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Subject:Running Rich
From:Harry Hoffman
Date:Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:12:25 -0400

Hi All,

So the van is running rich, or at least the exhaust smell more like gas
than exhaust.

I've got a new O2 sensor in place (it's the original 3wire one) which
I've disconnected to see if things would get better but they haven't.
The temp 2 sensor was recently replaced by my mechanic when he put in
new threads on cylinder 2 sparkplug.

I've also been reading a bit online trying to troubleshoot. Here are
some things I know:

On start the idle is just below 1k rpms and remains so while driving.
The throttle switch makes the "click" when moved from it's closed
position with the engine off.
The van is responsive in all gears and easily drives 60mph

I don't know what else to check, so any pointers would be great. I've
got a long list of google results for "vanagon running rich" which I'm
pouring through now.

In good news, my mechanic replaced my sender unit and fixed my odomter
so I no longer have to rely on my phone's gps to see if I'm gonna run
out of gas!!!

Cheers,
Harry