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Date:         Tue, 7 Jul 2009 20:26:01 -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: peed sensor (subie conversion question)
Comments: To: Chuck Mathis <cvmathis@COMCAST.NET>
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ok chuck........ so there are dual port OBD2 EJ22's ....... nice to know. if it's OBD2 there'll be a second oxygen sensor too of course ...........a sure giveaway/tip.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Mathis" <cvmathis@COMCAST.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7:45 PM Subject: Re: peed sensor (subie conversion question)

> 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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