Date:         Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:05:54 -0700
Reply-To:     Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
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Back before driving away from Las Vegas and trekin 1100 miles i was getting poor gas mileage
and stalls during super hot runs times.. my 02 was not that old but had a bad wire on it
i think.. everything seems good now..

Joe

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
>Sent: Sep 10, 2007 3:47 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
>
>As I've posted previously, my 84 1.9L auto only gets about 15.5 MPG
>while others have reported somewhat higher mileage. Even after filtering
>out those who seem to be quite optimistic, and paying especial attention
>to those who deny not keeping careful records, Mellow Yellow still
>trails the pack. It gives us great sadness.
>
>It has been proposed that my poor numbers might be due to a funky O2
>sensor, or crummy compression. I'll get to the compression tomorrow or
>the next day, but right now I have hooked up my handy-dandy voltmeter to
>the sensor and with the engine warmed up, it is outputting between .36
>volt and .66 volt, ranging around about .55 volt. This seems kinda
>normal, from what I read.
>
>--
>
>Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>KG6RCR