[V8] poor gas mileage

Wed Nov 17 22:43:26 EST 2004

Well, I just replaced my O2 sensor and it nary made a difference from having
the O2 unplugged :-(  So now I switched pressure regulator from mom's car
(even though mine is about a year / year and a half old) and so far it seems
to be the culprit.  Will now test mom's car with my reg.  Better make sure I
fill her V8 up before she runs out of gas...

Will report back.

Ingo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Smith" <smittypig24 at yahoo.com>
To: <allanvega at adelphia.net>; <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 5:05 PM
Subject: RE: [V8] poor gas mileage

I replaced my O2 sensor about a year ago and I had that same problem a few
weeks ago. Got about 10mpg. I got another new O2 sensor and it's back to
normal, 20mpg just about everywhere. If figured it's only $30 so why not try
it first. I didn't have to splice wires...everyone talks about the 4 wire O2
sensor, when the one I used (ford taurus v6) works fine. Just my
experience...

-Matt
Purcellville, VA
"1990 V8Q" 103,000 Black/grey FOR SALE!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
allanvega at adelphia.net
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:35 AM
To: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: [V8] poor gas mileage

Hello folks. This past week I noticed my gas mileage drop off a bit (8mpg
city) the fpr and o2 sensor cant be more than a year old. I tried
diconnecting the o2 sensor already(There was no differance in gas mileage)
Here are the codes i pulled :

2342 (o2 sensor)
2341 (o2 sensor)
2322 air temp sensor
4431 idle stab valve

I suspect fault wireing somewhere.  any help where to start would be a great
help. Thanks. Allan

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