At 05:17 PM 6/10/2002, Various wrote: >I'm thinkinkg of retrofiting my 1984 1.9L one wire setup to the 3 wire job, >the thought being that it would heat up faster, idle better, get better >econonmy, smog etc. Is it worth it, or is it a waste of time, money, >stress, effort, patience, dirt, grease, rapped knuckles, spouse's tolerance >etc. I doubt it makes much practical difference. The heater lets it start working in say ten seconds instead of say 90, but doesn't do anything after that. It lets them move the sensor to the cat housing instead of the collector pipe without worrying whether it's going to stay hot enough -- but you're not going to do that anyway. david
-- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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