems (from around a week ago), your van's jolting/lurching, etc., sounds...
Re: Cough, Choke, Splutter!
Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:42:47 -0500
...Even when the O2 sensor was disconnected the problem was still there. This told me that the internals of the coax wire were faulty...
replace your mechanic, was: coolant temp.sensor??
Historical mailing list
Mon, 13 Jul 1998 08:23:51 EDT
...brakes, bald tires, and a broken 8-track radio, on a rain-slicked highway, at sunrise. And then what? Replace your mechanic. gmbulley cary...
Re: electrical boots
Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO-MS)
Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:46:21 -0400
...electrical boots After 18 years, every time I disconnect an electrical part (fuel injectors, Temp2 sensor, etc...) the nice rubber boot that protected the...
FS 1985 Westy restord, Ottawa Can
Historical mailing list - Greg Rich
Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:41:39 EST
...All tune up items are new-plugs, wires, oxygen sensor, thermostat, waterpump, new clutch, release bearing, full exhaust, all shocks, brakes (discs, drums etc...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 08:23:17 -0700
...I ordered the replacement high pressure > sensor as well as the oil filter adapter plate to install a pressure gauge > to get to the...
Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's normal again.
Historical mailing list - neil N
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:13:15 -0800
...Definitely an > ignition event rather than fuel delivery. > > This morning it was raining on the way into work, and it happened twice. > �And then...
Re: UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:11:23 -0600
...The airflow sensor has a flapper inside that is displaced when air is pulled through. The displaced flapper moves a wiper on what amounts...
Re: I need help, please
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 4 Dec 2022 14:28:42 -0800
...I agree and suspect that either (or both) Temp2 and O2 >> > sensors... >> > > I >> > > > just started it under the rain and she ran fine, idle...
Re: Funky Idle Issues and a note on the shipping issue (long)
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Sun, 7 Jan 2001 23:25:45 -0500
...sensor is flakey, due to melted wires that are > shorting out onto the metal of the exhaust pipe or perhaps due to > rain/snow...
Re: automatic gas mileage.
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 14:18:17 -0500
...Sorry. > > >From Our Nation's Rainy Capitol, > G. Matthew Bulley > > WAR--A real threat to US Citizens? > Blood for oil? > Or an elaborate sideshow...
slight glow from oil press. light
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Mon, 26 Feb 2001 05:04:38 EST
...Is it possible that the heavy rain completed the circuit at the sensor--if the sensor was soaked and, since it was a poor...
Re: Water Wetter questions...
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 21:01:44 -0500
...the question is... >>> >> >>> >> would Water Wetter (or any similar product) affect the Temp2 sensor >>> >> reading on our vanagon... >>> >> >>> >> would our vanagon run richer or...
1987 Vanagon GL Synchro for Sale
Historical mailing list - Luke Plaizier
Thu, 25 Jan 2001 22:46:52 -0800
...Work done in 2000 * New Tyres (May 2000) * New O2 Sensor, New Temp II Sensor, Airflow Capacitor Fix (Aug 2000) * 30 Litre Water Tank...
Trip Report (Boulder SVX motor purchase)
Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
Fri, 13 May 2011 09:57:36 -0600
...Originally I had visions of going west and joining the early arrivals at Syncro Solstice, but there was a crazy rain storm and a...
Re: Uncle... '91 won't catch
Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
Sun, 23 Feb 2003 09:20:53 -0500
...If all three of these test OK, I would next check the T2 sensor for proper resistance. This sensor is notorious for failing! Gary...
Re: 85' low idle, loss of power/compression, surging-UPDATE
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Wed, 27 Nov 2002 08:03:59 -0500
...First was the O2 sensor. He disconnected > it. All was good for a couple days and then instead of bucking, it died > going up...
Re: Cutting out problem
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Tue, 12 Sep 2000 07:47:21 -0700
...sensor, etc). See if there are any other common external factors. > Always happens on the same bumpy road or when it's raining? > Check...
Frank G.'s TDI instrument cluster - Details and Comments
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Tue, 9 Nov 2004 12:56:57 EST
...The fake molded sensor lights particularly irritated me! I later years, I added the tach, the oil pressure warning circuits, the VSS speed sensor...
Reply to: Re: My Own Private FAQ
Historical mailing list - Charles \"luke\" Lukey
02 Nov 96 10:14:12 EST
...my bet is that the surging/searching idle is a result of the coolant temp sensor gone bad ($15) or the O2 sensor gone...
Re: running rich/low power
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 27 Nov 1999 23:23:52 -0700
...Then I come home > >where it > >rains much of the time, and after half an hour to an hour of driving > >in > >the rain...
Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:14:45 -0500
...Don't get it on the O2 sensor. On Dec 4, 2007, at 12:07 PM, Michael Elliott wrote: > Where be the best place...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - moritz schmid
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:53:54 -0400
...I ordered the replacement high pressure >> sensor as well as the oil filter adapter plate to install a pressure gauge >> to get to the...
Re: Everybus - road repairs and a couple of big Thank Yous
Historical mailing list - Doug
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:39:31 -0400
...I > don't mind a bit of rain, as long as I get to see a rainbow over a > filed o' > busses). Hagen Stone...
Vanagon consciousness? Fryday?
Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:46:53 -0500
...I could pull over, disconnecting the O2 sensor was what fixed it. (in the driving rain). After installing the Subaru engine, I screwed up...
Re: noob already in trouble
Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:09:58 -0500
...When the weather was rainy, damp, or if it had rained the day before, the engine would loose power at some point above 2000...
Re: Water Wetter questions...
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:14:50 -0700
...the question is... >>>>> >> >>>>> >> would Water Wetter (or any similar product) affect the Temp2 sensor >>>>> >> reading on our vanagon... >>>>> >> >>>>> >> would our vanagon run richer or...