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Date:         Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:58:07 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: When the O2 sensor cools down...
Comments: To: pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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At 08:43 PM 8/29/2008 -0400, pickle vanagon wrote: >Usually during engine braking it shows 0 volts for me. Once the sensor has >cooled, it needle starts to drift up towards center (.5 volts). It then >stays around .5 volts no matter what your doing until the sensor warms up >again.

Right -- that's the ECU driving the sensor. When the sensor comes back to life its signal overpowers the ECU's constant half-volt.

-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"


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