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• Re: Fuel tank question...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:56:04 -0400
  ...Once the pump is removed, some gas remains within the pump and oxygen is now present, so applying current to the pump to run...
• Re: Stubborn Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 19:41:42 -0600
  ...Todd Guttman wrote: > Does anyone have any suggestions for removing a stubborn Oxygen sensor in an > 85 Westy? The previous owner noted that it...
• Re: CO vs CO2 One's poisonous, the other's not.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 16 Nov 1998 02:09:06 -0500
  ...Pretty soon all of your red blood cells are occupied by CO instead of Oxygen. Not only that, if I recall correctly, the bond...
• O2 Sensor is NOT a thermistor - I stand in error
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 22:43:01 -0700
  After nearly a month I am reminded that I mistook an exhaust gas temperature sensor for an O2 (oxygen sensor). They are two different...
• Smog! Won't Pass????
  Historical mailing list - First Name Last Name
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:57:58 -0700
  ...Have installed new oxygen sensor. Need recommendations of what else to test. Warren C. ------------------------------------------------------------ --== Sent via Deja.com ==-- http://www.deja.com/
• Re: Engine running badly
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 1 Oct 2017 17:11:36 -0500
  ...I disconnected the > oxygen sensor and things got better. So I got a new oxygen sensor installed > in Nova Scotia. Car seems to be...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:53:42 -0700
  ...A battery can explode > from within if hydrogen and oxygen are not allowed to escape, but > that is different than the fear of vented...
• Re: Vanagon exhaust gaskets for 84GL Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:46:45 -0700
  weird that you have a leak at your oxygen sensor .. though if you haven't checked it out really yet, speculating is not that...
• Re: OXY SENSOR $$$$$$$$
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Thu, 12 May 1994 22:08:24 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I just went to the local Champion Auto Parts store and asked for an oxygen sensor for my vehicle. The price was $29.99...
• Re: O ring making kit
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 16:46:33 -0800
  ...Rubber parts last longer if you can keep > > oxygen and ozone away from them. > > > > Larry A. > > >ziplocks won't really keep out oxygen, and...
• Re: hesitation/bucking (was: Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 17 May 2008 02:06:49 -0400
  ...the oxygen sensor is only about 4000 > miles old. > > Anyways, the reason I was checking the oxygen sensor voltage in the first > place, is...
• Re: oxygen sensor on CAT?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 18:21:36 -0500
  ...that shows this sensor. > >On the CA model there is an Oxygen sensor, but its not connected to the CAT. > >confused. > >I called BD...
• O2 sensors and those little balls.
  Historical mailing list - Antony P Marsh
  Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:37:09 -0500
  Dear List What does the List offer in the way of recommendations on where to purchase an oxygen sensor (because everybody seems to be...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor HELP.....
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:51:37 -0400
  I would re-connect it. I have been told a rich mixture tends to wash the lubricant off the cylinder walls increasing ring wear...
• plain jockey shorts
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 16:29:54 -0800
  And Steve Wall wrote: "Or maybe my plaid jockey shorts are a bit too snug and my brain is deplete of oxygen..." Aha! I...
• Help with loping engine
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Fri, 17 Oct 1997 18:34:14 -0400
  ...Could it be the oxygen sensor? Has anyone had this problem? Thanks in advance. George in Columbus, GA
• OEM Oxygen Sensor eliminated cold idle cut out syndrome...for me.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 23:56:52 EST
  I just changed to an OEM O2 Sensor and my "cold idle cut out until warm" syndrome has disappeared. All I did was replace...
• O2 Sensor Wrench Size
  Historical mailing list - David Baker
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:12:59 -0600
  Anyone happen to know the size wrench I need to replace my oxygen sensor? (85 1.9L Westy) I have an British Engineering System...
• Re: Using the "extra" LEDs in the instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:10:46 -0500
  ...The question was about making use of the "extra" LEDs, then someone else brought up the oxygen sensor LED. I do the prestart check...
• Re: oxygen sensor and alternator lights
  Historical mailing list - Dave C
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:53:04 -0500
  At 1:27 PM -0600 2/22/2000, HERMANN DE BOER wrote: >When I start my van both the oxygen and the alternator LEDs...
