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Subject:Re: Gas Mileage Improvements?
From:David Beierl
Date:Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:20:19 -0400

At 08:06 PM 7/20/2010 Tuesday, Loren Busch wrote:
>One more thing.  When, for a couple of days on a four years ago, I had to
>drive with the O2 sensor disconnected, I got about 13-14 mpg on that tank.
>Not saying a bad O2 sensor just that that is what I got with the O2 sensor
>unplugged.

If your mileage drops with the sensor disconnected, there's something
wrong with the mixture that the sensor has been compensating for...

Yours,
David