Date:         Fri, 17 Aug 2001 12:20:04 -0700
Reply-To:     Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From:         Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: while on the idle topic
Comments: To: Justin Wolfe <wolfe@LISAIUS.COM>
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when you turn it on and off it resets the ECU. It could be the temp2,
or oxygen sensor.  There are some simple test to check them, but my
experience has shown that these test are not necessairly accurate though.
Maybe i just can't do them correctly??
First disconnect the oxygen sensor.  Drive around the block and see how
that works. If it does it's trick, then you know it is the oxygen sensor.
You will still be running rich w/o an oxygen sensor, but the bus will run
at about 17 or 18 mpg (non westy).  If that doesn't work, do the temp2
test. By the way, before you do anything, be sure that the temp2 sensor
connector is connected and that the oxygen sensor wire is not grounding
out to the body of the bus.

cheers!
matthew

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356



On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Justin Wolfe wrote:

> If I start my 84 westy cold.  It will idle fine for about 1-2 minutes,
> start to sputter for an additional 1-2 minutes and then stall, but then
> if restarted it may do the cycle again of may be fine until the next
> cold start.  Any thoughts?
>
> justin
>