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Subject:Re: Extreme high idle
From:Malcolm Stebbins
Date:Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:04:15 -0400

In my MPG survey last March, the average MPG was about 20.

Malcolm

> Important
> If any Listees have the following symptoms :
> Mpg less then 25
> Smell of exhaust
> Stalls@stoplight
> Fuel to rich
> your problem may be the green wire that goes from the 02 senser near the
> Catylactic converter to the computer to the left of your motor ,
> it is a co-axiel wire that gets mistaken for a single wire when it's crimped
> near the computer.
> These were the symptoms and the fix for my 84 Westy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PAT <pdooley@GTE.NET>
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
> Date: Thursday, June 04, 1998 7:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Extreme high idle
>
>
> >Would a stuck air flow meter flap cause high idle?  I would think this
> would
> >just screw up the mixture, don't think the motor would hit four grand.
> >Maybe wrong thou...
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Joseph Tu <joe@GREENCASTLE.DYN.ML.ORG>
> >To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
> >Date: Thursday, June 04, 1998 9:58 PM
> >Subject: Re: Extreme high idle
> >
> >
> >>Hmm,
> >>things that come to my mind are
> >>
> >>stuck air flow meter flap
> >>bad o2 sensor, bad temperature senders
> >>vacuum leaks
> >>dirty distributor
> >>
> >>Joe
> >>
> >
>