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Re: WRONG INFO - O2 Sensor, Bucking, etc.
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Wed, 1 Nov 2000 07:55:40 -0600
Hi Rico, You are exactly right, the 1 and 3 wire o2 sensors like our vans use have a black wire plus output to...
O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:31:45 -0400
...Voltage from O2-cable coming from engine is +0.46 volts. Again, O2-sensor is not connected. I have tried with two different ECUs...
Oxygen Sensor Simulator
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:58:30 -0800
for all those O2 sensor aficionados on the list: http://www.bobblick.com/techref/projects/o2sensor/o2sim/o2sim.html Alistair '82 westy, diesel converted...
Re: Drop in gas mileage update
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:24:00 -0400
...THe O2 sensor does not put out much current. The EU has a voltage divider that keeps it at .5 volt until the O2...
Bosch O2 sensor failures
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Sun, 4 Feb 2001 13:57:11 -0700
After a early death to my Bus Depot Bosch genrice heated O2 sensor, I sent it to the local Bosch rep. I was told...
Re: O2 problems
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Fri, 16 Jan 2004 06:21:31 -0800
What the O2 sensor does is provide feedback to the ECU as to the fuel/air ratio so the ECU can compensate for a...
O2 Sensors, and harness connetion failure
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Tue, 6 Mar 2001 09:10:46 -0800
I posted that O2 sensor provides corrective data, to the ECU. The O2 sensor doesn't control the ECU, engine, or the AFM. The...
O2 Sensors, and harness connetion failure
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Tue, 6 Mar 2001 09:10:46 -0800
I posted that O2 sensor provides corrective data, to the ECU. The O2 sensor doesn't control the ECU, engine, or the AFM. The...
Re: O2 sensor testing the wires...
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Tue, 3 Apr 2007 10:44:12 -0700
The O2 sensor DOES ground to the exhaust. The gotcha is that the ECU has a dedicated ground wire for just the O2 sensor...
Re: O2 Sensors
Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:17:09 -0400
Bunch of baloney! Your new O2 sensor alone likely made the difference in performance. I use Bosch O2 sensors. Michael
Re: adjusting CO with O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:56:38 -0700
...You want to set your air/fuel mixture *without* the O2 sensor giving feedback to the ECU. This gives the O2 sensor its maximum...
Re: 02 SENSOR
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Tue, 30 May 2006 09:49:17 -0700
RE: > > my O2 sensor light went on last week > and my mechanic says parts and labor $340. To put it bluntly, your mechanic is...
O2 sensor testing the wires...
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Tue, 3 Apr 2007 17:29:22 +0000
I've seen bad ground and shorted sensor wire mentioned in the references to the O2 sensor. How does one check these wires? VOM...
Re: o2 sensor question again sorry
Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:55:38 -0500
...This allows O2 sensor and exhaust to clear itself out of soot and unburned fuel. The O2 sensor can be disconnected and the van...
Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor?
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 19:14:33 -0700
...Since the water-cooled converter has the O2 sensor bung I figured I could install an O2 sensor here to adjust air/fuel mix...
Re: Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor?
Historical mailing list - Jack
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:09:15 -0800
...Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor? > Hi all: > > For many years I've been using the O2 sensor in my California Vanagon to...
O2 light
Historical mailing list
Sun, 5 Nov 2000 08:07:54 EST
Dear List, My O2 sensor light is now on permanently. The engine is running fine; O2 sensor itself was replaced recently. How do I...
Re: [Fwd: Re: Gas in Oil?]
Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
Fri, 2 May 1997 00:50:06 -0700 (PDT)
FYI, my '83.5 (H2O) has an O2 sensor. Charles On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Sean Bartnik wrote: > > > > I hadn't either, but there...
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...
Re: WRONG INFO - O2 Sensor, Bucking, etc.
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Wed, 1 Nov 2000 07:33:44 EST
Someone recently stated that the O2 sensor is grounded at terninal 19 of the ECU. This is false. The active element of the O2...
Generic O2 Sensors? - Are they really equivalent?
Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:20:44 -0400
With all the talk about generic O2 sensors, maybe someone can answer something that has been puzzling me for quite a while. Are O2...
Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Wed, 8 Sep 2004 08:19:56 -0700
...Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor? Hi all: For many years I've been using the O2 sensor in my California Vanagon to...
Re: 94 Golf (No Vanagon Content)
Historical mailing list - Modl6971
Wed, 6 May 1998 03:37:37 EDT
...This would be the third O2 for the Golf. The original O2 sensor was replaced with a 2nd O2 sensor under warranty at 47K...
Re: mileage decrease after tuneup?
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 8 Jun 1998 10:51:51 -0700
On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Mark McCulley wrote: > Following a recent tuneup (plugs, rotor, cap) and O2 sensor change my > mileage has dropped almost...
Bogging leaving the line...
Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
Sat, 10 May 2003 19:45:47 -0400
...Is there a way to test the wires to the O2 sensor? I'm assuming the o2 sensor itself is ok. With the o2...
Re: HELP! FI Fuel Supply(?) Problems with 75 Westy in Phoenix
Historical mailing list - Mike Plickys
07 Jan 95 20:32:20 EST
...One thing that does not get a lot of attention is the O2 sensor and wiring. A bad O2 sensor or bad connection with...
Re: ECU or O2 sensor ?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:06:09 -0400
More likely it is a bad O2 senor or a wiring issue. The O2 ground reference is a separate circuit. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
Re(2): Rough running when Hot
Historical mailing list
Mon, 6 Jan 1997 19:02:29 -0500
Hi Larry, What would be the method of determining if the O2 sensor is bad or not. I have heard that the engine will...
