The OXS is activated by a mileage counter driven by the speedometer cable. There is a reset button. The rich running problem needs to be diagnosed and fixed. Temp 2 sensor, Air flow meter tampered with, or other problem such as injector balance causing a miss fire. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Roger Whittaker Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 10:16 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: OSX light on dear fellow vanogoniters i know the story has been told before but i come to you to ask to hear it again -- van-is-gone has sat for a year with out so much as a glance .. today with boost varoom varoom (VW style) 1984 vanagon with a larger 2.1 motor from a syncro transplanted - same other stuff just the motor - runs a little rich and runs rough till it warms up - seems to need accelerator held down hard to get going on hill rather than smooth start and and the OSX light is on continuously any suggestions thanks regards -- roger whittaker 604.414.6266 ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.tvthatworks.com http://www.tvpowellriver.com Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving.ca/ View the growing list of video work at: http://www.youtube.com/user/LastonLastof#g/u http://vimeo.com/42309497 http://www.prpeak.com/articles/2010/11/29/multimedia/video/doc4c62e5f80d2285 04902172.txt |
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