Date:         Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:07:39 -0700
Reply-To:     Laura Woten <lkwoten@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Laura Woten <lkwoten@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Fwd: '87 westy oxygen sensor problems.
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HER name is actually PRICILLA.

Thanks for the help!
--- Rodney Woten <rodney.woten@LENNOXIND.COM> wrote:
> Date:         Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:03:47 -0500
> From:         Rodney Woten
> <rodney.woten@LENNOXIND.COM>
> Subject:      '87 westy oxygen sensor problems.
> To:           vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> Greetings all,
>
> Hoping someone can help out.  Unfortunately I need
> to make a short story long (or a long story even
> longer), so please bear with me.
>
> My wife & I bought an 87 Westy in Columbus, OH.
> Somewhere between there and our home in Des Moines,
> the exhaust system became disconnected at the flange
> between the elbow pipe attached to the caty and the
> convergence of the headers.  Problem is that as this
> fell to the ground, the wires were ripped from the
> oxygen sensor.  We finished our drive home, and
> although the van seemed to be running a bit rich, it
> ran very well.  A week later the new oxy sensor
> shows up on our doorstep.  I splice it in as I was
> instructed to do and take it out for a test drive.
> Pulling away from stop signs there was major
> hesitation.  You could put the accelerator all the
> way to the floor and the van would creep/almost
> stall until about 2500 RPM's when it would take off
> like a racehorse.  I thought maybe I spliced the
> wrong white wire to the wrong matching white wire,
> so I went home and switched them.  The next morning
> I tried it again.  It ran very well for about 15
> minutes, then it was back to its old tricks again.
> I unhooked the sensor and the van runs fine again,
> albeit a bit on the rich side.  I have to wonder of
> the old sensor I removed was even working before the
> wires were ripped out of it.  What else should I
> check??
>
> Thanks in advance!!!
> Rod Woten
> Wally the '87 Westy


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