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Subject:Re: Diagnosing Issue using O2 Meter during Open-Loop Operation
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:22:31 -0700

I like to retrofit the heated three wire oxygen sensor to  1.9 waterboxer
engines.
Real easy to do.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: Diagnosing Issue using O2 Meter during Open-Loop Operation

> On 9/9/2009 10:45 PM David Beierl wrote:
>
>> At 08:42 PM 9/9/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>> I have a Ken Lewis O2 meter and during the initial open-loop
>>> operation, it
>>> read normally, in the middle of the scale, even when running poorly.
>>
>> Until the sensor heats up to ?600F? or so it won't output a signal, and
>> the level you see on the bar graph represents the bias placed on the
>> line by the ECU.
>
> Oh. Well, /there's/ my problem!
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> Bend, OR
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