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Date:         Mon, 11 May 1998 17:57:51 EDT
Reply-To:     Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@WWW.MWC.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@WWW.MWC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: 81 Westy - should it have an O2 sensor or not?
Comments: To: Jack Reed <jack@NTS.GSSC.COM>
Comments: cc: vanagon@vanagon.com
In-Reply-To:  <Pine.SUN.3.96.980511135236.14592r-100000@nomad.nts.gssc.com>;
              from "Jack Reed" at May 11, 98 1:58 pm

> > Here's the question (as well as the embedded problem)...the van has always > had a problem with CO2 being in spec. I've never been able to get it down > to 1.5. I was speaking with a local VW guru who told me that all the FI > equipped motors had an O2 sensor, except that mine doesn't. The > supposition here is that a PO swapped out the current non-O2 manifold for > the prior O2 equipped type.

No. The early air-cooled Vanagons (1980-1983) did NOT have oxygen sensors UNLESS they were California model vans.

-- Sean Bartnik Fredericksburg, Virginia 1981 Volkswagen Vanagon L Westfalia 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible http://www.type2.com/bartnik/myvan.htm http://www.type2.com/bartnik/tech.htm


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