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Date:         Wed, 8 Mar 2000 17:58:32 EST
Reply-To:     Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      gas consumption and guiness in the oil
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hey all! hope all is well. now that spring is here in the east it is time to get westy back on the roads. anywho, i notice that i am getting about 190-200 miles (13 mpg) on a tank of gas. now, i have only owned her since feb. and not sure if this was normal or not. well, i did some digging and found that she should be getting roughly 18-20 mpg's. this is an 82 aircooled with a rebuild of about 40k on her. also to note, the oxs light does not come on in the test mode or at all. i figured maybe a wiring glitch. is it possible that the o2 sensor is bad and that is to blame for the poor mileage as well as the light not coming on? if so how do i check the sensor or is it cheap enough that i should just replace it? what else could be to blame for the poor mileage? she seems to run great.

secondly, yesterday i went to top off the oil b/c after about 2000 miles she burns close to a quart. when i took off the filler cap it was gooed up and down with what appeared to be the foam of the great guiness. it was thick and viscous and smelled like a weird oil. after suddenly getting real thirsty and scratching my head i wiped it off the inside of the cap and took out the fill tube and cleaned it up. what is it? burned oil? but why would it collect at the top of the fill tube? from engine pressure? i have never seen anything like it. is this common with the aircools? thanks for any inputs sorry if i made anyone thirst for a malted beverage jason 82 westy 90 gl ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com


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