for the past few months my car seems to be running pretty rich, and im only getting about 350k's per tank of pulp. Wheneva i put my foot down from a stationary position it seems to *flood* ops: but obviously cant. i was wondering if this would have anything to do with a stuffed 02sensor, i already got new afm, cas, comp, and just got injectors carbon cleaned not so long ago....any ideas
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350k's a tank of PULP sounds about the same as what i get! But thats not light footed! Anyway, it would be worth while changing the O2 sensor anyway, should be replaced every 20000kms perhaps, to keep the car fuel/air mixture in shape. Or if u dont feel like forking out say $70-$90 then you could always take it out and give it a nice good clean up! But id change it if i was you
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I had the same problem. On your air filter box about 5 cm up the inlet pipe is the first sensor. On my 86 VL this has a thermostat which heats the air when the engine is cold. the adjustment screw on mine was loose and so it was telling the sensor to heat up the air which causes the fuel to run faster. My car was blowing a black pipe and got to the stage of idling as though it had a cam. by screwing the screw back up this sensor does not activate the thermostat when the engine is not cold and so the fuel flows at a normal rate.
this could be your problem
blackout, i think your talking about the Air Flow Meter....He is talking about the Oxy Sensor in the exhaust which tells the comp whether the car is running rich, lean etc....
you will see it screwed into your exhaust line about 50cm away from head down the line. There are 3 wires coming out from it into a plug and continuing on. Its piss easy to get out, just get a shifter or open ender of the right size and unscrew it. With cleaning it just clear all the carbon and **** off it using a compressor, rag, cleaning solution etc. Dont use a cleaning solution that is too harsh as it could wreck it. Personally id just replace it (should be replaced every say 20000kms)
i cleaned it wif carby clean and blew it out wif compressor as sum1 suggested to me, cant tell if it done nething. i got a price for $98.95 inc tax for a new 1. mebbe when centrelink pays me i might get 1
does anyone know if my vl should have an oxy sensor.all there is is a bung in the manifold where it should go.my car goes like a snail.
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it will have an oxygen sensor otherwise it wont be running smooth at all. (All Fuel Injected cars have O2 Sensors)
Look at ur exh. manifold and go down from there there should be a stik thing sticking out of it with 3 wires.
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I had the same problem. On your air filter box about 5 cm up the inlet pipe is the first sensor. On my 86 VL this has a thermostat which heats the air when the engine is cold. the adjustment screw on mine was loose and so it was telling the sensor to heat up the air which causes the fuel to run faster. My car was blowing a black pipe and got to the stage of idling as though it had a cam. by screwing the screw back up this sensor does not activate the thermostat when the engine is not cold and so the fuel flows at a normal rate.
this could be your problem
thats your air flow meter, you've just explained how to lean out your mixtures. i'd watch that hey, running lean is not good
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Originally Posted by blackout
I had the same problem. On your air filter box about 5 cm up the inlet pipe is the first sensor. On my 86 VL this has a thermostat which heats the air when the engine is cold. the adjustment screw on mine was loose and so it was telling the sensor to heat up the air which causes the fuel to run faster. My car was blowing a black pipe and got to the stage of idling as though it had a cam. by screwing the screw back up this sensor does not activate the thermostat when the engine is not cold and so the fuel flows at a normal rate.
this could be your problem
HAHAHA you tool. heats up the air. thats funny as. the airflow meter works by heating a wire and the passing air cools it. the more air the cooler it gets which changes the ouput voltage of the sensor. thus it being called a hotwire type airflow meter.
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I had the same problem. On your air filter box about 5 cm up the inlet pipe is the first sensor. On my 86 VL this has a thermostat which heats the air when the engine is cold. the adjustment screw on mine was loose and so it was telling the sensor to heat up the air which causes the fuel to run faster. My car was blowing a black pipe and got to the stage of idling as though it had a cam. by screwing the screw back up this sensor does not activate the thermostat when the engine is not cold and so the fuel flows at a normal rate.
this could be your problem
I think you'll find you already have a cam mate!
And the thermostat is on the bottom radiator hose against the block if you have lost it!
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