Date:         Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:25:03 -0800
Reply-To:     Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: [T2] 2 Q's: one FI, one transmission
Comments: To: "Dave C. Bolen" <dbolen@shockwaverider.com>
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From: "Dave C. Bolen" <dbolen@shockwaverider.com>
To: "Tom Young" <tomyoung1@comcast.net>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>; <type2@type2.com>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [T2] 2 Q's: one FI, one transmission

> Is it a one or more wire o2 sensor.
> You know how these things work, right?  They are supposed to flucuate
> rapidly back and forth between lean and rich when at running rpm and
> unless you have a heated one, they have to get hot before they work.

It's one-wire, and I understand completely how they work.  I had driven
around for 20 minutes or so before pulling back into the driveway to begin
the test and all the fluctuations were on the "lean" side, .3 volts and
below.

> If it is a one wire, then you have to have a good ground where it is
> installed.

I grounded it right at the sensor itself, which should be as good as it
gets.

> I don't think that you are going to get much action out of the o2
> sensor with the CO screw at idle.

No, if everything is functioning properly you should be able to run it from
dead lean to over-rich using to CO screw at idle.  It's the only "official"
adjustment in the whole system.

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Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
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