• Re: Mr. Heater buddy now under $40 at Lowes
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:16:23 -0500
  ...Automatic low-oxygen shut off system... FOR RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL USE: . Tents . Cabins ... . Campers . RVs/Mobile Homes/Trailers... The Portable Buddy uses an Oxygen...
• Re: idiot's guide to vanagon seam rust repair. please RED
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 2 Mar 2005 16:18:13 -0800
  ...To create more molecules of iron oxide (or similar compounds), you have to have more molecules of oxygen available and those typically come via...
• Re: heater
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Thu, 3 Nov 2005 13:13:43 -0800
  ...Heaters work at altitude? The FAQ on their website states: "The Portable Buddy uses an Oxygen Depletion System (ODS) which is a safety device...
• Re: Poor power until warm
  Historical mailing list - Jared Planter
  Fri, 17 Aug 2018 22:12:00 -0700
  ...check the Oxygen > sensor too.. >
• Re: 11MPG!
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 19:34:43 -0600
  ...The oxygen sensor, when working correctly, will >> help, not hinder your fuel milage. > >Actually, if the sensor is dead and the tailpipe is full...
• Re: Do you have an old, known bad, oxygen sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 11:28:28 -0500
  ...Do you have an old, known bad, oxygen sensor? I'd like to get an old, bad oxygen sensor with the original VW wiring...
• Re: MPG
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 20:39:52 -0800
  ...The oxygen sensor talks to the engine computer > and tells it how much oxygen is exiting the > exhaust. > > At higher elevation there is less...
• Re: Gas consumption higher in winter? The Reasons!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:51:44 -0500
  Both oxygenated-ethanol blended fuels are becoming the norm. Part of it is EPA requirements for the renewable (!) sources. There is a reduction of...
• Re: Oil in Coolant Morphed to "Power at Altitude"
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:53:58 -0600
  ...I thought the oxygen sensor, the AFM, and the computer took care of all this within programming limits. mcneely > > David -- David McNeely
• Re: Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:38:18 -0400
  ...Get the generic cheap one and be ready to splice it in. -Karl > So, I was driving home last night and my Oxygen Sensor...
• Re: CARB madness! (Friday)
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 09:15:45 -0700
  ...as an fuel oxygenator, the EPA refused to allow California to proceed to meet the California emission standards WITHOUT oxygenated gasoline, REQUIRING California to...
• Re: Rug runners (not kids)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 11 Jan 95 14:46:45 CST
  ...where do you want this big box of Depends. :) and you know, that oxygen tank will fit neatly between the front seats!
• Re: ac compressor wire
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 31 May 2001 21:32:19 -0400
  ...Sounds like the oxygen sensor... d David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation"
• Oxygen Sensor Bad?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Small
  Sat, 23 Jun 2001 23:49:56 -0700
  Hi Everyone, A Question about O2 sensors: When starting my vanagon, about 50% of the time, the O2 light comes on and stays on...
• Pop sound in the rear...
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 03:40:47 EDT
  ...Does it mean timing is off? Or a bad oxygen sensor? Please advise. Jim W88kender Northridge, Ca. [text/html]
• emission failure, HC 229 @ idle (ok @ 2500 rpm)
  Historical mailing list - Pat Horrocks
  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:14:39 EDT
  ...cap, rotor and/or oxygen sensor or cat. converter (PASSed on report...), or ......? CO PASSed (.15 @ idle, .44 @ 2500 rpm). Everything else VALID, N...
• O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:02:17 -0600
  > the oxygen sensor generates it > own voltage and uses the exhaust for its ground. So one-wire is 12V, and 3 wire has wire...
• Emissions, engine swaps, full-flow filters, 76 balls
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Mar 1996 18:13:18 -0800
  ...Only problem in in lamda systems, with oxygen sensors, the oxygen sensor has a murder-suicide pact with the cat.- if the oxygen sensor...
• Re: rich running van SOLVED! thanks Gerry S.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Ralphs
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 02:05:55 -0700
  ...I replaced. >Gerald Skerblitz, our former listmaster, pointed out that the oxygen sensor >wire was coaxial in nature- it is a layer of green...
