Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 10:56:16 PDT
Reply-To:     James Ruch <jpeterruch@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         James Ruch <jpeterruch@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      02 sensor/power loss
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Half way back from Chicago, I blew the 02 sensor out of my exhaust (loud...
yes).  Once I got home, a put a threaded plumbing plug in the hole in the
exhaust as a temporary "fix" until I get the new sensor from Ron (I hope).
The engine ran inefficiently w/out the 02 sensor, blowing exhaust out the
hole but once I "plugged" it, I experienced
*total* power loss trying to climb a hill with a moderate load.  I rigged
the old 02 sensor back in temporarilly as a test and she ran ok.

Let me repeat:

02 sensor out; hole open:  inefficient but okay power
02 sensor out; plug in:  catastrophic power loss (dead stop on hill).

Can this catastrophic power less be attributed to the combination of missing
02 sensor *and* plugged hole?  If not, I'm afraid of what I may be in for
once I get the new 02 sensor installed.

J.Peter
'85 Weekender; "Snugvagon"
Alfred, NY
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