Gentle Ridge wrote: > We're new owners of Maude - an 85 Vanagon Westy. Took her in for a > "checkup" and was told the drive belt looks cracked, and should be replaced. > Is this an expensive repair...? Estimated shop time to expect? Belt you should be able to replace yourself in 20 minutes or so... > > > On the trip home after purchase (about 600 miles) the gas mileage was > terrible -- 12-13 mpg. Repair shop reported the plugs were black, running > "rich"... Need to do more probing for cause. Any obvious things that could > cause this? Could be one of several problems: Oxygen sensor... should be changed 'bout every 30K, can cause "rich" running Temp sensor 2: will cause some "rich" or "slow start" symptoms... > > > Also, front heater blower is not working. Ouch! For that replacement, 4-5 > hours?! > Replace switch... easy. Or replace frozen fan motor.... NOT easy. 4-5 hours labor, big bucks for fan motor... Not really a d-i-y project... Good luck JonR |
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