

| Subject: | Fwd: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems. |
| From: | Laura Woten |
| Date: | Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:07:39 -0700 |
HER name is actually PRICILLA. Thanks for the help! --- Rodney Woten <rodney.woten@LENNOXIND.COM> wrote: > Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:03:47 -0500 > From: Rodney Woten > <rodney.woten@LENNOXIND.COM> > Subject: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems. > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Greetings all, > > Hoping someone can help out. Unfortunately I need > to make a short story long (or a long story even > longer), so please bear with me. > > My wife & I bought an 87 Westy in Columbus, OH. > Somewhere between there and our home in Des Moines, > the exhaust system became disconnected at the flange > between the elbow pipe attached to the caty and the > convergence of the headers. Problem is that as this > fell to the ground, the wires were ripped from the > oxygen sensor. We finished our drive home, and > although the van seemed to be running a bit rich, it > ran very well. A week later the new oxy sensor > shows up on our doorstep. I splice it in as I was > instructed to do and take it out for a test drive. > Pulling away from stop signs there was major > hesitation. You could put the accelerator all the > way to the floor and the van would creep/almost > stall until about 2500 RPM's when it would take off > like a racehorse. I thought maybe I spliced the > wrong white wire to the wrong matching white wire, > so I went home and switched them. The next morning > I tried it again. It ran very well for about 15 > minutes, then it was back to its old tricks again. > I unhooked the sensor and the van runs fine again, > albeit a bit on the rich side. I have to wonder of > the old sensor I removed was even working before the > wires were ripped out of it. What else should I > check?? > > Thanks in advance!!! > Rod Woten > Wally the '87 Westy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
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