Hey all,

So a quick update on what I have found so far. When I looked at the O2  
sensor it appeared as if the last time it (or the cat) was replaced  
the wires were just cut and crimped with butt connectors and left  
dangling. So for now I have dried them off, sprayed them with some  
wire dryer, waited for that to dry, then wrapped them individually  
with tape, then wrapped the whole thing with tape from the sensor up  
to the old wire sheath that (I assume) covered all three of the wires  
(and put a zip tie on to hold them off the side of the exhaust pipe).

I guess now all I have to do is wait for it to snow again ;)

Thanks for all the help,

- James

>> Other info - 1987 vanagon westy
> - Automatic tranny
> - It first started while the engine was warming up but continued after
> it had gotten up to the regular running temp
> - I live in Ontario Canada and today it was blizzarding a nice wet
> slushy snowfall (as an aside I hope Santa brings me winter tires)
> - A similar kind of thing happened once before on a cold damp morning
> but it just happened once then went away.
>
> Any ideas I could check out prior to taking it to a mechanic would be
> great - or if this has been discussed in the list before a keyword to
> do a search for would be great!
>
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