• Help!! Black Smoke..3400RPM tops 87 Synchro
  Historical mailing list - Roger & Zoe Ann Banker
  Sat, 25 Oct 1997 13:36:40 -0400
  ...Air Box and Oxygen Sensor was replaced last year. Disconnecting Oxygen Sensor doesn't help. When it is at it's worst, engine will...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Woes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 14:22:40 -0800
  ...Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Oxygen Sensor Woes >Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 12:42:36 -0600 > >This...
• Re: Stubborn Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:12:23 -0500
  ...Guttman wrote: > > > Does anyone have any suggestions for removing a stubborn Oxygen sensor > > in an 85 Westy? The previous owner noted that it is...
• Re: oxygen sensor and alternator lights
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:29:54 -0700
  My '81 has done this for most of its life. In the warmer seasons, it sometimes goes off if the idle moves up enough...
• Re: Tooooooooooooo ritch a startup...com on guys!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Kuecker
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 06:42:54 -0500
  ...the oxygen sensor isn't going >to be the problem at cold starts because the oxygen sensor doesn't come >into the loop until...
• Re: Burning ut the carbon . . .and possibly more
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:30:17 -0500
  ...off the engine, right? ;~) Pure oxygen is a pretty nasty >thing and you aren't sure all the oxygen is being burned - it can...
• Re: Hesitation, bucking, rough idle then died. The paranoia begins...
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:18:48 -0800
  ...If they do and the oxygen sensor hasn't bee >> replaced then I would replace it. The van will run fine with this >> unplugged...
• Re: (LONG) Surging Idle fixed! / Surging O2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 06:35:48 EST
  ...Diagnosing Oxygen Sensors: The oxygen sensor is really a simple device : It tells the engine computer how much O2 (oxygen) is left in the...
• Re: 1987 Oxygen Sensor Wiring 2.1 liter Digifant MV engine
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 24 Feb 2002 17:30:54 -0500
  ...It shields the part of the sensor wire that travels bundled in the harness with other wires. >Does the OEM Oxygen Sensor come with...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Reset
  Historical mailing list - John Hung
  Fri, 29 Aug 1997 10:50:03 -0500
  >Okay the Oxygen Sensor Light has been on for a year now and it's bugging me. >Bently says the reset is behind one...
• Re: PS pump pressure testing?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:53:00 -0500
  You never want to put any oil on an oxygen connection / gauge / fitting / line ............. get you a big explosion. If you used a gauge...
• Re: North American Vanagon in trouble in France
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 19:52:52 EST
  ...Check all the basics first like plugs, wires, cap, rotor, oxygen sensor. If it still has the problem then it is probably a temp...
• Re: O2 sensor necessary or jumper the wires on 85 GL 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:34:29 -0700
  hi, there is no way to 'jumper' the oxygen sensor connector that will do any good. If you wanted to simulate an oxygen sensor...
• Re: Progressive rough running - until ignition reset
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:00:04 -0500
  John, if you had read my last message all the way, you would know that the problem you are experiencing is with the oxygen...
• Re: Tiico: stuttering when i step on the gas
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:35:30 -0700
  ...The > oxygen sensor was old from the transplant w/ unknown miles on it! Three > wire jobbie too. > > Prescription? I can log the oxygen sensor...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 23:40:37 -0700
  ...they run wonderfully without an oxygen sensor anyway, and the 02's limited influence is why our vanagons can run so well without a...
• Re: Running on Tap Water (was Re: Attention California Vanagonites)
  Historical mailing list - Fryday
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:57:12 -0700
  > If the combustion of hydrogen and oxygen gave off more energy than it > takes to separate the hydrogen and oxygen from water, then there...
• Re: Emissions again.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Sat, 16 Dec 1995 20:10:09 -0800 (PST)
  ...change oil refuel with oxygenated gasoline partially block radiator with cardboard set idle speed high but within mfrs. specs. set timing retarded get it...
• Engine cuts out
  Historical mailing list - Jp
  Sat, 19 Jun 1999 08:55:16 -0500
  ...It started doing this after I replaced oxygen sensor with a new one, does anyone have any ideas what may have caused this? James...
• oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:54:50 EDT
  Thanks for the help on the O2 sensor everyone. I crawled under and reset the switch and then replaced the sensor. I have only...
• stove oxygen flow
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:31:21 -0500
  One burner (left) has inadequate fresh air flowing. Flame has some yellow and if I lightly blow air into the hole in the front...