Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 16:41:11 -0600
Reply-To: Mark Ingalls <ingalls_mark@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mark Ingalls <ingalls_mark@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Tuning by O2 Sensor
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Hi Jay,
The 02 goes to nothing when you let off the gas may be the closed throttle
switch shutting off the fuel. Mine goes to zero also.
I opened my AFM and adjusted the spring one way then the other. Then I drove
it to see how it ran. I am currently at 10 notches less spring tension than
stock. This is not quite right but it runs well.
At 3K in open loop I'm at .8 volt also. I tried to increase tension on the
spring to get around .7 volt at 3K in open loop, but the van lost all power
just of idle. I was at a intersection and didn't have the power to get out
of the way! So a person needs to try out their changes on a safe street.
The voltage in closed loop is supposed to bounce back and forth of .5 volts
at idle and when cruising. Mine does that.
I constantly monitor my 02 while driving with a digitool.
Happy Travels,
Mark Ingalls
I constantly monitor my 02 voltage
>From: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
>Reply-To: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Tuning by O2 Sensor
>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:23:32 -0500
>
>I decided to run my '85 1.9l with the O2 sensor unhooked from the FI system
>and wired to my digital voltmeter. The readings were high, consistently
>ranging from 0.8 to 0.85 VDC. I then reconnected the O2 sensor and then
>"teed" in the voltmeter. The ECU adjusted the mixture some, dropping the
>voltage to 0.7 to 0.75 VDC. Is this still too high? Is it worth opening
>up the AFC and tinkering with the spring?
>A couple of interesting observations. The O2 sensor puts out a usable
>voltage in less than a minute---this is the one-wire type. I thought it
>would take several minutes to heat up. When you get off the gas, the O2
>sensor voltage drops to almost nothing, and then recovers after a steady
>exhaust flow is established. It takes awhile at idle to level out. The
>WOT switch does work! It goes to 0.9VDC when you floor it--with or without
>the O2 sensor connected.
>My conclusion is that if your engine runs better with the O2 sensor
>disconnected, you have other problems. You probably have a vacuum leak and
>the richer open loop mixture helps correct it.
>How many notches should I move the AFC spring (and which way) to lean it
>out? This a new AFC, by the way.
>As a side note, I am running my timing at "0" TDC and it does seem to run
>better. I am hesitant to advance it much farther. Would this affect the
>O2 sensor readings?
> Jay '85 Westy
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