Tanja,
Just unplug your Ox sensor while engine is running and if nothing changes
than it's probably bad. Leon
85 Subwagen

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:55:50 -0800, Tanja Bomb <dabomb@TANJABARNES.COM>
wrote:

> My '89 Vanagon GL has been running rich. My previous mechanic told me so.
> I
> asked what would make it run rich, and he said he would start by checking
> the OX sensor, which had been replaced (by someone else) about 5K ago. He
> said it wasn't urgent and left it at that.
>
> I had some personal issues with my previous mechanic, so I took it
> somewhere
> else this morning for a minor service. The new mechanic said what I
> already
> knew: the car runs rich and that it probably wouldn't pass smog. Yet, it
> *did* pass smog last month. I asked what should be done about it and
> again,
> he suggested the OX sensor, but he wasn't entirely sure. He recommended
> having this corrected to improve my mileage.
>
> On a scale from 1 to 10, how important is this to correct? Like I said, I
> had the OX sensor replaced 5K ago. It is a non-stock OXS to be sure, but
> do
> I really have to spend another sh*tload of money to replace it? Could it
> be
> the AFM? And if it is the AFM, isn't that another sh*tload of money.
>
> I'm getting about 215-220 miles per tank in the city (Los Angeles... stop
> and go traffic...daily driving).
>
> Please advise.
>
>
> Love and Rockets,
> DaBomb
>
>

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