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- From: bsmg9810@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Bhaskar S.Manda)
- Subject: Bad oxy sensor ? Oxygenated fuel ?
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:46:45 GMT
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- I'm getting around 20 mpg with a 2.0L 4 cyl (97 bhp)
- engine, which I think is on the lower side. The fuel
- is 10% ethanol blend 87 octane.
- i. Is the fuel responsible for the low mpg ?
- ii. From reading r.a.c, I gather the electric thing
- on the exhaust manifold is the oxygen sensor. Can a
- bad oxy sensor or a bad connection to it cause bad mpg
- (by making the mixture richer than required, perhaps?)?
-
- Thanks for any help,
- Bhaskar
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