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  • Re: Coleman Propane Heaters
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Wed, 8 Oct 2003 17:03:19 -0400
    ...This is because the hemoglobin in your blood, the chemical which transports oxygen, binds more easily with CO than with oxygen. If enough of...
  • Re: Coleman Propane Heaters
    Historical mailing list - Rob S.
    Wed, 8 Oct 2003 17:11:21 -0400
    ...This is because the > hemoglobin in your blood, the chemical which transports oxygen, binds > more > easily with CO than with oxygen. If enough of...
  • How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Wed, 24 Nov 1999 10:43:42 -0800
    Greetings, Can someone tell me how the Oxygen sensor actually works. Does is work by actually sensing oxygen in the exhaust? Or does it...
  • Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:49:38 -0700
    ...Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report.. FYI... regarding Bosh Oxygen sensor - same as at our favorite vendors http://www.autozone.com/engine-management/oxygen...
  • EGR/oxygen sensor..
    Historical mailing list - Yoshi
    Sun, 18 Aug 2002 13:45:09 +0900
    Hi, What is EGR/oxygen sensor? I am watching "EGR/oxygen sensor mileage counter box" on the spare tire side now. "EGR/oxygen sensor...
  • Re: Low oxygen monitors
    Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng.
    Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:59:40 -0500
    Jim, Keep in mind that CO bonds to red blood cells more readily than oxygen, so if there is sufficient CO, it won't...
  • Re: Low oxygen monitors
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:33:00 -0800
    > Is there a decent low oxygen sensor on the market? Does it not make > more sense to test for the lack of something you...
  • Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
    Mon, 5 Aug 2002 15:19:28 -0700
    ...unplug your oxygen sensor and see how you run. better? if so, then replace the oxygen sensor. if not change then look elsewhere. matthew
  • Oxygen Sensor HELP.....
    Historical mailing list - Danny C.
    Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:59:02 -0700
    ...My mechanic tells me to leave the oxygen sensor unplugged so that the engine will run cooler. I am only getting 15 MPG and...
  • Re: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems.
    Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
    Thu, 27 Jun 2002 23:46:30 +0100
    ...If its on the engine side of the oxygen sensor then you got problems. The reason being that the sensor responds to oxygen in...
  • Re: Low oxygen monitors
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:58:05 -0500
    ...If you have a combustion device that is starving for oxygen, you will have a CO problem. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
  • CO vs CO2 One's poisonous, the other's not.
    Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
    Fri, 13 Nov 1998 22:43:14 -0600
    ...BTW any compressed gas that's not poisonous is still dangerous in that it can displace oxygen. Compressed oxygen is also dangerous, because almost...
  • Re: Low oxygen monitors
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:32:15 -0600
    ...wrote: > Jim, > > Keep in mind that CO bonds to red blood cells more readily than > oxygen, so if there is sufficient CO, it won...
  • Re: Westy stalls and won't start
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:23:29 EDT
    Try unplugging the oxygen sensor and see what happens. It could be a bad oxygen sensor or wiring to it as the engine doesn...
  • Re: Removing Oxygen Sensor
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:02:17 -0400
    ...Removing Oxygen Sensor Hi I know this has been discussed before, but the oxygen sensor is a real bugger to get off !! I'm...
  • Low oxygen monitors
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:21:58 -0600
    ...With gas in any form, there's always the chance of it displacing oxygen in case of a leak. Is there a decent low...
  • oxygen sensor
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Tue, 9 Dec 2003 23:15:55 -0500
    i have a technical oxygen sensor question i would like to pose to the list. i am in the process of replacing the oxygen...
  • Re: How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Wed, 24 Nov 1999 15:38:35 -0500
    From Oxygen Sensor Information Written by Rick Kirchoff (rick@posms.cactus.org) Edited to html by Jim Wright http://atlantis.austin.apple.com/people...
  • Re: two questions
    Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
    Fri, 20 Dec 1996 01:42:57 -0800
    ...That's why it rises, because a liter of ozone is lighter than a liter of oxygen. That extra oxygen atom is really trying...
  • Re: O2 sensor
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:21:20 -0400
    the oxygen sensor generates its own voltage but it is NOT 12 volts. you will only measure 12 volts if you are measuring a...
  • Re: Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:26:16 EDT
    ...Talked to a guy that runs a business selling Catalytic Convertors and also Oxygen sensors. I asked him if splicing the three wire oxygen...
