no danger in driving with it disconnected.
progress is being made !

fuel mileage would suffer without that input.
did you ever check your throttle switch, to make sure it's making contact at
idle ?
they get off after a while.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running

> And the loser is.... the oxygen sensor and the winners are those who
> suggested that I remove it from the loop.
>
> I just went for a five minute test drive and the van drove great.
>
> Now, what's the downside of running without an O2 sensor? There must
> be one. Mileage?
>
> I think I even have a good one somewhere. I usually replace them every
> couple of years but I never knew why. I do now! The last one I took
> out is probably good and I think I saved it. In the time it takes to
> find one or buy a new one, I wanted to know if there is a danger in
> driving with it disconnected.
>
> Jim
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> OK, here's the news: I just went out and tried it again and it
>> stumbled to a stall in about a minute.
>>
>> Then I disconnected the O2 sensor. It ran strongly for five minutes or
>> so, longer than at any other time today. Then while it was running, I
>> plugged it back in and it was dead in 30 seconds.
>>
>> I will try to repeat this again in a few minutes to confirm what I
>> think just happened.
>>
>> Jim
>>