ok chuck........
so there are dual port OBD2 EJ22's .......
nice to know.
if it's OBD2 there'll be a second oxygen sensor too of course ...........a
sure giveaway/tip.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Mathis" <cvmathis@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: peed sensor (subie conversion question)

> Scott,
>
> While some '95 EJ22s were OBD2 they did not have the single exhaust
> port yet.  The only physical difference aside
> from way more wiring than an OBD1 is the EGR on the the left head (as
> it sit in the van).
>
> I suspect the wiring didn't get plugged in quite right or not at all.
>
> Chuck
> '85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo'
>
> On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
>> Date:    Tue, 7 Jul 2009 13:12:09 -0700
>> From:    Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
>> Subject: Re: speed sensor (subie conversion question)
>>
>>
>> is your EJ22 an OBD-II one ?  I believe it will have one large single
>> exhaust port on the bottom of each head, as an obvious identification
>> feature if it's OBD-II or 'second generation EJ22 ' .
>> I 'think' those need a VSS ............though the last one I had
>> running
>> just great, a 98 Imprezza OBD-II 2.2........ had a semi- mickey
>> mouse VSS on
>> it when I got it .........( the sender gizmo for cruise control at
>> the back
>> of a vanagon speedo ) .....and that's not suppossed to really work
>> that
>> well, but it sure ran great !
>> Idled great, everthing ..........so your engine may indeed need a
>> VSS, or
>> perhaps it can get by with something sorta iffy.....others could
>> comment
>> more usrefully  perhaps.
>>  But always inspect any shop's work. The minute you get home.
>> I don't mean to sound like a raggy broken record about
>> this ......but I
>> would have to say, based on what I see in the vanagon world, about
>> work done
>> on them, it's not safe to assume at all, that the work was done
>> carefully.
>> So I'd be checking around  first thing.  If I wrote a book about all
>> the
>> dumb workmanship things I've seen in a 40 + year career in car
>> repair, it
>> would run many, many volumes. So I suggest never assuming the work
>> was done
>> correctly actually, sorry to say.  Always check, first thing, is my
>> advice .
>> I've seen techs leave shop rags INSIDE engines .......and a hundred
>> crazy
>> things like that .    Heck, sometimes it's as obvious as a wire
>> hanging down
>> below the car or van.
>> have fun !
>> Scott