Date:         Sun, 13 Aug 2000 12:38:03 -0400
Reply-To:     Gary Stearns <gstearns@sprintmail.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Gary Stearns <gstearns@sprintmail.com>
Subject:      Re: O2 Sensors need grounding? (was STILL BUCKING & KICKING!!!)

Do oxygen sensors require grounding through the exhaust system?  Could this
be why exhaust work would mysteriously cure b&k?  Could the anti-seize goop
I put on the threads (only on the threads, not on the sensor)  be isolating
my sensor?  Just curious.

Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: Joe L. <mejoe100@earthlink.net>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 12:17 PM
Subject: Subject: Re: STILL BUCKING & KICKING!!!


>         For whatever it is worth I fought the "Bucks and Kicks" for years.
Changing
> all the usual parts and tweaking all the usual tweaks brought zero relief
> and it seemed like bucking and kicking was simply something I would have
to
> live with. Last year I made a routine replacement of my worn out muffler.
> There has not been even so much as a hint of bucking or kicking since.
>      I have no idea what connection, if any, the mufflers have with B&K
and
> the fix may be pure coincidence but there it is. All previous efforts had
no
> effect. I changed the muffler and all is smooth.
>    If it is tear-the-hair-out time and you are out of ideas here is
> something else to take a look at.
>