Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 21:45:31 -0500
Reply-To: Chuck Mathis <cvmathis@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Chuck Mathis <cvmathis@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: peed sensor (subie conversion question)
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Scott,
While some '95 EJ22s were OBD2 they did not have the single exhaust
port yet. The only physical difference aside
from way more wiring than an OBD1 is the EGR on the the left head (as
it sit in the van).
I suspect the wiring didn't get plugged in quite right or not at all.
Chuck
'85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo'
On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 13:12:09 -0700
> From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
> Subject: Re: speed sensor (subie conversion question)
>
>
> is your EJ22 an OBD-II one ? I believe it will have one large single
> exhaust port on the bottom of each head, as an obvious identification
> feature if it's OBD-II or 'second generation EJ22 ' .
> I 'think' those need a VSS ............though the last one I had
> running
> just great, a 98 Imprezza OBD-II 2.2........ had a semi- mickey
> mouse VSS on
> it when I got it .........( the sender gizmo for cruise control at
> the back
> of a vanagon speedo ) .....and that's not suppossed to really work
> that
> well, but it sure ran great !
> Idled great, everthing ..........so your engine may indeed need a
> VSS, or
> perhaps it can get by with something sorta iffy.....others could
> comment
> more usrefully perhaps.
> But always inspect any shop's work. The minute you get home.
> I don't mean to sound like a raggy broken record about
> this ......but I
> would have to say, based on what I see in the vanagon world, about
> work done
> on them, it's not safe to assume at all, that the work was done
> carefully.
> So I'd be checking around first thing. If I wrote a book about all
> the
> dumb workmanship things I've seen in a 40 + year career in car
> repair, it
> would run many, many volumes. So I suggest never assuming the work
> was done
> correctly actually, sorry to say. Always check, first thing, is my
> advice .
> I've seen techs leave shop rags INSIDE engines .......and a hundred
> crazy
> things like that . Heck, sometimes it's as obvious as a wire
> hanging down
> below the car or van.
> have fun !
> Scott
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