Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:31:58 -0600
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From: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: diagnostic help? running rich(?)...
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Don
1st ~ It would make this thread a bit easier to follow, especially if someone wants to refer back to it in
the future, If you would Stop Changing the SubjectLine ~
2nd ~ Not that it really matters much for this Diag' but it might ~ If your ECU & Harness are, as you say,
" same as the older Vanagons " ie 01/83 to 07/85 then it is DigiJet not Digifant ~ But since you do talk about
it having an O2Snsr Heater Connection then it is, most likely, Digifant & from The Newer Van's 08/85 to ?/91 ~
I am a bit confused about " Sure enough, that O2 sensor plug (flat, four prong) was partly loose " as the
only Digifant O2Snsr ConnectionConfig' that I am familiar with is a Square 2ProngConn' for the SnsrHeater &
a Single SpadeConn' for the Signal ~ So I'm guessing that that Flat4 Conn' is from a Jetta Harness & has been
Spliced into the Vanagon Harness somewhere between that Conn' & the ECU ~ I'd find that Splice & make sure
it is in GoodCondition & maybe even address Replacing "That Pigtail" Sooner RatherThan Later ~ I also might
Consider Switching to the O2Snsr&Wires that that ECU was DesignedFor ~ But I'm NotReallySure if that would
be Necessary ~
I'll also say this ~ Get a Bosch O2Snsr ~ Bosch invented the the DarnThings ~ so you'ld like to thing they
ought to know how to Build'emRight ~ & I can't recall ever having a Problem with 1 ~
ORR ~ DeanB
On 24 Jul , 2014, at 9:11 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
> --------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 7:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [VW gas I4 Conversions] Continuing to diagnose rich rough
> running Digifant ....from yesterday
> To: "Vanagons and VW Buses (Bays) with VW inline gas engines" <
> vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines@googlegroups.com>
>
>
> Good morning, thanks for the video. I just did that test and I get numbers
> that are all over....nothing consistent like shown in the video, no matter
> which scale I set the multi meter on. Do you suppose that means I have a
> bad O2 sensor, or am I testing it improperly?
>
>
>
> Hi...I just re tested my O2 sensor on the bench with the torch as
> outlined in the U tube video. My readings were not in keeping with what
> this video says....
>
> When the O2 sensor tip was red hot, I was seeing .3, max..... and when I
> removed the flame it went to negative, then quickly back to .2 or .3 and
> again quickly to some negative number when I removed the torch flame...
> .think I need another O2 sensor?