  • Re: new O2 installed - engine dies
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Sat, 27 Jun 1998 17:20:50 -0500
    ----------------------- Hi Michael , Let me explain by giving you some meter readings from my 86 digifant / oxygen sensor and maybe you can discern where your...
  • O2 light glowing...
    Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
    Fri, 27 May 2005 10:59:03 -0700
    my oxygen-sensor idiot light has been aglow for a couple of months but the engine is running fine/normal, so far as i...
  • Re: Did the mechanic do something?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:37:51 -0700
    While there may be good reasons for checking the effect of disconnecting the oxygen sensor, the fact that an engine runs better with it...
  • Disconnecting the Oxygen Sensor
    Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
    Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:38:33 -0400
    Disconnecting the oxygen sensor connector is a good thing to remember. When we first got our van, the J-pipe broke upstream of the...
  • Re: Alternative Fuels - Salt Water
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Sun, 2 Dec 2007 08:52:31 -0500
    Nuclear Submarines stay submerged for long periods by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen and using the oxygen for breathing. Of course they also...
  • Re: oxygen sensor and alternator lights
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:12:54 -0700
    ...oxygen sensor and alternator lights > When I start my van both the oxygen and the alternator LEDs stay on until I > step on the...
  • Removing Oxygen Sensor
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
    Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:31:05 -0400
    Hi I know this has been discussed before, but the oxygen sensor is a real bugger to get off !! I'm about to give...
  • oxygen sensor problems
    Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
    Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:06:57 -0800
    ...I disconnected the oxygen sensor plug and could drive home with good engine performance. previously a mechanic had told me that my oxygen sensor...
  • S&S Headers oxygen sensor placement?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Feehan
    Mon, 8 Jan 2001 10:52:34 -0700
    My mechanic found that the oxygen sensor was not functioning. It turned out to be my S&S headers. The threaded insert for the...
  • Re: oxygen sensor
    Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
    Tue, 9 Dec 2003 21:00:34 -0800
    ...Tue, 9 Dec 2003 23:15:55 -0500 > >i have a technical oxygen sensor question i would like to pose to the >list. i...
  • Re: Thread size for Oxygen sensor
    Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
    Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:24:35 -0400
    ...Thread size for Oxygen sensor > Greetings all, > I have a catalytic converter with the threads galled and need to > put > a Time-Sert into...
  • Re: oxygen sensor and alternator lights
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Tue, 22 Feb 2000 11:58:42 -0800
    ...oxygen sensor and alternator lights >When I start my van both the oxygen and the alternator LEDs stay on until I >step on the...
  • Re: noob already in trouble
    Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
    Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:30:04 -0500
    Check your oxygen sensor and oxygen sensor wiring. The clues are that it gets better when you turn the engine off and also at...
  • Re: thread size of the oxygen sensor
    Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
    Tue, 1 Nov 2005 18:32:31 -0500
    > Would any one knw what the thread/pitch/tap size is for the oxygen sensor? > 18 x 1.5 if my memory is correct...
  • Re: Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant?
    Historical mailing list - mike
    Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:34:00 -0400
    ...Talked to a guy that runs a business selling Catalytic > Convertors and also Oxygen sensors. I asked him if splicing the three wire > oxygen...
  • Re: new O2 installed - engine dies
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Sat, 27 Jun 1998 16:52:39 -0700
    ...Then the digifant has discerned the oxygen sensor is working and has is > detecting a rich mixture and by 35 seconds my digifant has...
  • oxygen sensor and alternator lights
    Historical mailing list - HERMANN DE BOER
    Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:27:44 -0600
    When I start my van both the oxygen and the alternator LEDs stay on until I step on the gas a little. Is that...
  • Re: new O2 installed - engine dies
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Sat, 27 Jun 1998 17:58:33 -0500
    ...Once the exhaust >starts to warm the oxygen sensor, aided by the internal oxygen sensor >heater, the oxygen sensor will start to produce a...
  • Ground of Oxygen sensor reading 10.6V
    Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
    Sat, 2 Apr 2011 20:52:20 -0700
    Hi to all, This is a '91 model, 2.1L Vanagon, gas, 2wd, I am using my Digitool and with a new Oxygen sensor...
  • Re: oxygen sensor problems
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Wed, 10 Jan 2001 13:41:56 -0600
    ...I disconnected the oxygen sensor plug and could drive home with good engine performance. previously a mechanic had told me that my oxygen sensor...
