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Gas milage on a '96 960 wagon 900 1996

posted by  DanR on  Sun May 18 09:14 CST 2003
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Bruce since your mileage has fallen and assuming your driving habits have not changed, there are a couple of things that I can think of that can affect mileage. Your coolant temperature sensor may have failed which causes the computer to think that the engine has never warmed up, there by causing the engine to run rich, that would cause mileage to drop.
The other, not as likely is the O2 sensor, it may be a little sluggish but not enough to cause the MIL(Check engine) light to come on.

I would replace the coolant sensor first, not very expensive. Somebody else may have other thoughts.

DanR 94 964 223,000 miles






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