Re: O2 Sensor problem
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:37:02 -0400
...ECU ignores O2 for a bit after starting even if engine is warm enough and sensor signals ready. Temp-II OTOH acts even during...
Re: [Fwd: Re: Gas in Oil?]
Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
Wed, 30 Apr 97 23:27:12 EDT
> > I hadn't either, but there is a cap on the exhaust pipe where the O2 > sensor should go. There also doesn't seem...
Re: Oxygen Sensor Simulator
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:41:43 -0800
On 11/15/06, Alistair Bell <albell@uvic.ca> wrote: > for all those O2 sensor aficionados on the list: > > > http://www.bobblick.com/techref...
Everything you ever wanted to know about O2 sensors
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:32:32 -0600
I found this web page about O2 sensors. It is every bit worth a read. http://www.wps.com/LPG/o2sensor.html Regards, John...
Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:17:49 -0500
...As long as it does, all is will with the O2 sensor. If not - then no ocillation. On startup and until the O2 sensor...
Re: O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:04:24 -0500
...O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor The O2 heater is powered by the FP relay in 1990 so it should be heating...
Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Sat, 3 Feb 2001 19:01:14 -0800
...O2 Sensor Voltage > In other words if the fuel injection system is in proper > adjustment, you should be able to disconnect the O2 sensor...
Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:18:58 -0400
...Am I in the ballpark? > > With O2-cable unplugged, resistance between connector and ground on cable to O2-sensor is infinite. Resistance between other...
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: Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant?
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:30:50 -0500
Hi Ken, I have used the 3 wire o2 sensor for 88 3.8 tarus on a 2.1L in a bind and it...
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...
Re: O2 readings
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:42:50 -0700
When you say you're getting those readings on the "O2 sensor with it hooked up to the ECU" I assume you mean the...
O2 problems
Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:42:58 -0500
...O2 go so i can clean it up.  why does it run fine without O2, and can i just run it without O2...
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...
clarification of O2 sensor splicing problem
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Mon, 8 Jun 1998 19:36:30 -0700
I posted a message earlier today about a decrease in mileage after a tuneup and O2 sensor change. I received a number of replies...
Re: O2 Sensor - situation 90' 2.1 (kinda long)
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:07:27 -0400
You can purchase an O2 bung to weld into the exhaust pipe rather than just a nut. 1.9 engines have the O2 sensor...
o2 sensor question again sorry
Historical mailing list - Richard Williams
Sat, 8 Feb 2003 21:49:06 -0800
...From past experience, a bad o2 sensor can burn out the cat converter. Running without the o2 sensor will do the same thing. My...
Re: ECU Monitor
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sat, 5 Oct 2013 15:54:40 -0700
Looking at '88, '89 Vanagon electrical diagrams in Bentley, the O2 heater element grounds at engine bay. O2 body is the ground for the...
O2 'meter' reminder...
Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
Mon, 15 May 1995 08:22:47 CST6CDT
Just a word of wisdom to those of you playing around with your O2 sensor meters... be sure to install them (the O2 sensor...
O2 sensors effect on power
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Tue, 6 Mar 2001 09:22:11 -0800
The O2 sensor is only used on engines with catalytic convertors. The pre cat Bosch fuel injection system is quite capable of giving accurate...
O2 sensors effect on power
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Tue, 6 Mar 2001 09:22:11 -0800
The O2 sensor is only used on engines with catalytic convertors. The pre cat Bosch fuel injection system is quite capable of giving accurate...
Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:47:54 -0700
...As long as it does, all is > will with the O2 sensor. If not - then no ocillation. On startup and > until the O2 sensor...
O2 sensor problems
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Mon, 17 Mar 2003 09:00:05 -0800
Greeting Listmembers, I would like to politely suggest that attempting to correct any problem with the running of the engine while leaving the O2...
Voltages from O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - WVVW
Mon, 4 Mar 2002 07:34:44 -0500
...When taking the voltage reading off the O2 sensor, do you: 1)leave the O2 sensor connected and take the reading from the O2...
Re: vanagon Digest - 21 Dec 2011 to 22 Dec 2011 - Special issue (#2011-976)
Historical mailing list - Ken Weikel
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:39:40 -0500
...Can O2-sensor make engine run too lean? From my own experience unplugging the O2 sensor hides many of our fuel injection problems. Not...
Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
Historical mailing list - mdrillock
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:33:42 -0700
That behavior would tend to indicate at least a partially working O2 sensor. A static test like that can't tell you very much...
Re: O2 sensor. How does it effect performance?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:27:11 -0500
If your O2 sensor is bad, you will get a definite mileage improvement with a new one. You can get a generic O2 sensor...
FW: Inexpensive O2 Sensors - A Suggestion
Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:37:00 -0800
...Inexpensive O2 Sensors - A Suggestion Just a few comments to the O2 sensor thread: Frank Grunthaner
Where's my O2 sensor - 1988 Weekender
Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:08:32 -0600
Hey, I just noticed I don't have an O2 sensor on this 88. The exhaust pipes are different than my 84's too...
Generic O2 Sensors? - Are they really equivalent?
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Tue, 9 Jul 2002 20:12:13 -0700
...Generic O2 Sensors? - Are they really equivalent? With all the talk about generic O2 sensors, maybe someone can answer something that has been puzzling...
Re: O2 Sensors, and harness connetion failure
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:52:54 EST
...The O2 sensor doesn't control the ECU, engine, or the AFM. The O2 sensor harness, has been written up in the technical bulletins...
Re: O2 Sensors, and harness connetion failure
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:52:54 EST
...The O2 sensor doesn't control the ECU, engine, or the AFM. The O2 sensor harness, has been written up in the technical bulletins...