Date:         Mon, 14 Oct 2002 12:13:27 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: "Recorder with warning switch" - what is this? (Solved,
              thank s!)
Comments: To: Gary Shea <shea@GTSDESIGN.COM>
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At 11:31 AM 10/14/2002, Gary Shea wrote:
>It might be even better than that.  My van has the box... but no
>oxygen sensor!  It appears they put the bill-me-every-60K box in the
>federal vans as well, presumably a dealer loyalty benefit, since it has
>absolutely no relevance to the owner of a federal van...

What's a Federal van (US 49-State?) and what year are you talking
about?  1.9l US 49-state/CAL have a sensor that's supposed to be replaced
every 30k miles; at some point they upped the mileage to 60,000 (I believe
with 2.1l) and finally did away with the warrning light entirely -- I don't
know whether the replacement requirement died with the removal of the
warning light.  I'm guessing that you're talking about an air-cooled?  In
that case it ought to be a warning for EGR service, shouldn't it?  I'm very
hazy on the air-cooled engines...

david


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