might be onto something here. I recommend, for the sake of the ecu...........never disconnect anything while it's running, though I would think there's hardly any worry disconnecting the oxygen sensor signal wire while it's running. I've never run across this at all, but I have read about shorted to ground 02 sensor wires on this list.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:46 AM Subject: Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
> OK, here's the news: I just went out and tried it again and it > stumbled to a stall in about a minute. > > Then I disconnected the O2 sensor. It ran strongly for five minutes or > so, longer than at any other time today. Then while it was running, I > plugged it back in and it was dead in 30 seconds. > > I will try to repeat this again in a few minutes to confirm what I > think just happened. > > Jim |
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