To Tom Via Ron:

My 86 westi ran for 6 months before I took it into a service site and when
they went to do a tune up they told me I didn't have one(o2 sensor) PO(SPO)
had exhaust changed and new pipes didn't have a spot for the sensor, must
have been one of those "hey Marty, whets this thing for..... dunno jimmy,
couldn find a place for it, must not need it".

The condition on the van got worse as the time went on for gas mileage
dropping down to 250km per tank of gas(1.6km/mile) after adding a sensor,
and having the o2 level set by a shop that could measure it now we get
550-600km per tank of gas!

So the big question is "why not have an o2 sensor"

As so many people have said before "always suspect the o2 sensor"

The short after the long of it is by not having the new sensor, I paid 2x
for it in the gas I had to waste to keep running.

Tony Mysyk
86 westi
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> From: Tom Overley (by way of Ron Lussier <coyote@likeminds.com>)
<toverley@WAGONERSTEINBERG.COM>
> To: Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU
> Subject: 1988 vanagon
> Date: Monday, July 21, 1997 2:00 PM
>
> How long will my vanagon run with the O2 sensor disconnected?