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Date:         Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:28:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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no danger in driving with it disconnected. progress is being made !

fuel mileage would suffer without that input. did you ever check your throttle switch, to make sure it's making contact at idle ? they get off after a while.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:59 AM Subject: Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running

> And the loser is.... the oxygen sensor and the winners are those who > suggested that I remove it from the loop. > > I just went for a five minute test drive and the van drove great. > > Now, what's the downside of running without an O2 sensor? There must > be one. Mileage? > > I think I even have a good one somewhere. I usually replace them every > couple of years but I never knew why. I do now! The last one I took > out is probably good and I think I saved it. In the time it takes to > find one or buy a new one, I wanted to know if there is a danger in > driving with it disconnected. > > Jim > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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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