  • Re: Mr. Heater buddy now under $40 at Lowes
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Wed, 4 Feb 2009 21:47:55 -0500
    At 09:04 PM 2/4/2009, chris and/or ruth wrote... >It's not the low Oxygen that will kill ya, it's...
  • Re: Oxygen sensor
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:10:58 -0500
    ...Oxygen sensor I going to replace the Oxygen sensor in my '90 Carat. There is a heat shield that seems to prevent putting a...
  • Re: O2 Sensor question... not mentioned in archives
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
    Sun, 12 May 2002 19:22:06 -0700
    the oxygen sensor light has nothing really to do with the oxygen sensor but instead is just a light that is suppose to go...
  • Re: catalytic converter failure question - Bentley Error
    Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
    Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:49:07 -0500
    hi all, In my previous email, I stated "the idle stabilizer on the oxygen sensor wasn't connected" when in fact, it was the...
  • Re: 2.1L oxygen sensor light
    Historical mailing list - byard
    Fri, 25 Feb 2000 19:05:26 -0800
    ...2.1L oxygen snsr light > Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 11:44 AM > > hmmm. my '87 2.1L's Oxygen sensor light came on...
  • Re: More Catalytic Converter questions
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:06:28 -0400
    George, The Oxygen sensor measures.....well, Oxygen. Seems to me, a flaw at it's base is very likely to corrupt it's readings...
  • Re: Burning Magnesium Engine Case
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sat, 15 May 1999 08:25:22 -0500
    ...John Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Roger&Zoe Banker said: >>Magnesium contains its own oxygen, so once it gets started it will burn...
  • Re: Did the mechanic do something?
    Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
    Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:18:29 -0700
    ...If >one cylinder is putting out a much different oxygen level than the other >3, this throws the combined reading off and the oxygen...
  • GoWesty exhaust and oxygen sensors
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Tue, 13 Nov 2018 23:05:34 -0600
    ...I noticed today that there doesn’t appear to be an oxygen sensor, and a smaller bolt is blocking it off. I remember the...
  • Re: Oxygen Sensor HELP.....
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:16:30 -0400
    ...Cheers, Jeff On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Danny C.<bruiserbabie@yahoo.com> wrote: > oxygen sensor HELP..... > > So I have a...
  • Re: Thread size for Oxygen sensor
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
    Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:05:49 -0700
    ...Thread size for Oxygen sensor Greetings all, I have a catalytic converter with the threads galled and need to put a Time-Sert into...
  • Oxygen Sensor Relay for Westfalia
    Historical mailing list - Cheri (by way of Ron Lussier )
    Tue, 01 Apr 1997 20:02:31 -0800
    ...What I'd like to know is, what does the oxygen sensor relay do and how do I know if it's bad? (not...
  • Re: Generic, three wire, O2 Sensor choice for digifant?
    Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
    Sun, 4 Jul 1999 12:59:25 -0700
    ...Talked to a guy that runs a business selling Catalytic > Convertors and also Oxygen sensors. I asked him if splicing the three wire > oxygen...
  • Re: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems
    Historical mailing list - gary hradek
    Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:18:23 -0700
    ...If its on the engine side of the oxygen sensor then you got problems. The reason being that the sensor responds to oxygen in...
  • Re: Lower Ball Joint Adaptor Questions (PICS)
    Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
    Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:57:13 -0500
    "craig cowan" <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> said: > Home Depot sells a cheap ($50ish) torch setup that's Map Gas and Oxygen (two > tanks) that gets...
  • Oxygen sensor
    Historical mailing list - Jerry Holland
    Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:44:15 EST
    I going to replace the Oxygen sensor in my '90 Carat. There is a heat shield that seems to prevent putting a wrench on...
  • Oxygen Sensor
    Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
    Mon, 25 Dec 2017 16:12:13 -0500
    As far as I can tell, the oxygen sensor for my 1.9 liter has never been replaced. I guess it's about time...
  • replacing oxygen sensor???
    Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
    Wed, 27 Dec 2000 17:37:37 -0800
    my repair shop says my oxygen sensor (87 gl 2.1) is getting lazy and should be replaced.... I asked how much does that...
  • Re: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems.
    Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
    Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:30:16 -0500
    ...If its on the engine side of the oxygen sensor then you got problems. The reason being that the sensor responds to oxygen in...