Date:         Wed, 7 Mar 2001 07:44:41 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: O2 sensor stuff
Comments: To: CMathis227@AOL.COM

That twitchy foot feeling might be attributable to a poorly adjusted
throttle position switch.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Mathis" <CMathis227@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 7:11 AM
Subject: Re: O2 sensor stuff


> With all the talk about the 'Digijet Stumble' -- a problem that has been
bugging me for a while -- I decided to try disconnecting my O2 Sensor (Bosch
one wire type about 4 months old).  The engine ran great when cold --
nothing new here.  When it warmed up the off idle stumble was not present
BUT there were some odd RPM fluctuations at what should have been a constant
speed (like my foot got twitchy) and the idle went to crap.  By the time I
pulled into the parking lot at work it was barely idling.
>
> I have reconnected the O2 sensor and will continue to be amazed by the
quirks of this system.
>
> Chuck
> '85 Wolfsburg Westy -- 'Roland'
>
> In a message dated Wed, 7 Mar 2001  7:47:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, Mark
Ingalls <ingalls_mark@HOTMAIL.COM> writes:
>
> << In Closed Loop the FI system constantly corrects the Fuel Injection to
> provide the best compromise between power, fuel economy, and emissions.
14.7
> to 1 by mass, not volume.
> <snip>
> Bosch's closed loop system is a big advancement over carburetors or  open
> loop FI systems. But I can understand why people abandon it after
searching
> high and low for solutions to performance problems with our Vans.
>
> Mark Ingalls
> 85 GL/w digitool
>
> >From: Terry Kay <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
> >Reply-To: CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: O2 sensor stuff
> >Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 06:17:46 -0600
> >
> >So, if what I have been reading here lately is correct, the off idle
> >stumble, and poor fuel economy, that I have been experiancing lately can
> >be corrected, by simpley disconnecting the O2 sensor?
> >I replaced mine about 8 mos. ago, and now that you all mention it, this
> >is approximately when the problems started.
> >
> >
> >Later,
> >
> >   ______________
> >  |[  ] [  ] [ ]\
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> >||-(())----(())-|
> >
> >Terry 85 GL
>