Decomposing cat blocking the exhaust?  Done it to me.

Karl Wolz

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jonce Fancher
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:49 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Gas consumption problem

Could be a few things.
Temp 2, Broken wire or bad connector at temp 2 
sensor. Does it run well when cold then crappy 
once warm. It will use allot of fuel if the ecu 
thinks the engine is cold. Temp 2 lets it know 
its warm and to lean it out a bit. I was only 
getting 14mpg till I found the broken wire then it shot up to 21mpg.
It was intermittent so it was a bear to find. 
Also O2 sensor or air leak on the exhaust before the O2.
Have fun!

Good luck
Jonce

>Hi ,
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>I have a 1983.5 watercooled vanagon with a 
>little problem..  I normally have a decent gas 
>consumption but on my last day out, the van used 
>twice the gas consumption as usual with a loss of power.
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>Does someone had the same problem and can enlightened me?
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>Thanks
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>Pierre
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