Hahahahaaa! Sorry to laugh so hard, but no.  That silly light on the dash
turns on every 10K miles (30K?) to remind you to check out your oxygen
sensor.  So when that turns on, email the list and we'll tell you what to
do (just got to know where the reset button is- under the bus under the
drives feet on a 2"x2"x2" black cube).

Good luck
Matthew

Matthew Pollard             http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
Dept. of Chemistry               http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
University of Idaho                   http://www.uidaho.edu

On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Melvin Mudgett-Price wrote:

> But wouldn't the sensor light show on the panel?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Pollard [mailto:poll7356@uidaho.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 5:47 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: loss of power question
>
>
> Is the power loss when warm or cold or both? If when warm, it may be a
> clogged cat.  Your cat could be clogged because your oxygen sensor is
> busted.  How is your gas milage? If the miliage is down, then i'll bet you
> it is the oxygen sensor.
> matthew
>
>
> Matthew Pollard             http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
> Dept. of Chemistry               http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
> University of Idaho                   http://www.uidaho.edu
>
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Tony Demille wrote:
>
> > friendly gurus,
> >
> > i need to know if this is a common problem and if there is an obvious
> answer
> > for it. Our '90 vanagon has seemed a bit sluggish for the past couple of
> > days and then no power from a stop light yesterday. accelerator was
> floored
> > and the thing barely crept along. after a minute it gained power again,
> but
> > leaving the next light, it bogged again.
> >
> > any ideas or thoughts? it's going in the shop tomorrow, but wanted to get
> > real info before i get reamed.
> >
> > p.s. it also had a puddle of anti-freeze (8 inch diam.) under it for the
> > first time. heads don't leak, and i don't think it's related.
> >
> > thanks in advance
> >
> > t
> >
> > Tony DeMille
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> >
> >
> >
>